Breakdown of Prilagodite osvjetljenje tako što koristite prirodno svjetlo.
koristiti
to use
osvjetljenje
lighting; illumination
prirodno svjetlo
natural light
prilagoditi
to adjust; adapt
Questions & Answers about Prilagodite osvjetljenje tako što koristite prirodno svjetlo.
Why does Prilagodite end in -te?
Because prilagodite is the 2nd person plural imperative of prilagoditi, meaning adjust / adapt.
In Croatian, this form is used for:
- you all: telling more than one person to do something
- formal you: speaking politely to one person
So Prilagodite osvjetljenje means:
- Adjust the lighting (to several people), or
- Adjust the lighting (to one person, politely)
This is very common in instructions, manuals, and polite advice.
Is Prilagodite definitely an imperative here, or could it mean something else?
In this sentence, it is understood as an imperative because of the context: it is giving an instruction.
Formally, prilagodite can also match a present-tense form in other contexts, but here the meaning is clearly:
- Adjust ...
So the whole sentence reads like an instruction or recommendation.
Why is there no word for you in the sentence?