Questions & Answers about Jutros smo u učionici govorili hrvatski.
What does jutros mean, and how is it different from ujutro or jutro?
- jutros = this morning (earlier today). Most natural with past-time reference: Jutros smo…
- ujutro = in the morning (habitually or generally): Ujutro pijem kavu.
- jutro = morning (the noun). You can say ovog jutra (this morning), but everyday speech prefers jutros.
“Today morning” isn’t used; say jutros or danas ujutro.
Why is smo right after Jutros?
Croatian short auxiliaries (like sam/si/je/smo/ste/su) are clitics that must stand in second position in the clause (after the first stressed word or phrase). Since the sentence begins with Jutros, the clitic smo comes immediately after it: Jutros smo…
If the sentence starts with another phrase, the clitic is still second: U učionici smo jutros…
Do I need to say mi?
No. Croatian is pro-drop: smo already shows person/number (we). Use Mi only for emphasis or contrast: Mi smo jutros… (we, not someone else).
Which past tense is this, and how is it formed?
It’s the perfect (perfekt): present of biti + past (L-)participle.