Questions & Answers about Nedjeljom idemo u park.
What exactly does the form Nedjeljom mean?
It’s the instrumental singular of nedjelja (Sunday) used adverbially to mean “on Sundays” in a habitual sense. It implies a regular, repeated action. For a single, specific Sunday, you would use u nedjelju.
Why is there no preposition like “on” before Nedjeljom?
Croatian often uses the instrumental case by itself to express habitual times without a preposition. So nedjeljom, subotom (on Saturdays), ponedjeljkom (on Mondays), etc., stand alone. If you refer to a specific day, you use a preposition: u nedjelju.
Can I say Svake nedjelje idemo u park?
Where is the subject “we”? Why isn’t mi used?
The verb ending in idemo already encodes the subject “we” (1st person plural). Croatian usually drops subject pronouns unless you want emphasis or contrast. You could say Mi idemo u park, but it stresses “we (as opposed to someone else).”
How is the verb ići (to go) conjugated in the present?