Word
Cijeli dan radimo u uredu, pa je važno da navečer budemo opušteni.
Meaning
We work in the office all day, so it is important that in the evening we are relaxed.
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sentence
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Breakdown of Cijeli dan radimo u uredu, pa je važno da navečer budemo opušteni.
biti
to be
u
in
raditi
to work
važan
important
Questions & Answers about Cijeli dan radimo u uredu, pa je važno da navečer budemo opušteni.
Why is there no subject pronoun like mi (“we”) in the sentence?
Croatian usually drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows the person and number.
- radimo = “we work” (1st person plural)
- budemo = “(that) we be / are” (1st person plural)
So mi is understood from the verb forms. You would only add mi for emphasis or contrast, e.g. Mi cijeli dan radimo u uredu, a oni ne rade ništa. (“We work in the office all day, and they don’t do anything.”)
What does cijeli dan literally mean, and where can it go in the sentence?
cijeli dan literally means “the whole day / all day”.
Word order is flexible. All of these are correct, with slightly different emphasis:
- Cijeli dan radimo u uredu… (focus on how long: all day we work…)
- Radimo cijeli dan u uredu… (focus on working all day in the office)
- Radimo u uredu cijeli dan… (focus on being in the office all day)
The meaning doesn’t really change, just what is being highlighted.
Why is it u uredu and not u ured or something else?