Questions & Answers about Vidimo gol na televiziji.
Which word is the verb here, and what exactly does Vidimo mean?
The verb is vidimo. It is:
- the 1st person plural form (we)
- present tense
- of the verb vidjeti (to see)
So vidimo on its own means we see (or, depending on context, we will see; see a later question on this).
Why is there no word for we in the sentence?
Croatian normally drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already tells you who the subject is.
- vidim = I see
- vidiš = you (sing.) see
- vidi = he/she/it sees
- vidimo = we see
- vidite = you (pl./formal) see
- vide = they see
So Vidimo gol na televiziji already clearly means We see a goal on TV.
If you really want to emphasize the subject, you can say Mi vidimo gol na televiziji, but that stresses we (as opposed to someone else).
What is gol grammatically? Why does it look like that?
Gol is:
- a noun
- masculine gender
- singular
- in the accusative case (direct object)