Djeca vole crtati u učionici.

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Breakdown of Djeca vole crtati u učionici.

• voljeti: to like
• dijete: child
• učionica: classroom

Questions & Answers about Djeca vole crtati u učionici.

Why is there no word for “the” in Djeca vole crtati u učionici.?

Croatian has no articles at all—no a/an and no the.

Whether you mean “children like to draw in a classroom” or “children like to draw in the classroom” is understood from context, not from a separate word.

So:

• Djeca vole crtati u učionici.
  can be translated as either
  “Children like to draw in the classroom.”
  or
  “Children like to draw in a classroom.”

You don’t need to add anything like the; you simply say učionici with the correct case ending (locative) and let context do the rest.

Why is it Djeca vole and not something like Djeca volju?

The verb is voljeti (to love / to like), and its present-tense forms are:

• ja volim – I like
• ti voliš – you like (sg.)
• on/ona/ono voli – he/she/it likes
• mi volimo – we like
• vi volite – you like (pl./formal)
• oni/one/ona vole – they like

So for they (children) like, you must use vole, the 3rd person plural form.

Djeca (children) is grammatically plural, so the verb must also be plural:

• Djeca vole crtati. – Children like to draw.
  Not: ✗ Djeca volju crtati. (that form doesn’t exist)