Questions & Answers about U subotu idemo u centar grada.
Why is it u subotu and not na subotu or just subotu?
For specific days of the week in the sense of “on Saturday”, Croatian normally uses:
- u + accusative: u subotu, u nedjelju, u petak
You do not use na for days of the week in this meaning, and just saying subotu alone (without a preposition) would be incomplete here.
So:
- U subotu idemo… = On Saturday we are going…
- Na subotu is generally wrong in this meaning.
Why does subota change to subotu here? What case is that?
The base form is:
- subota – nominative singular (dictionary form)
In u subotu, subotu is:
- accusative singular, feminine
u + accusative is used here to mark a specific point in time (on Saturday). You will see this pattern for other days too:
- u ponedjeljak (Monday)
- u srijedu (Wednesday)
There is also a locative form (o suboti) but it is not used with u to mean on Saturday in normal speech.
What exactly does idemo mean? Is it we go, we are going, or let’s go?