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Questions & Answers about Roditelji ju vole.
What is the word‑for‑word breakdown of Roditelji ju vole.?
- Roditelji = parents (nominative plural, subject)
- ju = her (unstressed object pronoun, accusative singular feminine)
- vole = (they) love (3rd person plural present of voljeti)
So the literal order is Parents her love, which in natural English is The parents love her.
Why is there no word for the in Roditelji ju vole.?
Croatian has no articles like the or a/an.
- Roditelji can mean parents, the parents, or some parents, depending only on context.
- If you really want to specify those particular parents, you can add something like ti roditelji (those parents) or njeni roditelji (her parents), but there is still no separate word that always equals English the.
What exactly does ju mean here, and what is its grammar role?
- ju is a direct object pronoun, 3rd person singular, feminine, in the accusative case.
- It usually translates as her, and sometimes as it if it refers to a feminine noun (like – house).