Questions & Answers about Mirno sjedimo u učionici.
What does mirno mean here, and what kind of word is it?
Mirno is an adverb. In this sentence, it describes how the action happens: we are sitting calmly/quietly.
It comes from the adjective miran meaning calm, peaceful, or quiet.
So:
- miran = calm/quiet/p peaceful
- mirno = calmly/quietly
Because it describes the verb sjedimo, Croatian uses the adverb form.
Why is it sjedimo and not sjediti?
Sjediti is the infinitive, meaning to sit.
But in a full sentence, Croatian normally needs a conjugated verb, so we use sjedimo, which means we sit or we are sitting.
So:
- sjediti = to sit
- sjedimo = we sit / we are sitting
This is the same kind of difference as English to sit vs we sit.
What person and tense is sjedimo?