Word
Moj unuk danas prvi put ide u školu, dok unuka još ide u vrtić.
Meaning
My grandson is going to school for the first time today, while my granddaughter still goes to kindergarten.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Moj unuk danas prvi put ide u školu, dok unuka još ide u vrtić.
ići
to go
u
to
moj
my
škola
school
Questions & Answers about Moj unuk danas prvi put ide u školu, dok unuka još ide u vrtić.
Why is it moj unuk?
Moj means my, and it has to agree with the noun it describes.
- unuk = grandson
- unuk is masculine singular nominative
- so the correct possessive form is moj
Compare:
- moj unuk = my grandson
- moja unuka = my granddaughter
So moj is used because unuk is masculine.
What is the difference between unuk and unuka?
They are two related family words:
- unuk = grandson
- unuka = granddaughter
So in this sentence:
- Moj unuk = My grandson
- dok unuka još ide u vrtić = while my granddaughter still goes to kindergarten
A learner should also know that unuka can sometimes be a different grammatical form of unuk in other contexts, but here it clearly means granddaughter, because it is the subject of the second clause.
Why isn’t moja repeated before unuka?