Word
Ptica ne može letjeti, jer joj je jedno krilo ozlijeđeno.
Meaning
The bird cannot fly because one of its wings is injured.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Ptica ne može letjeti, jer joj je jedno krilo ozlijeđeno.
biti
to be
ne
not
jer
because
moći
to be able to
Questions & Answers about Ptica ne može letjeti, jer joj je jedno krilo ozlijeđeno.
What does each word in Ptica ne može letjeti, jer joj je jedno krilo ozlijeđeno mean?
A word-by-word breakdown:
- Ptica = bird
- ne može = cannot / is not able to
- letjeti = to fly
- jer = because
- joj = to her / her (here it helps express her wing)
- je = is
- jedno = one
- krilo = wing
- ozlijeđeno = injured
A very literal version would be:
Bird not-can fly, because to-her is one wing injured.
Natural English is:
The bird cannot fly because one of its wings is injured.
Why is it ne može and not one single word?