Questions & Answers about Opet moram mijenjati bateriju u daljinskom.
What does opet mean here?
Opet means again.
So Opet moram mijenjati bateriju u daljinskom means something like I have to change the battery in the remote again.
In Croatian, opet is often quite flexible in position. You could also hear:
- Moram opet mijenjati bateriju u daljinskom.
- Bateriju u daljinskom opet moram mijenjati.
The basic meaning stays the same, though the emphasis can shift a little.
Why is it moram mijenjati? How does that structure work?
This is a very common Croatian pattern:
- moram = I must / I have to
- mijenjati = to change / to be changing
So moram mijenjati literally means I must change or I have to change.
The verb morati is conjugated, while the second verb stays in the infinitive:
- moram = I have to
- moraš = you have to
- mora = he/she/it has to
- moramo = we have to
- morate = you plural/formal have to
- moraju = they have to
Examples:
- Moram ići. = I have to go.
- Moramo čekati. = We have to wait.