Breakdown of Usprkos umoru, sinoć smo složili komodu i očistili predsoblje.
biti
to be
i
and
umor
tiredness
očistiti
to clean
Questions & Answers about Usprkos umoru, sinoć smo složili komodu i očistili predsoblje.
What does usprkos mean, and what case does it take?
Usprkos means despite / in spite of.
It is followed by the dative case, which is why the sentence has umoru and not umor.
- umor = tiredness, fatigue (dictionary form / nominative)
- umoru = to tiredness / despite tiredness (dative form, after usprkos)
A very similar word is unatoč, which also means despite and also takes the dative:
- Usprkos umoru
- Unatoč umoru
Both are correct.
Why is it umoru instead of umor?
Because usprkos requires the dative case.
The noun umor is masculine, and in the singular dative it becomes umoru.
So:
- umor = nominative
- umoru = dative
This is one of the most important things to learn with prepositions in Croatian: you often need to memorize which case comes after each one.
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