Word
Prije škole dječak mora zakopčati jaknu i zavezati vezice na tenisicama.
Meaning
Before school the boy has to fasten his jacket and tie the laces on his sneakers.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Prije škole dječak mora zakopčati jaknu i zavezati vezice na tenisicama.
škola
school
i
and
morati
to have to
prije
before
Questions & Answers about Prije škole dječak mora zakopčati jaknu i zavezati vezice na tenisicama.
Why is it prije škole and not prije škola?
Because prije usually requires the genitive case.
- škola = nominative singular
- škole = genitive singular
So:
- prije škole = before school
This is a very common pattern in Croatian:
- prije ručka = before lunch
- prije posla = before work
- prije sata = before the class / before an hour, depending on context
Why is dječak in that form?
Dječak is the subject of the sentence, so it stands in the nominative singular.
- dječak = boy
Croatian usually uses the nominative for the person or thing doing the action. Here, the boy is the one who must button and must tie, so dječak stays in nominative.
What does mora mean here?