Breakdown of Puhni u dlanove ako ti je hladno, pa mi samo klimni kad budeš spremna za polazak.
biti
to be
ti
you (informal singular)
hladan
cold
spreman
ready
Questions & Answers about Puhni u dlanove ako ti je hladno, pa mi samo klimni kad budeš spremna za polazak.
Why is it puhni and not puši?
Puhni is the imperative of the perfective verb puhnuti, so it suggests one short, complete action: give a puff of air.
That fits this situation well: someone is being told to blow into their hands once or a few times to warm them.
By contrast, puši would normally come from puhati and sounds more like keep blowing / blow continuously. Also, puši is very commonly understood as smoke! from pušiti, so puhni is much clearer here.
Why does the sentence say u dlanove?
Dlanovi means palms. So u dlanove literally means into the palms.
This is a very natural way to say blow into your hands in Croatian, especially when you cup your hands and blow warm air into them.
Grammar-wise:
- u can mean into when it is followed by the accusative
- dlanove is the accusative plural of dlan
So the structure reflects movement/direction of the air: blow into the palms.
Why is dlanove plural?