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Kad šivaći stroj radi preglasno, ona poslije mora odmoriti ruke.
Meaning
When the sewing machine works too loudly, afterward she has to rest her hands.
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Breakdown of Kad šivaći stroj radi preglasno, ona poslije mora odmoriti ruke.
ona
she
raditi
to work
morati
to have to
kad
when
Questions & Answers about Kad šivaći stroj radi preglasno, ona poslije mora odmoriti ruke.
What does kad mean here, and is it the same as kada?
Kad means when here. It introduces a time clause: When the sewing machine works too loudly...
Yes, kad and kada usually mean the same thing in this kind of sentence. Kada is a little fuller/formal, while kad is very common in everyday speech and writing.
So these are both possible:
- Kad šivaći stroj radi preglasno...
- Kada šivaći stroj radi preglasno...
Why is it šivaći stroj? What does šivaći mean?
Šivaći means for sewing / sewing in the sense of describing the machine’s function. So šivaći stroj is a sewing machine.
It comes from the verb šivati = to sew, but here it behaves like an adjective modifying stroj.
A useful comparison:
- šivati = to sew
- šivaći stroj = sewing machine
So this is not saying the machine is literally sewing right now as an adjective like English sewing sometimes can. It is simply the established name of the object.
What case is šivaći stroj in?