Word
Ne mogu otvoriti poveznicu, jer preglednik ne radi.
Meaning
I can't open the link because the browser isn't working.
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Breakdown of Ne mogu otvoriti poveznicu, jer preglednik ne radi.
ne
not
jer
because
raditi
to work
moći
to be able to
Questions & Answers about Ne mogu otvoriti poveznicu, jer preglednik ne radi.
Why is ne placed before mogu?
In Croatian, negation is usually formed by putting ne directly before the verb.
- mogu = I can
- ne mogu = I cannot / I can’t
So Ne mogu otvoriti poveznicu literally means I cannot open the link.
This is the normal way to negate most verbs in Croatian.
Why is mogu used here, and what form is it?
Mogu is the 1st person singular present tense of moći, which means to be able to / can.
So:
- ja mogu = I can
- ja ne mogu = I can’t
Croatian often drops the subject pronoun ja because the verb ending already shows who the subject is. That is why the sentence says Ne mogu... rather than Ja ne mogu...
Why is otvoriti in the infinitive?