Word
Presadnicu metvice presadite u posudu s dobrom drenažom.
Meaning
Transplant the mint seedling into a container with good drainage.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Presadnicu metvice presadite u posudu s dobrom drenažom.
dobar
good
u
in
s
with
posuda
container
Questions & Answers about Presadnicu metvice presadite u posudu s dobrom drenažom.
Why are there two very similar words, presadnicu and presadite, in the same sentence?
They come from the same root idea: presaditi, meaning to transplant / repot.
- presadnicu = the seedling / young plant being moved
- presadite = transplant! / repot! (an imperative verb form)
So the sentence is built around the idea of transplanting:
- presadnicu = the thing you transplant
- presadite = the command to do it
This kind of related noun + verb pairing is very common in Croatian.
What exactly does presadnica mean here?
Presadnica usually means a seedling, young plant, or transplant ready to be moved into another container or into the ground.
In this sentence, presadnicu metvice means a mint seedling or the mint plantlet.
The form presadnicu is not the dictionary form. The basic form is:
- presadnica = seedling
Here it changes to presadnicu because it is the direct object of the verb presadite.
Why is it presadnicu, not presadnica?