Breakdown of Špil karata je pored table.
biti
to be
pored
beside
špil karata
a deck of cards
tabla
a game board
Questions & Answers about Špil karata je pored table.
What does špil karata mean literally, and why is it not just karte?
Špil karata literally means a deck of cards.
- špil = deck, pack
- karata = of cards
So the structure is like a deck of cards, not just cards.
If you said karte, that would just mean cards as items in general.
But špil karata refers to one complete deck/pack.
Why is it karata and not karte?
Because karata is the genitive plural form of karta.
In Serbian, when one noun describes what another noun contains or is made up of, the second noun often goes into the genitive case.
So:
- karta = card
- karte = cards (usually nominative plural)
- karata = of cards / cards (genitive plural)
In špil karata, Serbian uses the pattern:
- špil
- genitive plural
This is very similar to English a deck of cards, a glass of water, a bottle of milk.
What does je mean here?
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