Breakdown of Prema prognozi očekujemo maglu.
prema
according to
očekivati
to expect
prognoza
a forecast
magla
fog
Questions & Answers about Prema prognozi očekujemo maglu.
What does prema mean here?
Here prema means according to.
So Prema prognozi = According to the forecast.
Be careful: prema can also mean toward in other contexts, but in this sentence it clearly means according to / based on.
Why is it prognozi and not prognoza?
Because prema takes the dative case.
The base form is prognoza = forecast.
After prema, it changes to the dative singular:
- nominative: prognoza
- dative: prognozi
So:
- prema prognozi = according to the forecast
Does prognoza here specifically mean a weather forecast?
Yes, in this context it almost certainly means the weather forecast.
Serbian often leaves out words that are obvious from context. So prognoza by itself can mean forecast, and in everyday use it often refers to the weather forecast unless something else is specified.
A fuller version could be:
- Prema vremenskoj prognozi, očekujemo maglu.
That literally means According to the weather forecast, we expect fog.
What does očekujemo mean exactly? Is it related to čekati?