Dok god nema magle, možemo da siđemo.

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Breakdown of Dok god nema magle, možemo da siđemo.

• moći: can
• da: that
• magla: fog

Questions & Answers about Dok god nema magle, možemo da siđemo.

What does dok god mean here?

Dok god means as long as.

It introduces a condition that remains true for some period of time:

• Dok god nema magle, možemo da siđemo. = As long as there is no fog, we can go down.

A close alternative is sve dok. In many contexts, dok god and sve dok are very similar.

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Why is it nema magle, not nije magla?

In Serbian, existence and absence are often expressed with ima/nema:

• ima magle = there is fog
• nema magle = there is no fog

So nema magle is the natural way to say there is no fog.

Nije magla would mean it is not fog, which is a different idea. That would only make sense if you were identifying something and denying that it is fog.

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Why is it magle and not magla after nema?

Because nema normally requires the genitive case.

The noun magla is nominative singular, but after nema it changes to genitive singular:

• nominative: magla
• genitive: magle