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What does čekamo mean grammatically?
Čekamo is the 1st person plural present-tense form of čekati, which means to wait.
So:
- čekati = to wait
- čekam = I wait / I am waiting
- čekaš = you wait
- čeka = he/she/it waits
- čekamo = we wait / we are waiting
- čekate = you (plural/formal) wait
- čekaju = they wait
In this sentence, čekamo tells you both the action and the subject: we are waiting.
Why is there no word for we in the sentence?
Because Serbian often drops subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb ending.
The ending -mo in čekamo already shows that the subject is we. So mi is not necessary.
- Čekamo čudo. = We are waiting for a miracle.
- Mi čekamo čudo. = We are waiting for a miracle.
This sounds more emphatic, as if you are stressing we.
This is very normal in Serbian.
What case is čudo here?