Breakdown of Prodavac će pomoći kupcu.
hteti
will
prodavac
seller or shop assistant
kupac
a buyer
pomoći
to help
Questions & Answers about Prodavac će pomoći kupcu.
Why is kupcu used instead of kupac?
Because pomoći (to help) takes the dative case in Serbian.
- kupac = buyer/customer in the nominative form
- kupcu = to the buyer/customer in the dative singular
So in this sentence:
- Prodavac = the seller, subject
- će pomoći = will help
- kupcu = to the customer
This is a very important pattern to remember: pomagati / pomoći + dative.
Why is Prodavac in its basic form?
Because Prodavac is the subject of the sentence, and subjects are normally in the nominative case.
Here, prodavac is the one doing the action, so it stays in its dictionary form:
- prodavac = seller
- kupcu = to the customer
So the sentence structure is basically:
- Prodavac = who?
- će pomoći = will help
- kupcu = to whom?
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