Questions & Answers about Vi možete da idete u restoran sutra.
What does Vi mean here?
Vi can mean either:
- you when speaking to more than one person, or
- you when speaking politely/formally to one person.
So this sentence could mean either:
- You all can go to the restaurant tomorrow, or
- You, sir/ma’am, can go to the restaurant tomorrow.
Also, the capital letter V in Vi is often used in writing to show respect when addressing one person formally. If it means plural you, people often write vi with a lowercase v.
Why is the verb možete used?
Možete is the 2nd person plural / formal singular form of moći, which means can / be able to.
A few forms of moći are:
- ja mogu = I can
- ti možeš = you can
- on/ona/ono može = he/she/it can
- mi možemo = we can
- vi možete = you can
- oni mogu = they can
Since the subject is Vi, the verb must match it, so we get Vi možete.
Why does Serbian say možete da idete instead of using an infinitive like English can go?