Questions & Answers about Želim odmor na moru, jer sada mnogo radim.
Why is it Želim and not Ja želim?
In Serbian, the subject pronoun is often omitted because the verb ending already shows the person and number.
- želim = I want
- the ending -m tells you it is 1st person singular
So Želim odmor... is completely natural.
You can say Ja želim..., but that adds emphasis, like I want it.
What form is želim?
Želim is the 1st person singular present tense of the verb želeti / željeti (to want).
So:
- ja želim = I want
- ti želiš = you want
- on/ona/ono želi = he/she/it wants
In this sentence, it simply means I want.
Why is it odmor and not some changed form like odmora?
Here odmor is the direct object of želim (I want), so it should be in the accusative case.
But odmor is a masculine inanimate noun, and for many masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative singular looks exactly the same as the nominative singular.
So:
- nominative: