Breakdown of Moj otac traži daljinski, jer želi da gleda seriju na televizoru.
moj
my
otac
father
želeti
to want
jer
because
Questions & Answers about Moj otac traži daljinski, jer želi da gleda seriju na televizoru.
Why is it moj otac and not moja otac?
Because moj has to agree with the gender, number, and case of the noun it describes.
- otac = father, and it is masculine singular
- so the correct form is moj = my
Compare:
- moj otac = my father
- moja majka = my mother
- moje dete = my child
So moja otac would be incorrect because moja is the feminine form.
What exactly does traži mean here?
Here traži means is looking for.
The verb tražiti can mean:
- to look for / search for
- sometimes to ask for / request, depending on context
In this sentence, because the object is daljinski (the remote control), the meaning is clearly:
- Moj otac traži daljinski = My father is looking for the remote control
Why is it just daljinski? Doesn’t that literally mean remote as an adjective?
Yes. Literally, daljinski is an adjective meaning remote or distance-related, but in everyday Serbian it is very commonly used by itself to mean: