Breakdown of Molim te, nemoj glasno da slušaš muziku dok poštarka stoji ispred vrata.
vrata
door
slušati
to listen to
muzika
music
nemoj da
do not
Questions & Answers about Molim te, nemoj glasno da slušaš muziku dok poštarka stoji ispred vrata.
Why does the sentence start with Molim te? Is that just please?
Yes. Molim te is a very common way to say please when speaking to one person informally.
- molim = literally I ask / I beg
- te = you in the accusative case
So Molim te literally means something like I ask you, but in normal usage it often just means please.
If you were speaking more formally or to more than one person, you could also hear:
- Molim vas = please (formal or plural)
In this sentence, Molim te softens the command and makes it sound more like a request.
Why is the negative command nemoj ... da slušaš instead of just using a negative imperative form?
In Serbian, negative commands are very often formed with:
- nemoj
- da
- present tense
- da
So:
- nemoj da slušaš = don’t listen
This is one of the most common and natural ways to make a negative command in everyday Serbian.
For plural or formal you, you would get:
- nemojte da slušate = don’t listen
This pattern is extremely useful to learn because you will hear it all the time.
What is the role of da in nemoj glasno da slušaš muziku?