Lekar meri moju temperaturu.

my

Breakdown of Lekar meri moju temperaturu.

• lekar: doctor
• temperatura: temperature or fever
• meriti: to measure

Questions & Answers about Lekar meri moju temperaturu.

Why is the verb meri and not merim or meriš?

Because lekar is he/the doctor, so the verb has to be in the 3rd person singular.

The present tense of meriti (to measure) goes like this:

• ja merim = I measure / am measuring
• ti meriš = you measure / are measuring
• on/ona meri = he/she measures / is measuring

So:

• Lekar meri... = The doctor is measuring...

What does each word mean grammatically in this sentence?

Here is the breakdown:

• Lekar = doctor, the subject of the sentence
• meri = measures / is measuring, the verb
• moju = my, agreeing with temperaturu
• temperaturu = temperature, the direct object

So the structure is:

• Lekar → who is doing the action
• meri → the action
• moju temperaturu → what is being measured

Why is it moju, not moja?

Because moj () has to agree with the noun it describes in: