Word
Deca vole ovu igru.
Meaning
The children like this game.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Deca vole ovu igru.
Why does deca end in -a if it means children? Is it singular or plural?
Deca means children and it is plural.
Its singular is dete = child.
So this is an irregular plural:
- dete = child
- deca = children
Even though deca ends in -a, it still takes a plural verb, so you say Deca vole..., not Deca voli...
What form is vole?
Vole is the 3rd person plural present tense of voleti = to love.
So:
- ja volim = I love
- ti voliš = you love
- on/ona/ono voli = he/she/it loves
- mi volimo = we love
- vi volite = you love
- oni/one/ona vole = they love
Since deca is plural, the verb must be vole.
Why is it ovu igru and not ova igra?
Because ovu igru is the direct object of the verb vole.
After voleti in this sentence, the thing being loved goes in the .