Udomila sam mačku koja mjauče dok je kupam.

to be

Breakdown of Udomila sam mačku koja mjauče dok je kupam.

• mačka: cat
• koji: that (relative pronoun)
• je: it

Questions & Answers about Udomila sam mačku koja mjauče dok je kupam.

Why is it udomila sam and not sam udomila?

This is the Serbian past tense, built with:

• a past participle: udomila
• the auxiliary sam = am

So literally it is something like adopted am.

In Serbian, short unstressed words like sam often go in the second position of the clause, so Udomila sam is very natural.
You can also say Ja sam udomila, where sam is again in second position, after ja.

Also, udomila shows that the speaker is female. A male speaker would say udomio sam.

What exactly does udomila mean here?

Udomiti means to adopt or more literally to give/find a home to an animal. In this sentence, udomila sam mačku means I adopted a cat.

It is a perfective verb, so it presents the adoption as a completed event.

Why is it mačku instead of mačka?

Because mačku is the accusative singular form, used for the direct object.

• mačka = a cat, the cat, as the subject form
• mačku = a cat, the cat, as the object form

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