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mrzeti (mrzi). Besides, the person involved is not in DL, but in A:
Anu A mrzi da naveče pere sudove A . Ana can’t be bothered to wash dishes in the
evening.
As usual, instead of the infinitive clause, in Serbia da + present is used.
Conversely, the construction mrzeti (mrzi)° + A + da is unknown in Croatia, and even
misunderstood sometimes.
The word roleta A (window) blind is used in a slightly different form roletna A in Serbia.
• Examples
The song Ne daj Don’t let, performed by Natali Dizdar, a Croatian pop-singer,
frequently uses the perf. verb dati give; it also uses the pair propuštati («) ~
propustiti («) miss, introduced above. I have put all clauses into square brackets
[...]:
Ne daj [da nestanem] Don’t let [me disappear]
Ne daj [da propustim] Don’t let [me miss]
[Dok se gase svjetla N [While the lights go off
Jedno N za drugim I ] One after another]
The first two lines use dati perf. give + da-clause. The third line uses a mediopassive
se². The last line above uses za¨ + I in the meaning following.
The next verses use again this construction twice; the verb potrajati (potraje) is
basically just the perfective version of trajati (traje) last:
Ne daj [da ovaj dan N Don’t let [this day
Potraje predugo] Last too long]
I ne daj [da se And don’t let [us
Sutra ne vidimo] Don’t see each other tomorrow]
The last two lines above uses se² in reciprocal meaning, i.e. each other (this was
introduced back in 25 Plural).
The following verses start with an imperative and a purpose clause, and the last two
verses repeat the same structure:
Reci mi DL tiho nešto A Tell me quietly something
1
[Da se nasmješim] [So that I smile]
Drži mi DL ruku A Hold my hand
1
[Da ne zaboravim]
(Marin Ostojić & Marta
[So that I don’t forget]
Muždalo)
The possession of ruka hand, arm is expressed with a pronoun DL, as usual.
You can listen to it on YouTube.