No. 41 in Croatian

nam

"Nam" in Croatian means "to us" or "for us."

In a sentence

Donesite nam knjigu, molim vas.
Bring us the book, please.
In this sentence, 'nam' functions as an indirect object (dative case) and means 'to us'.
Važno je da nam uvijek budete iskreni.
It's important that you are always honest with us.
Here, 'nam' indicates the recipients (dative case) of the honesty, thus meaning 'to us' again.
Nije nam jasno zašto ste to učinili.
It's not clear to us why you did that.
In this case, 'nam' expresses the experiencer of the clarity or understanding, functioning as an indirect object in the dative case.

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