Preposition for purpose and destination (za)

The Preposition "za"

When you want to express purpose, destination, or who something is intended for, use the preposition za (for). In all of these uses, the noun or pronoun following za must take the accusative case.

Purpose and Beneficiary

Use za to indicate the purpose of an item or its intended recipient. When applying the accusative case, remember these key endings:

• Feminine nouns ending in -a change to -u (e.g., dostava becomes za dostavu).
• Masculine animate nouns (people) add an -a (e.g., primatelj becomes za primatelja).
• Masculine inanimate nouns (objects or concepts) do not change from their dictionary form (e.g., novi posao remains za novi posao).

Destinations

In the context of shipping and logistics, za is also used to state where freight or a parcel is headed.

Many common logistics terms are neuter nouns, such as vozilo (vehicle), odredište (destination), and skladište (warehouse). Conveniently, neuter nouns do not change their endings in the accusative case—they look exactly the same as they do in the nominative.