Learn Croatian: Pitam konobara. - I am asking the waiter.

In Croatian, the direct object of a sentence (the person or thing receiving the action) takes the accusative case. Because a waiter is a living person, it belongs to the animate masculine group. For animate masculine nouns, we add an -a to the dictionary form.

What is the dictionary form of konobara?

The dictionary form (the nominative case) is konobar. You use this form when the waiter is the main subject doing the action, but you must change it to konobara when the waiter is the one being asked.

Where is the word for I in this sentence?

Croatian usually drops subject pronouns like ja (I) because the verb ending already tells us who is doing the action. The -m ending on pitam clearly means I am asking. You only need to use ja if you want to add special emphasis.

Why is there no translation for the word am from the English meaning?

Croatian does not have a separate continuous tense like the English am asking. The single verb pitam covers both I ask and I am asking, depending on what makes the most sense in the situation.