Questions & Answers about Projekt im je dosadan.
Why do we use the word im here?
im is the dative clitic pronoun meaning "to them". In Croatian, to express that someone finds something boring, interesting, or fun, you often literally say that the thing is boring "to them".
Why is the word order im je instead of je im?
Both im (to them) and je (is) are clitics, which are short, unstressed words that group together in the second position of the sentence. Croatian has a strict order for these. The word je is special: it always goes at the very end of the clitic group. Therefore, the dative clitic im must come before it.
Does dosadan (boring) match the project or the people?
It matches the project! Dosadan is in the masculine singular form because it describes projekt (a masculine noun). The people finding it boring are just the receivers of that feeling, represented by im (to them).
Could we put im at the very beginning of the sentence?
No, because im is a clitic. Clitics are "weak" words that cannot stand at the very beginning of a sentence. They need a "strong" word (like Projekt) to lean on, which is why they take the second position.