Policajac čeka i gleda prema križanju.
The policeman is waiting and looking towards the intersection.
Breakdown of Policajac čeka i gleda prema križanju.
i
and (additive)
gledati
to watch
čekati
to wait for
prema
towards
Questions & Answers about Policajac čeka i gleda prema križanju.
Why is the word for intersection spelled križanju here instead of križanje?
Because it follows the preposition prema (towards), which requires the dative case. The base word is the neuter noun križanje. To form the dative case for neuter nouns ending in -e, you change the ending to -u, giving us križanju.
Could the policeman be looking na or u the intersection instead?
Is križanje related to the word for a cross?
Yes, it is! It comes from the noun križ, which means a cross. So križanje literally describes a place where roads cross each other, which helps make the vocabulary easier to remember.
Why don't we need a pronoun like on (he) before the second verb, as in čeka i on gleda?
In Croatian, you don't need to repeat the subject or use a pronoun if it's the same person doing both actions. The matching verb endings in čeka (waits) and gleda (looks) already show that the same third person is performing the actions.