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Možeš li mi kupiti kruh? Nema problema.

Možeš li mi kupiti kruh? Nema problema.
Can you buy me bread? No problem.
From Lesson 128:Everyday responses (Može! Nema problema.)·Croatian

Questions & Answers about Možeš li mi kupiti kruh? Nema problema.

Why is "mi" placed right after "li"?
In Croatian, short words called clitics have a strict order. The question word li is always the first clitic in a sentence. Pronoun clitics like mi (to me) must come after it. So, the order here is the main verb (Možeš), then li, then mi.
"Kruh" (bread) is the object being bought. Shouldn't its ending change?
Kruh is in the accusative case here because it is the direct object. However, for masculine nouns that represent non-living things (inanimate nouns), the accusative form looks exactly the same as the base dictionary form. If you were buying an animal, like a dog (pas), the ending would change to psa.
Why does "Nema problema" mean "No problem"? Doesn't "nema" mean "he/she/it doesn't have"?
While nema is indeed the "he/she/it" form of the verb "to not have", it is also used as a set phrase meaning "there is no" or "there isn't". When used this way to express that something doesn't exist, the thing that is missing must take a specific grammar case.
Why does "problem" have an "-a" at the end in "Nema problema"?
Because of the word nema. Whenever you say "there is no" using nema, the noun that follows must take the genitive case. The noun problem is a masculine word, so its genitive ending is -a, making it problema.

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