Breakdown of Koga čekaš na domjenku?
čekati
to wait for
na
on, at / to, onto (with motion) / about (thinking about)
koga
whom (genitive / accusative)
domjenak
reception
Questions & Answers about Koga čekaš na domjenku?
Why do we use Koga instead of Tko here?
Koga is the accusative form of the pronoun tko (who). In this sentence, it acts as the direct object of the verb čekaš (you are waiting). Just like in English where "who" becomes "whom" as an object, tko changes to koga.
Where is the word for "for" in this sentence?
In Croatian, the verb čekati (to wait) takes a direct object without needing a preposition. While in English you "wait for" someone, in Croatian you simply "wait" them. That is why there is no separate word for "for" and we just put koga straight into the accusative case.
The dictionary form of the noun is domjenak. Why does it change to domjenku?
The noun domjenak has a "fleeting a" (nepostojano a). This is a common pattern in Croatian where the letter a in the final syllable of the nominative form disappears when you add case endings. When we add the locative ending -u, the a drops out, making it domjenku.
Why does the preposition na take the locative case here instead of the accusative?
The preposition na takes the locative case when talking about a static location (where something is currently happening), and the accusative case when talking about motion towards a destination. Since you are already at the reception waiting, it is a static location, so we use the locative form domjenku.
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