Word
Ne znam o kome pričate jer je ovdje jako bučno.
Meaning
I do not know whom you are talking about because it is very noisy here.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ne znam o kome pričate jer je ovdje jako bučno.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
ovdje
here
ne
no, not
jer
because
Questions & Answers about Ne znam o kome pričate jer je ovdje jako bučno.
Why does the sentence use kome instead of tko?
kome is the locative case of the interrogative pronoun tko (who). The preposition o (about) always requires the locative case when you are talking or thinking about someone or something.
In English we say "whom you are talking about". Can I put the preposition o at the end of the clause in Croatian?
No, unlike in English, Croatian never leaves prepositions dangling at the end of a sentence or clause. The preposition must always go right before the pronoun it affects, making it o kome (literally "about whom").
Why does the word for noisy end in "-o" (bučno)?
Could I use govorite instead of pričate here?
Yes, they are very often interchangeable. However, pričati feels a bit more like "conversing" or "chatting", which perfectly fits the context of people having a casual conversation in a noisy place. govoriti can sometimes lean slightly more towards the physical act of "speaking" or giving a speech.