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Questions & Answers about Pečem kolač za goste.
Why is the verb pečem when the infinitive is peći?
Verbs ending in -ći in the infinitive are irregular in Croatian. For peći (to bake or roast), the root consonant changes in the present tense, giving us pečem for "I bake" or "I am baking".
Is kolač in the nominative or accusative case here?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object (the thing being baked). However, because kolač is a masculine inanimate noun (a non-living thing), its accusative form looks exactly the same as its dictionary (nominative) form.
Why does the word for guests (gost) change to goste here?
The preposition za (for) triggers the accusative case. Since we are talking about multiple guests, we need the accusative plural. For masculine nouns like gost, the accusative plural ending is -e, making it za goste.