Breakdown of U ovom kućanstvu, strog odgoj znači da roditelji ne daju da itko sumnja u autoritet.
ovaj
this (m) / ova (f), ovo (n)
ne
no, not
u
in, into
značiti
to mean
Questions & Answers about U ovom kućanstvu, strog odgoj znači da roditelji ne daju da itko sumnja u autoritet.
How does the verb dati work in the phrase ne daju da?
Could we use an infinitive instead of a da clause here?
When using dati to mean let or allow, you generally use a da clause if the person being allowed to do the action is introduced as a new subject. Since the parents (roditelji) are doing the allowing, but someone else (itko) is doing the doubting, the da clause (da itko sumnja) is required here rather than an infinitive.
Why is it itko (anyone) and not nitko (no one)? Doesn't Croatian use double negatives?
Croatian does require double negatives, but only when the negative words are in the exact same clause. Here, the negation is in the main clause (ne daju), but the pronoun is in a separate subordinate clause (da itko sumnja). Because the verb sumnja itself is not negated, you must use the positive pronoun itko.
Why does the verb sumnja take the preposition u, and what case is autoritet?