Breakdown of Roditelji će u kućanstvu ograničiti internet i neće djeci dati da ga koriste bez nadzora.
i
and (additive)
ga
him, it (accusative clitic)
u
in, into
htjeti
to want (intent, will)
internet
internet
bez
without
roditelj
parent
da
that (conjunction)
koristiti
to use
djeca
children
dati
to let, allow
kućanstvo
household
ograničiti
to limit
nadzor
supervision
Questions & Answers about Roditelji će u kućanstvu ograničiti internet i neće djeci dati da ga koriste bez nadzora.
The translation says "won't let the children use", but the Croatian uses dati. How does dati work here to mean "let"?
While dati literally means "to give", it is frequently used as a permissive verb meaning "to allow" or "to let". The structure used here is dati + the person in the dative case (djeci) + a da clause representing the permitted action.
Could we use the infinitive instead of the da clause here, saying neće djeci dati koristiti?
You will hear native speakers say this, but the da clause is structurally better and more natural. Because the main subject (the parents) is different from the subject performing the action (the children), standard Croatian strongly prefers using da + present tense to handle the change of subject.
Why is the word for children in the dative case (djeci)?
Even when it means "let" or "allow", the verb dati functions structurally just like "to give". You are figuratively giving permission to someone, so the person receiving that permission acts as the indirect object and must take the dative case.
In the clause da ga koriste, why does the pronoun ga come immediately after da?
The conjunction da acts as a hard boundary and an anchor for clitics (unstressed words). Since ga is the unstressed accusative pronoun replacing internet, it must slot into the second position of its own clause, right after da.
What case is nadzora in the phrase bez nadzora, and why?
It is in the genitive case. As a quick refresher, the preposition bez (without) always forces the following noun into the genitive case, turning the nominative nadzor (supervision) into nadzora.
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