Questions & Answers about Sabor je donio novi zakon.
The verb donio comes from donijeti, which usually means to bring. Why is it translated as passed here?
In Croatian, the verb donijeti (to bring) is used in several fixed legal and administrative phrases. The standard way to express passing a law is donijeti zakon. You will also frequently see it in the phrase donijeti odluku, which means to make a decision.
Why is Sabor capitalized, and can I use the word parlament instead?
Sabor is capitalized here because it acts as a proper noun referring specifically to the Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski sabor). You can use the generic word parlament when talking about legislative bodies in other countries, but for Croatia, it is almost always called Sabor.
The English translation says a new law, but the adjective novi has the definite -i ending. Shouldn't it be nov?
Strictly speaking, nov is the indefinite form (a new) and novi is the definite form (the new). However, in modern everyday Croatian, the definite adjective form is often used as the default for inanimate masculine objects in the accusative case. In a fixed administrative context like this, novi zakon sounds much more natural to native speakers than nov zakon.
The word zakon is the direct object of the sentence. Why does its ending not change in the accusative case?