Learn Croatian: Doma me čeka obitelj. - At home, the family is waiting for me.

me is a clitic (a short, unstressed pronoun). In Croatian, clitics follow a strict rule: they must go in the second position of the sentence. Here, it sits right after the first word, Doma. You cannot say Doma čeka me obitelj because that pushes the clitic to the third position.

Why is there no word for "for" in this sentence?

In English, we say "wait for someone", but the Croatian verb čekati simply takes a direct object. You just use the accusative case of the pronoun (in this case, me) directly with the verb, without adding any extra prepositions.

Why is the subject (obitelj) at the very end of the sentence?

Croatian word order is very flexible because the grammar tells you who is doing what. Putting obitelj at the end adds a little emphasis to who is waiting. It is also perfectly correct to say Obitelj me čeka doma if you want a more standard flow (notice how me stays in the second position!).

I see obitelj ends in a consonant. Is it a masculine word?

Actually, obitelj is one of those tricky exceptions you will encounter at this level! Even though it ends in a consonant (which usually signals a masculine noun), it is a feminine noun.