Još imam tremu.

Here još means still.

So Još imam tremu. = I still have nervousness / I’m still nervous.

Be careful: još can also mean more, another, yet, depending on context. In this sentence, still is the natural meaning.

Examples:

• Još čekam. = I’m still waiting.
• Još kave, molim. = More coffee, please.

Because Croatian often expresses feelings or states with imati (to have) + a noun.

So:

• imam tremu = literally I have stage fright / nervousness
• natural English translation: I’m nervous

This is a normal Croatian pattern, not a strange exception.

Similar expressions:

• Imam strah. = I have fear.
• Imam osjećaj... = I have a feeling...

Trema means nervousness, especially the kind you feel before speaking, performing, being examined, or being in front of people.

It is often close to:

• stage fright
• performance nerves
• pre-event nervousness

So imam tremu is especially common when talking about:

• an exam
• a presentation
• going on stage
• meeting people in a stressful situation

It is a very natural phrase.

Because tremu is the accusative singular form of trema.

The verb imati usually takes a direct object in the accusative:

• imam knjigu = I have a book
• imam ideju = I have an idea
• imam tremu = I have nervousness / stage fright

So:

• nominative: trema
• accusative: tremu

This is a regular pattern for many feminine nouns ending in -a.

Yes. Trema is feminine.

That is why its basic form ends in -a, and its accusative singular becomes -u:

• ta trema
• imam tremu

A few useful forms:

• nominative: trema
• genitive: treme
• dative: tremi
• accusative: tremu
• locative: tremi
• instrumental: tremom

Yes, absolutely.

Croatian often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows the subject:

• imam = I have

So the most natural neutral sentence is:

• Još imam tremu.

If you say:

• Ja još imam tremu.

that adds emphasis, something like:

• I still have stage fright.

Use ja when you want contrast or emphasis.

Yes. Croatian word order is flexible.

All of these are possible:

• Još imam tremu.
• Imam još tremu.
• Tremu još imam.

But they do not all sound equally neutral.

The most natural neutral version is:

• Još imam tremu.

Roughly:

• starting with još emphasizes still
• starting with imam can sound a bit more conversational or context-dependent
• starting with tremu gives extra emphasis to the nervousness

So learners should usually stick with:

• Još imam tremu.

Yes. That is also correct, but the nuance is a little different.

• Još imam tremu. = I still have stage fright / pre-performance nerves
• Još sam nervozan. = I’m still nervous

Nervozan / nervozna is broader and can be used in many situations. Trema is more specific and often connected with speaking, performing, exams, and similar pressure situations.

So if the context is a presentation, concert, interview, or exam, imam tremu can sound especially natural.

Imam is the 1st person singular present tense of imati (to have).

A few present tense forms:

• imam = I have
• imaš = you have
• ima = he/she/it has
• imamo = we have
• imate = you plural / formal have
• imaju = they have

So:

• Još imam tremu. = I still have stage fright.

A simple approximate pronunciation is:

yosh EE-mam TRE-moo

More carefully:

• još sounds roughly like yosh
• imam = ee-mam
• tremu = treh-moo

Some sound notes:

• j in Croatian sounds like English y
• š sounds like English sh
• r is rolled or tapped
• vowels are usually clear and short, not reduced like in English

Usually trema is treated as an uncountable feeling, similar to nervousness in English.

So the normal phrase is:

• Imam tremu.

You would not normally use it like a regular countable noun meaning a nervousness.

The plural treme exists grammatically, but in everyday use the singular is far more common for this meaning.

Yes. With negatives, još often means still or yet, depending on the sentence.

Examples:

• Još nemam tremu. = I still don’t have stage fright / I don’t have stage fright yet.
• Više nemam tremu. = I no longer have stage fright.

This contrast is useful:

• još = still / yet
• više ne = no longer / not anymore

Yes, it is very natural, especially in contexts like:

• before an exam
• before a speech
• before a performance
• before going on camera
• before an interview

A Croatian speaker would easily understand it as a normal, idiomatic sentence. It does not sound overly formal or unnatural.