Ako ništa drugo, kvizaš može nagađati i pogoditi odgovor.

As a fixed expression, Ako ništa drugo means if nothing else, at least, or if for no other reason.

Literally, it is something like if nothing other or if nothing else, but in real usage it works idiomatically. It often introduces a minimal positive point:

• Ako ništa drugo, naučio sam nešto. = If nothing else, I learned something.
• Ako ništa drugo, bilo je zanimljivo. = At least it was interesting.

So in your sentence, it sets up the idea: even if other things fail, this one thing is still possible.

Kvizaš is a noun meaning someone who takes part in quizzes, especially quiz competitions. Depending on context, it can be translated as:

• quiz contestant
• quiz player
• quizzer
• sometimes trivia competitor

It comes from kviz = quiz.

So kvizaš može... means the quiz contestant can... or a quiz player can...

Because kvizaš is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative case.

• kvizaš = nominative singular
• kvizaša would usually be genitive or accusative singular, not the subject form

In this sentence:

• kvizaš = the person doing the action
• može nagađati i pogoditi = can guess and get it right

So kvizaš has to stay in the nominative.

In Croatian, modal verbs like moći are commonly followed by an infinitive, just like can in English.

Here:

• može nagađati = can guess
• može pogoditi = can guess correctly / can get right

Since both actions depend on the same modal verb, Croatian can use one može for both:

• kvizaš može nagađati i pogoditi odgovor

This is equivalent to:

• kvizaš može nagađati i može pogoditi odgovor

But repeating može is unnecessary here.

They are related, but not the same.

• nagađati = to guess, to speculate, to make guesses
• pogoditi = to guess correctly, to hit upon, to get right

A useful way to think about it:

• nagađati focuses on the process of guessing
• pogoditi focuses on the successful result

So:

• Može nagađati = He/She can make guesses
• Može pogoditi odgovor = He/She can get the answer right

That is why both appear together: the contestant can try guessing, and may actually guess correctly.

Yes. This sentence is a good example of Croatian aspect.

• nagađati is imperfective
• pogoditi is perfective

Why?

• nagađati describes an ongoing, repeated, or non-completed activity: guessing, making attempts
• pogoditi describes a completed result: successfully getting the answer right

So the sentence combines:

1. the ongoing act of guessing
2. the completed success of landing on the right answer

This is very natural in Croatian. English often uses the same verb guess for both ideas, but Croatian separates them more clearly.

Odgovor means answer, and here it is the direct object of pogoditi.

The reason it stays odgovor is that it is a masculine inanimate noun, and for those nouns:

• nominative singular = odgovor
• accusative singular = odgovor

So even though it is the object, its form does not change.

Compare:

• Vidim stol. = I see the table.
• Pogoditi odgovor. = To guess the answer correctly.

Both stol and odgovor are masculine inanimate, so nominative and accusative look the same.

Not exactly. In English, guess the answer can mean either:

1. simply make a guess
2. actually guess correctly

Croatian distinguishes those ideas more clearly here.

Because the sentence has both nagađati and pogoditi odgovor, it suggests more than just making a random guess. A natural English rendering would be something like:

• If nothing else, the quiz contestant can make a guess and get the answer right.
• If nothing else, the contestant can guess and hit the right answer.
• If nothing else, the contestant can always take a guess and maybe get it right.

So guess the answer alone is usually too compressed to reflect both verbs.

No, Croatian word order is flexible, though some versions sound more natural than others.

This sentence has a neutral, natural order:

• Ako ništa drugo, kvizaš može nagađati i pogoditi odgovor.

Other possible orders exist, for example:

• Ako ništa drugo, može kvizaš nagađati i pogoditi odgovor.
  This sounds less natural in ordinary speech.
• Kvizaš, ako ništa drugo, može nagađati i pogoditi odgovor.
  Possible, but it shifts the rhythm and emphasis.

The original version is good because:

1. the introductory phrase comes first
2. the subject follows
3. može naturally introduces the infinitives

So while Croatian is flexible, this order is probably the best default choice.

Because Ako ništa drugo functions as an introductory expression before the main clause.

The comma helps separate:

• the introductory phrase: Ako ništa drugo
• the main statement: kvizaš može nagađati i pogoditi odgovor

This is similar to English punctuation in:

• If nothing else, the contestant can guess.

So the comma is normal and expected here.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• kvizaš ≈ kvee-zash
• nagađati ≈ nah-GAH-jah-tee
• pogoditi ≈ poh-goh-DEE-tee
• odgovor ≈ OD-goh-vor

A few helpful notes:

• š sounds like sh
• đ sounds roughly like a soft j/dj sound
• Croatian spelling is quite phonetic, so once you know the letters, pronunciation is usually straightforward

Grammatically, može can sometimes mean either can or may, depending on context.

But in this sentence, the most natural meaning is can in the sense of is able to or has the option of.

So here:

• kvizaš može nagađati = the contestant can guess
• not really the contestant is allowed to guess, unless the wider context is specifically about rules

In a quiz context, the sentence is most likely about possibility or strategy, not permission.