Što se mene tiče, kupujemo dnevnu ulaznicu zbog predgrupe.

As far as I am concerned, we are buying the day ticket because of the support act.

Breakdown of Što se mene tiče, kupujemo dnevnu ulaznicu zbog predgrupe.

• zbog: because of
• kupovati: to buy
• dnevna ulaznica: a day ticket
• predgrupa: a support act; opening band

Questions & Answers about Što se mene tiče, kupujemo dnevnu ulaznicu zbog predgrupe.

What does Što se mene tiče mean in this sentence?

It means as far as I’m concerned or as for me.

It is a very common Croatian expression for giving your personal view. Literally, it is something like what concerns me, but in natural English you usually translate it as as far as I’m concerned.

So here it introduces the speaker’s opinion before the rest of the sentence.

Why is it mene, not ja or mi?

Because the verb in this expression is ticati se, which takes the genitive case.

So:

• ja = I
• mi = to me
• mene = me, in the genitive/accusative form

With ticati se, Croatian says literally it concerns me, and me appears as mene.

That is why the fixed phrase is Što se mene tiče, not Što se ja tiče.

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