Breakdown of Što se mene tiče, ostajemo kod sporedne pozornice.
kod
by
ostajati
to remain
sporedna pozornica
a secondary stage
što se mene tiče
as far as I am concerned
Questions & Answers about Što se mene tiče, ostajemo kod sporedne pozornice.
What does Što se mene tiče mean as a whole?
It is a very common Croatian expression meaning as far as I’m concerned, for my part, or as for me.
Literally, it is something like what concerns me or as it touches me, but in natural English you should usually translate it idiomatically, not word-for-word.
Examples:
- Što se mene tiče, možemo ići. = As far as I’m concerned, we can go.
- Što se mene tiče, to je u redu. = As far as I’m concerned, that’s fine.
So in your sentence, it introduces the speaker’s opinion or decision.
Why is it mene and not ja?
Because the phrase uses the verb ticati se, and that verb takes the genitive case.
The base pronoun is:
- ja = I
But in this expression you need the oblique form:
- mene
So:
- Što se mene tiče = as far as I’m concerned
For learners, the easiest way is to memorize što se + genitive + tiče as a fixed pattern.
More examples:
- Što se tebe tiče = as far as you’re concerned
- Što se njega tiče = as far as he’s concerned
- Što se nas tiče = as far as we’re concerned