Azil ne samo da organizira udomljavanje nego prati i socijalizaciju.

It means not only ... but ... / but also ...

So the sentence has this basic pattern:

• ne samo da organizira udomljavanje
• nego prati i socijalizaciju

A very natural English equivalent is:

• The shelter not only organizes adoptions, but also monitors socialization.

In Croatian, this pattern is very common for linking two actions, qualities, or ideas.

In this construction, da helps introduce the first full clause.

So:

• ne samo da organizira udomljavanje literally works like
• not only that it organizes adoptions

But in natural English, you do not translate da separately here. It is just part of the Croatian structure.

This is a very common pattern:

• Ne samo da radi, nego i pomaže drugima.
• He not only works, but also helps others.

So in your sentence, da is grammatical glue, not a word you need to represent directly in English.

Here nego introduces the second part of the not only ... but also ... pattern.

So:

• ne samo da ... nego ...

is the standard kind of pairing.

Why not ali?

• ali = but
• nego is often used after a negative or contrastive setup, especially in fixed patterns like this one

So nego sounds more natural and idiomatic here than ali.

You will often also see:

• ne samo ... nego i ...
• ne samo da ... nego i ...

Both are common.

i means also / too, but its position can shift depending on what is being emphasized.

In this sentence:

• nego prati i socijalizaciju

the i sits right before socijalizaciju, so it highlights that socialization is also something the shelter monitors.

A more symmetrical version would be:

• Azil ne samo da organizira udomljavanje nego i prati socijalizaciju.

That version emphasizes the whole second action more directly: but also monitors socialization.

So both ideas are similar, but word placement can slightly change the focus.

Because it is the direct object of prati.

The base noun is:

• socijalizacija = socialization

It is a feminine noun. In the accusative singular (used for a direct object), it becomes:

• socijalizaciju

So:

• prati socijalizaciju = monitors/follows socialization

This is a very common pattern in Croatian:

• nominative: socijalizacija
• accusative: socijalizaciju

udomljavanje is a verbal noun. It comes from the verb udomljavati / udomiti, which is about placing an animal in a home, adopting out, or rehoming.

So instead of using a verb like English often does, Croatian can use a noun naming the activity itself:

• udomljavanje = adoption / rehoming / the process of placing into homes

In the sentence:

• organizira udomljavanje

it means something like:

• organizes the adoption process
• arranges adoptions

Also, udomljavanje is a neuter noun, and in singular its nominative and accusative forms are the same, so the form does not change here.

azil here is:

• masculine singular
• nominative
• the subject of the sentence

We know it is the subject because it is the thing doing the actions:

• organizira
• prati

Both verbs are in 3rd person singular, matching azil:

• Azil organizira ...
• Azil prati ...

So the structure is straightforward:

• Azil = subject
• organizira / prati = verbs
• udomljavanje / socijalizaciju = objects

The present tense here expresses a general function or regular activity.

So the sentence is not necessarily about what the shelter is doing right this second. It is more like saying what the shelter does as part of its role.

This is very similar to English:

• The shelter organizes adoptions and monitors socialization.

So Croatian present tense often works the same way when describing:

• habits
• routines
• general truths
• institutional functions

Because Croatian has no articles.

English needs words like:

• a
• an
• the

Croatian does not.

So:

• Azil can mean a shelter or the shelter
• udomljavanje can mean adoption / the adoption process
• socijalizaciju can mean socialization / the socialization

The exact meaning depends on context.

That is why Croatian learners coming from English often feel that something is “missing,” but for Croatian, the sentence is perfectly complete.

Yes. A very common alternative would be:

• Azil ne samo da organizira udomljavanje nego i prati socijalizaciju.

This version may feel more balanced to learners because the i comes before the second verb phrase.

Another possible pattern in Croatian is:

• Azil ne samo organizira udomljavanje nego i prati socijalizaciju.

So the main idea is that Croatian has some flexibility here. The sentence you have is natural, but small word-order changes can shift emphasis slightly without changing the core meaning.