Volimo tortu, ali je ne jedemo svaku večer.

Croatian object pronouns like je are clitics and prefer the “second position” in a clause—right after the first stressed element. In the second clause, the first element is ali, so the clitic goes right after it: ali je .... The negation ne sticks to the verb (ne jedemo), so you get ali je ne jedemo.

If there were no word or phrase before the verb, you would not put the clitic at the very start. Instead you’d say: Ne jedemo je (ju), not “Je ne jedemo.”

No. Clitics like je cannot start a sentence, and ne wants to be directly in front of the verb. So:

• ✅ Ne jedemo je/ju.
• ❌ “Je ne jedemo.”
• ❌ “Ne je jedemo.”

Both are present tense, 1st person plural:

• volimo (from voljeti) = “we love/like”
• jedemo (from jesti) = “we eat”

Voljeti can mean “love” or strong “like,” and it’s fine for general preferences: Volimo tortu. For the English “like” (something appeals to someone), Croatian often uses the reflexive construction sviđati se:

• Sviđa nam se torta, ali je ne jedemo svaku večer. (“We like the cake, but we don’t eat it every evening.”) Note the dative pronoun: nam = “to us.” With plurals: Sviđaju nam se torte.

Word order is flexible, but be careful with negation and focus:

• Ne jedemo je svaku večer. = “We don’t eat it every evening” (natural for “not every evening”).
• Svaku večer je ne jedemo. tends to read as “Every evening, we don’t eat it,” which can be understood as “we never eat it (on any evening).” That’s a different meaning. So keep the original order for “not every evening.”

For the 3rd‑person feminine singular accusative clitic, both je and ju are standard. A good rule of thumb:

• In the “second position” clitic slot (as in the sentence: Ali je ne jedemo), use je.
• After the verb (not in second position), you’ll hear both: Ne jedemo je / Ne jedemo ju. Both are acceptable; usage varies by region and style.