Questions & Answers about Za mene je to normalna stvar.
Why is it za mene and not za ja or za me?
In Croatian, the preposition za (for) is followed by the accusative case.
- The pronoun ja (I) in the accusative is mene (strong form) or me (weak/clitic form).
- After a preposition like za, you must use the strong form, so it has to be za mene, not za ja and not za me.
So:
- za ja – wrong case
- za me – wrong pronoun form after a preposition
- za mene – correct: za + accusative (strong pronoun)
What case is mene, and what does that tell me about the sentence?
Mene is accusative singular of ja (I), in its strong form.
In this sentence, it is used after the preposition za, which always takes the accusative. So:
- za
- mene → for me (as in “from my point of view / in my opinion”).
Here za mene expresses a personal perspective:
Za mene = for me / as far as I’m concerned / in my view.
Why is the verb je placed after and not somewhere else?