U tavi pržim luk i češnjak za večeru.

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Breakdown of U tavi pržim luk i češnjak za večeru.

• i: and
• večera: dinner
• za: for

Questions & Answers about U tavi pržim luk i češnjak za večeru.

What does "U tavi" literally mean, and why is it "tavi" and not "tava"?

"U tavi" literally means "in the pan".

• The base form (dictionary form) is tava – a pan.
• After the preposition u (in) with a static location (where something is happening), Croatian uses the locative case.
• The locative singular of tava is tavi.

So:

• tava = pan (nominative)
• u tavi = in the pan (locative, after u meaning “in”)

Why is there no word for "I" in "pržim"? Where is the subject?

Croatian usually drops the subject pronoun (like ja = I) because the verb ending already shows the person.

• pržim is 1st person singular: I fry / I am frying.
• You could say Ja pržim luk i češnjak, but it sounds unnecessary unless you want to emphasize I.

So the subject "I" is implied by the verb ending -im.

What is the difference between "pržiti" and "peći"? Both seem to translate as "to fry" or "to bake".