Kad stavimo sve na pult, blagajnica će nam dati račun i malu vrećicu za novčiće.

Because stavimo comes from the verb staviti, which is perfective. In this sentence, the action is seen as a single completed event: when we put everything on the counter.

• staviti → stavimo = to put, to place, as a completed action
• stavljati / stavljamo = to be putting, to put repeatedly or habitually

After kad when talking about a future event, Croatian often uses a perfective present where English would use a present tense like when we put.

This is very common in Croatian. In time clauses introduced by kad (when), Croatian often uses the present tense of a perfective verb to refer to the future.

So:

• Kad stavimo sve na pult... = When we put everything on the counter...
• The action is future in meaning, even though the verb form looks like present.

Then the main clause uses the future explicitly:

• blagajnica će nam dati... = the cashier will give us...

This pattern is normal and very important in Croatian.

Both mean when.

• kad is very common in everyday speech
• kada is a little more formal or sometimes slightly more emphatic

In this sentence, kad is completely natural.

Sve means everything here.

It is a pronoun, and in this sentence it is the direct object of stavimo:

• Kad stavimo sve na pult...
• When we put everything on the counter...

So sve is in the accusative, though for this word the form is also sve.

Because na can take different cases depending on the meaning:

• na + accusative = movement onto / to
• na + locative = location on / at

Here there is movement:

• stavimo sve na pult = we put everything onto the counter

So Croatian uses the accusative: na pult.

Compare:

• Sve je na pultu. = Everything is on the counter.
  Here it is location, so locative is used.

Good question. Pult is a masculine inanimate noun, and in the singular its accusative is the same as its nominative.

So:

• nominative: pult
• accusative: pult

That is why you do not see a different ending here.

Because Croatian has no articles. There is no direct equivalent of the or a/an.

So:

• blagajnica can mean the cashier or a cashier
• the exact meaning depends on context

In this sentence, English naturally uses the cashier, but Croatian does not need a separate word for that.

This is about clitic placement.

The word će is a clitic form of htjeti used to make the future tense, and nam is also a clitic pronoun. Croatian clitics usually go in the second position in the clause.

So in:

• blagajnica će nam dati račun...

the clitic group će nam comes right after the first stressed word, blagajnica.

You may also hear some variation in word order in Croatian, but nam će dati is not the normal standard order here.

Nam is the dative form of mi (we/us).

Here it means to us:

• blagajnica će nam dati račun = the cashier will give us the receipt

The verb dati often takes:

• a direct object in the accusative = what is given
• an indirect object in the dative = to whom it is given

So here:

• nam = to us
• račun = the receipt
• malu vrećicu = a small bag

Both are direct objects, so they are in the accusative case.

• račun is masculine inanimate, so accusative singular looks the same as nominative:

  • nominative: račun
  • accusative: račun

• vrećica is feminine, so accusative singular changes:

  • nominative: mala vrećica
  • accusative: malu vrećicu

That is why the adjective and noun both change in malu vrećicu.

Because vrećica is a feminine noun, and here it is in the accusative singular as the direct object.

So both the adjective and the noun must match in case, gender, and number:

• nominative: mala vrećica
• accusative: malu vrećicu

This is a very typical feminine accusative pattern in Croatian.

Za novčiće means for coins.

The preposition za often takes the accusative case. Here it expresses purpose:

• vrećica za novčiće = a bag for coins

The noun is:

• singular: novčić = coin
• plural nominative: novčići
• plural accusative: novčiće

So after za, we get novčiće.

It can mean both, depending on context.

• In a shop or supermarket, račun usually means receipt
• In a restaurant, it can mean bill/check
• More generally, it can also mean account in some contexts

In this sentence, because we are talking about a cashier and items on a counter, receipt is the most natural meaning.

Yes, Croatian word order is more flexible than English, but not completely free. The original sentence is very natural:

• Kad stavimo sve na pult, blagajnica će nam dati račun i malu vrećicu za novčiće.

Some parts can move for emphasis, but clitics like će and nam still follow special placement rules.

For example, Croatian can shift information around more easily than English, but the original order is probably the best version for a learner to imitate.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• Kad = kahd
• stavimo = STAH-vee-moh
• sve = sveh
• na pult = nah poolt
• blagajnica = blah-GUYT-nee-tsah
• će = chyeh
• nam = nahm
• dati = DAH-tee
• račun = rah-CHOON
• i = ee
• malu = MAH-loo
• vrećicu = VREH-chee-tsoo
• za novčiće = zah NOV-chee-cheh

A few useful sound notes:

• č is like ch in church
• ć is also a ch-like sound, but softer
• c is like ts
• j is like English y

Yes. Blagajnica is feminine and refers to a female cashier.

If the cashier were male, you would say:

• blagajnik

So the sentence would change accordingly:

• blagajnik će nam dati...

Croatian often marks gender directly in job titles and nouns for people.