Još ne razumijem raspored soba u novom stanu.

In this sentence, još ne means still not or not yet.

So Još ne razumijem... can be understood as:

• I still don’t understand...
• I don’t understand yet...

Both are natural English translations. The exact nuance depends on context, but the idea is that the speaker expects they may understand later.

Razumijem means I understand.

It is the:

• 1st person singular
• present tense
• of the verb razumjeti = to understand

So:

• ja razumijem = I understand
• ne razumijem = I do not understand

Croatian often drops the subject pronoun ja, because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

That ending shows first person singular present tense for this verb.

The infinitive is razumjeti, and one present-tense form is:

• razumijem = I understand

A learner may notice that Croatian verbs do not always build the present tense directly from the infinitive in a simple way. This is normal. It is something you gradually learn with each verb pattern.

Croatian forms the negative very simply here:

• razumijem = I understand
• ne razumijem = I do not understand

The negative particle ne normally goes directly before the verb.

So još ne razumijem is literally something like still not understand-I.

Yes. Raspored is a very useful word with several related meanings, including:

• layout
• arrangement
• distribution
• schedule / timetable

The context tells you which meaning is intended.

In raspored soba u novom stanu, it clearly means the layout/arrangement of the rooms in the new apartment, not a timetable.

Because soba is in the genitive plural here.

Croatian often uses this structure:

• noun + genitive

to mean something like:

• layout of the rooms
• door of the house
• color of the wall

So:

• raspored soba = layout of the rooms

Here is the pattern:

• soba = room
• sobe = rooms / of the room
• soba = of the rooms

That last form, soba, is the genitive plural, and it happens to look the same as the nominative singular. That can seem strange at first, but it is completely normal in Croatian.

It is in the genitive plural.

Why? Because raspored soba means the arrangement/layout of rooms, and Croatian commonly uses the genitive after another noun to show this kind of relationship.

So:

• soba = room
• sobe = rooms
• raspored soba = layout of rooms

This is one of the most common uses of the genitive in Croatian.

Because u can take different cases depending on meaning.

Here it means in a place, so it takes the locative:

• u novom stanu = in the new apartment

Breakdown:

• stan = apartment / flat
• stanu = locative singular
• novom = adjective agreeing with stanu in case, number, and gender

So both words change:

• novi stan = a new apartment
• u novom stanu = in the new apartment

That would express movement into the apartment, not location inside it.

Compare:

• u novom stanu = in the new apartment → location, so locative
• u novi stan = into the new apartment → direction/movement, so accusative

In your sentence, the speaker is talking about understanding the room layout inside the apartment, so u novom stanu is correct.

Because Croatian does not have articles like English a and the.

So a phrase like u novom stanu can mean:

• in a new apartment
• in the new apartment

The exact meaning comes from context.

In this sentence, English would usually say in the new apartment, because the apartment is probably already known from the conversation.

Yes. Croatian word order is more flexible than English word order.

The sentence as given:

• Još ne razumijem raspored soba u novom stanu.

is a very natural, neutral way to say it.

But other orders are possible for emphasis, for example:

• Ne razumijem još raspored soba u novom stanu.
• Raspored soba u novom stanu još ne razumijem.

These are not all equally neutral, though. The original version sounds the most straightforward for everyday use.

They refer to different things:

• stan = apartment / flat
• soba = room

So:

• u novom stanu = in the new apartment
• raspored soba = layout of the rooms

The sentence is talking about the arrangement of the rooms within the apartment.

Yes. Još uvijek ne razumijem... is also correct and means almost the same thing.

Compare:

• Još ne razumijem... = I still don’t understand / I don’t understand yet
• Još uvijek ne razumijem... = I still don’t understand

Još uvijek adds a bit more emphasis to the idea of still. Both are common.

Because razumjeti focuses on understanding.

The sentence means the speaker still does not fully understand the room layout. That is why razumijem fits well.

If you wanted a slightly different idea, Croatian might use another verb, for example one meaning grasp, figure out, or realize, but that would shift the nuance.

So ne razumijem is the most direct and natural choice for I don’t understand.

Još is pronounced roughly like yosh.

A few useful pronunciation points:

• j in Croatian sounds like English y
• š sounds like English sh

So:

• još ≈ yosh

You can apply the same idea elsewhere:

• razumijem → the j sounds like y
• soba → straightforward so-ba
• stan → one syllable, like stan in English but with a clear pure vowel