Moja baka se i dalje rado sjeća djetinjstva i često ga spominje kad pijemo čaj zajedno.

I dalje means still or continuing to.

So se i dalje rado sjeća djetinjstva means she still gladly remembers her childhood.

Be careful not to confuse the two i words in the sentence:

• i dalje = still
• the later i = and

So the sentence has both:

• i dalje = still
• i često ga spominje = and she often mentions it

Because the verb is sjećati se, which is the normal dictionary form meaning to remember / to recall.

So you do not usually say just sjećati in this meaning. The se is part of the verb.

A learner can think of it as:

• sjećati se = to remember
• baka se sjeća = grandma remembers

This is one of those Croatian verbs that simply comes with se, and you need to learn it that way.

Because se is a clitic, and Croatian clitics usually go in the second position of the clause.

So:

• Moja baka se rado sjeća...

Here the first meaningful unit is Moja baka, and the clitic se comes right after it.

This word order is very normal in Croatian. English speakers often expect se to stay glued to the verb, but Croatian clitics are placed according to sentence position, not just next to the verb.

Because sjećati se takes the genitive case.

The noun is:

• djetinjstvo = childhood

But after sjećati se, it becomes:

• djetinjstva = of childhood / childhood (genitive form)

So:

• sjećati se djetinjstva = to remember childhood

This is something you need to memorize with the verb:

• sjećati se + genitive

Rado means gladly, with pleasure, or very often in natural English likes to.

So:

• rado se sjeća literally = gladly remembers
• more natural English = likes to remember / fondly remembers

Croatian often uses rado where English uses like to:

• Rado čitam. = I like reading / I read gladly.
• Rado dolazim ovamo. = I like coming here.

So in this sentence, rado adds a warm, positive feeling.

Because ga here means it, referring back to djetinjstvo.

This surprises many learners because djetinjstvo is neuter, but the short unstressed object pronoun is still ga.

So:

• djetinjstvo = childhood
• spominje ga = mentions it

In other words:

• često ga spominje = she often mentions it

This is normal Croatian pronoun usage, even though it may feel odd from an English point of view.

Again, because ga is a clitic.

Croatian clitic pronouns usually appear near the beginning of the clause, in second position.

So:

• često ga spominje

is more natural than putting ga after the verb.

Also, the conjunction i usually does not count as the first position for clitic placement, so ga comes after često:

• i često ga spominje

This is standard Croatian word order.

Spominje is from the imperfective verb spominjati, meaning to mention, especially in a repeated or habitual sense.

That fits well with:

• često = often

So:

• često ga spominje = she often mentions it

If you used the perfective verb spomenuti, that would sound more like a single completed mention:

• spomenula ga je = she mentioned it

A useful contrast:

• spominjati = mention repeatedly / habitually
• spomenuti = mention once

Because Croatian often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here:

• pijemo = we drink / we are drinking

The ending -mo already tells you it is we, so mi is unnecessary unless you want emphasis.

So:

• kad pijemo čaj zajedno = when we drink tea together

If you said kad mi pijemo čaj zajedno, it would sound more emphatic, like when we are the ones drinking tea together.

It can naturally mean when we drink tea together, and in this context it has a habitual sense, so in English whenever we drink tea together is also a good way to understand it.

The whole sentence describes something repeated or usual:

• she still remembers her childhood
• she often mentions it
• this happens when we drink tea together

So the meaning is not just one single tea-drinking event, but a recurring situation.

Zajedno means together.

So:

• kad pijemo čaj zajedno = when we drink tea together

Its position at the end is completely natural. Croatian word order is flexible, and zajedno could move a bit depending on emphasis:

• kad zajedno pijemo čaj
• kad pijemo zajedno čaj
• kad pijemo čaj zajedno

The version in your sentence sounds smooth and neutral.

They are related, but not the same.

• sjeća se djetinjstva = she remembers her childhood internally, in her mind
• spominje ga = she mentions it out loud in conversation

So the sentence says both:

1. she still remembers her childhood fondly
2. she often talks about it when the two of you drink tea together

That combination makes the sentence feel vivid and natural: memory first, then speaking about the memory.

Moja baka means my grandmother, and it sounds natural because the speaker is identifying which grandmother they mean.

Croatian often uses possessives in the same situations English does:

• moja majka = my mother
• moj brat = my brother
• moja baka = my grandmother

You could say just baka in some contexts if it is already clear whose grandmother you mean, but moja baka is the neutral full form here.