Odakle dolazi ovaj paket?

to come

Breakdown of Odakle dolazi ovaj paket?

• ovaj: this
• paket: package
• odakle: where from

Questions & Answers about Odakle dolazi ovaj paket?

What does odakle mean, and how is it different from gdje or kamo?

Odakle means from where or where ... from. It asks about the origin or starting point of movement.

Compare:

• gdje = where (location)
• kamo = where to (destination)
• odakle = where from (origin)

So in this sentence, Odakle dolazi ovaj paket?, the speaker is asking about the place the package is coming from, not where it is now or where it is going.

Why is the verb dolazi used here?

Dolazi is the 3rd person singular present tense of dolaziti, which means to come or to be coming.

It matches ovaj paket because paket is singular, so the verb must also be singular:

• ja dolazim = I come / am coming
• ti dolaziš = you come / are coming
• on/ona/ono dolazi = he/she/it comes / is coming

Since paket is grammatically treated like it, Croatian uses dolazi.

Why is it dolazi, not dođe?