Nemoj me zvati sada; djeca dremaju u sobi.

In Croatian, a negative command is usually made with nemoj + infinitive.

So:

• Zovi me. = Call me.
• Nemoj me zvati. = Don’t call me.

Using ne directly with an imperative form is generally not the normal everyday pattern here. The standard way is:

• nemoj for one person, informal
• nemojte for more than one person or for formal you

So this sentence is addressing one person informally.

Because after nemoj, Croatian uses the infinitive, not the imperative.

So:

• correct: Nemoj me zvati
• not standard: Nemoj me zovi

Compare:

• affirmative command: Zovi me
• negative command: Nemoj me zvati

This is a very common pattern, and learners should get used to thinking of nemoj as something that is followed by the basic dictionary form of the verb.

Me is the short unstressed form of the pronoun ja in the accusative case. Here it means me as the direct object of zvati.

So:

• zvati me = to call me

Croatian often has a short clitic form and a longer stressed form:

• short: me
• long: mene

In a neutral sentence, Croatian normally uses the short form:

• Nemoj me zvati.

The longer mene is used for emphasis, contrast, or in positions where the short form cannot go:

• Nemoj zvati mene, nego nju. = Don’t call me, call her.

Croatian usually leaves out subject pronouns when they are clear from the verb form.

Here, nemoj already shows that the speaker is talking to you singular, informal. Because of that, ti is unnecessary.

So Croatian prefers:

• Nemoj me zvati sada.

rather than:

• Ti nemoj me zvati sada.

You can add ti only for emphasis, contrast, or emotional force.

Although djeca may look unusual to English speakers, it means children and takes a plural verb in standard Croatian:

• Djeca dremaju. = The children are napping.

So even though the form is special, grammatically it behaves as a plural meaning.

This noun is worth memorizing on its own because its forms are irregular compared with many other nouns:

• nominative: djeca
• genitive: djece
• dative/locative: djeci

So the important point here is simple: djeca refers to more than one child, so the verb is plural.

Not exactly. Dremati means to doze, to nap, or to sleep lightly. It suggests a lighter, shorter kind of sleep than spavati.

So:

• spavati = to sleep
• dremati = to nap, doze

That means djeca dremaju u sobi gives a more specific picture than just saying the children are sleeping. It suggests they are resting quietly, probably not in deep sleep.

Because u can take different cases depending on meaning:

• u + accusative = motion into a place
• u + locative = location in a place

Here there is no movement. The children are already inside the room, so Croatian uses the locative:

• u sobi = in the room

Compare:

• Djeca su u sobi. = The children are in the room.
• Djeca idu u sobu. = The children are going into the room.

Sobi is the locative singular of soba, meaning room.

The base noun is:

• soba = room

After u when it means location, the locative is used:

• u sobi = in the room

This is a very common pattern with place expressions in Croatian.

Yes. Sada and sad both mean now.

• sada is the full form
• sad is very common in everyday speech and often sounds a bit more conversational

So both are natural:

• Nemoj me zvati sada.
• Nemoj me zvati sad.

The version with sada may sound a little more careful or slightly more formal, but both are standard and common.

The semicolon links two closely related independent clauses:

• Nemoj me zvati sada
• djeca dremaju u sobi

It shows a stronger break than a comma, but it keeps the two ideas connected. In English, this works a lot like:

• Don’t call me now; the children are napping in the room.

In Croatian, this could also be written as two sentences, or joined in another way, depending on style:

• Nemoj me zvati sada. Djeca dremaju u sobi.
• Nemoj me zvati sada jer djeca dremaju u sobi.

The semicolon is mainly a punctuation/style choice here.

Not completely. Croatian word order is fairly flexible, but the original order is the most neutral and natural.

• Nemoj me zvati sada; djeca dremaju u sobi.

You may hear variations for emphasis, such as:

• Sada me nemoj zvati.
• Djeca u sobi dremaju.

But changing the order can shift the emphasis:

• sada first emphasizes now
• u sobi moved earlier emphasizes where
• keeping me near the beginning follows normal clitic placement patterns

So the original sentence is a good neutral model to learn first.