Danas idemo na farmu kraj sela.

Idemo is the 1st person plural present tense of ići (to go), so it means we go or we are going.

In Croatian, the present tense can often translate into natural English in more than one way depending on context:

• Danas idemo... = Today we’re going...
• It could also be understood as Today we go..., but in English that sounds less natural in most everyday situations.

Danas means today. Croatian often places time expressions near the beginning of the sentence, especially when setting the scene.

So:

• Danas idemo na farmu kraj sela. = Today we’re going to a farm near the village.

That said, Croatian word order is fairly flexible, so other orders are possible for emphasis:

• Idemo danas na farmu kraj sela.
• Na farmu kraj sela idemo danas.

The original version is the most neutral and natural.

Croatian uses different prepositions depending on how a place is conceptualized.

• u usually means in / into an enclosed space, town, country, room, building, etc.
• na is used for many destinations understood more like surfaces, areas, events, institutions, or certain types of places.

With farma, Croatian normally says ići na farmu = to go to the farm.

This is something English speakers often just need to learn as a fixed pattern:

• ići na farmu
• ići na selo
• ići na more

It will not always match English logic exactly.

Because after na when it shows motion toward a destination, Croatian uses the accusative case.

The noun farma is feminine, and its accusative singular form is farmu.

So:

• nominative: farma
• accusative: farmu

That is why you get:

• na farmu = to the farm

Compare:

• Farma je velika. = The farm is big.
• Idemo na farmu. = We’re going to the farm.

Here kraj means near, by, or next to.

So:

• kraj sela = near the village

It is a preposition in this sentence. You may also see kraj as a noun in other contexts, where it can mean end or region, but here it is definitely the preposition meaning near/by.

Because the preposition kraj normally takes the genitive case.

The noun selo (village) is a neuter noun, and its genitive singular form is sela.

So:

• nominative: selo
• genitive: sela

That gives:

• kraj sela = near the village

Sela is genitive singular.

The full phrase is:

• kraj sela
• kraj
  • genitive

This is a very common thing to notice in Croatian: prepositions often require a specific case, and learners need to memorize which preposition goes with which case.

In this sentence, the natural meaning is near the village or by the village.

Although kraj can be connected with the idea of end in other uses, in kraj + genitive as a preposition, the usual meaning is beside / near.

So for this sentence, an English speaker should understand:

• na farmu kraj sela = to a farm near the village

Yes, absolutely. It is a normal, natural Croatian sentence.

It has:

• a time word: Danas
• a verb: idemo
• a destination phrase: na farmu
• a location description modifying farmu: kraj sela

So the structure is clear and idiomatic.

A simple approximate pronunciation for an English speaker is:

DAH-nahs EE-deh-moh nah FAR-moo krai SEH-lah

A few helpful notes:

• danas = DAH-nahs
• idemo = EE-deh-moh
• na = short nah
• farmu = FAR-moo
• kraj sounds roughly like krai
• sela = SEH-lah

Croatian spelling is quite regular, so pronunciation is generally more predictable than in English.

Yes. In fact, Croatian normally does leave it out unless it is needed for emphasis.

The verb idemo already tells you the subject is we.

So Croatian says:

• Danas idemo na farmu kraj sela.

If you add mi (we), it becomes more emphatic:

• Mi danas idemo na farmu kraj sela.

That would sound more like:

• We’re the ones going to the farm today.

Yes, often you can.

• kraj sela = near/by the village
• blizu sela = near the village

Both are natural, though kraj can feel a bit more like right by / beside, while blizu is a general near.

So these are both possible:

• Danas idemo na farmu kraj sela.
• Danas idemo na farmu blizu sela.

The difference is small in many everyday contexts.