Pomakni stol bliže prozoru, molim te.

Pomakni is the imperative form of the verb pomaknuti (to move / shift), used when telling someone to do something.

A native English speaker might also notice that Croatian often chooses between perfective and imperfective verbs:

• pomaknuti = perfective, focusing on the action as a completed result
• micati / pomicati = imperfective, focusing more on the ongoing movement or repeated action

So Pomakni stol sounds like:

• move the table / shift the table

with the idea of getting it into a new position.

If you used an imperfective imperative instead, it could sound more like be moving the table or move it around, depending on context.

In Croatian, the subject is often left out because the verb form already shows who the command is addressed to.

• pomakni = move! addressed to you (singular, informal)

So the sentence does not need ti.

Including ti would usually sound unnecessary unless you wanted emphasis, contrast, or emotion.

Stol is the direct object of the verb, so it is in the accusative case.

But for masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative singular is usually the same as the nominative singular.

So:

• nominative: stol
• accusative: stol

That is why the form does not change.

This is very common in Croatian:

• Vidim stol.
• Pomakni stol.

But masculine animate nouns usually do change in the accusative.

Because bliže normally goes with the dative case when it means closer to something.

So:

• prozor = nominative
• prozoru = dative singular

In this sentence:

• bliže prozoru = closer to the window

This is one of those patterns that English speakers simply need to learn as a set:

• blizu prozora = near the window
• bliže prozoru = closer to the window

The case can change depending on the expression, so it is worth learning bliže + dative as a chunk.

Bliže is the comparative form related to blizu (near).

So:

• blizu = near
• bliže = nearer / closer

In this sentence it works adverbially, but it also connects to prozoru in the dative to show closer to the window.

So the structure is basically:

• Pomakni stol = move the table
• bliže prozoru = closer to the window

Yes, but the meaning changes slightly.

• bliže prozoru = closer to the window
• prema prozoru = toward the window

So:

• Pomakni stol bliže prozoru focuses on the final position
• Pomakni stol prema prozoru focuses more on the direction

In many situations both are possible, but bliže prozoru is better if the main idea is that the table should end up nearer to the window.

Molim te softens the command and makes it sound more polite, like:

• please

Literally, molim comes from moliti (to ask / to beg / to request), and te is you in the accusative.

So molim te is the normal informal way to say please to one person.

Compare:

• Pomakni stol bliže prozoru. = plain command
• Pomakni stol bliže prozoru, molim te. = softer, more polite

Yes. Molim te is used when speaking to one person informally.

For polite or formal speech, you would usually say:

• molim Vas

So:

• Pomakni stol bliže prozoru, molim te. = informal singular
• Pomaknite stol bliže prozoru, molim Vas. = formal singular or plural

Notice that the verb changes too:

• pomakni = singular informal
• pomaknite = plural or formal

Yes. Croatian word order is fairly flexible, especially with something like molim te.

You could also say:

• Molim te, pomakni stol bliže prozoru.
• Pomakni, molim te, stol bliže prozoru.

All of these are understandable. The original version sounds natural and common.

The choice mostly depends on:

• emphasis
• rhythm
• how polite or soft you want the sentence to sound

The imperative ending tells you that.

• pomakni = command to one person informally
• pomaknite = command to more than one person, or to one person formally

This is a very useful distinction in Croatian because the verb form itself carries social information.

It can be either, depending on tone, but with molim te it usually sounds more like a request than a harsh command.

Croatian imperatives are often used in everyday polite requests, just like English:

• Pass me the salt, please.
• Open the window, please.

So even though the grammar is imperative, the presence of molim te makes it sound normal and courteous.

A learner may wonder about the sound ž.

• ž is pronounced like the s in measure or the g in genre
• bliže sounds approximately like BLEE-zheh

Very roughly:

• bli- = like blee
• -že = zhe

And:

• stol = roughly stohl
• prozoru = roughly proh-zoh-roo

These are only approximations, but they can help at first.