Nasuprot školi otvorili su mali kafić, ali ja i dalje radije idem u staru trgovinu.

Opposite the school they opened a small cafe, but I still prefer going to the old shop.

Breakdown of Nasuprot školi otvorili su mali kafić, ali ja i dalje radije idem u staru trgovinu.

• ja: I
• biti: to be
• mali: small
• ići: to go

Questions & Answers about Nasuprot školi otvorili su mali kafić, ali ja i dalje radije idem u staru trgovinu.

Why is školi in the form školi after nasuprot?

Because nasuprot usually takes the dative case in Croatian.

• škola = school
• dative singular: školi

So:

• nasuprot školi = opposite the school / across from the school

This is something English speakers often need to memorize, because English uses a preposition without changing the noun, while Croatian changes the noun form.

Other examples:

• nasuprot kući = opposite the house
• nasuprot parku = opposite the park

You may also sometimes see suprotno školi or similar structures, but here nasuprot + dative is the key pattern.

Why does the sentence say otvorili su instead of naming who opened the café?