Dođi ovamo, molim te.

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Breakdown of Dođi ovamo, molim te.

• doći: to come
• ovamo: here

Questions & Answers about Dođi ovamo, molim te.

What exactly is dođi?

Dođi is the imperative form of the verb doći (to come).

So this is the form you use when telling one person, informally, to come.

A few useful points:

• doći = the dictionary form, to come
• dođi = come! said to one person
• it is informal singular, so you would use it with a friend, child, family member, etc.

It also comes from a perfective verb, so it suggests a complete action: come here as a single movement, not an ongoing or repeated action.

Why is it dođi and not something based on dolaziti?

Croatian often has verb pairs:

• doći = perfective, to come as a completed action
• dolaziti = imperfective, to be coming / to come regularly / to keep coming

In commands, Croatian often prefers the perfective imperative when you want someone to do the action once and complete it:

• Dođi ovamo. = Come here.

By contrast, dolazi can sound different depending on context, for example:

• like keep coming
• come regularly
• sometimes come on, come here in a more ongoing sense

For a simple one-time command, dođi is the natural choice.