Questions & Answers about Idite naprijed.
Idite is the imperative form of the verb ići (to go).
It is used for:
- you all go ... (addressing more than one person)
- please go ... (formal singular, when speaking politely to one person)
So Idite naprijed. is a command or instruction.
In Croatian, -te is the usual ending for the plural imperative and also for the formal singular imperative.
Compare:
- Idi naprijed. = go ahead / go forward (to one person, informal)
- Idite naprijed. = go ahead / go forward (to several people, or to one person politely)
For an English speaker, this is similar to the difference between Go! said to a friend and Please go said politely or to a group, except Croatian marks that difference in the verb form itself.