Neću ti zamjeriti.

I won't hold it against you.

Breakdown of Neću ti zamjeriti.

• ti: you (informal singular)
• htjeti: will
• zamjeriti: to hold against

Questions & Answers about Neću ti zamjeriti.

What does zamjeriti mean exactly?

Zamjeriti means something like to hold against someone, to resent, or to take offense at something someone did.

In Croatian, it often works like this:

• zamjeriti nekome nešto = to hold something against someone

So in Neću ti zamjeriti, the idea is:

• I won’t hold it against you
• I won’t resent you for it
• I won’t blame you for that

The thing being forgiven is not said here, but it is understood from context.

Why is ti used here? Why not te?

Ti is the dative form of ti/you (singular, informal), and zamjeriti normally takes the person in the dative:

• zamjeriti komu? = to hold something against whom?

So:

• ti = to you
• te = you in the accusative/genitive, which would not fit this verb here

That is why Neću ti zamjeriti literally has the structure:

• I-won’t to-you hold-against

Natural English: I won’t hold it against you.