Daj mi odvijač kojim mogu da zategnem vijak.

can

Breakdown of Daj mi odvijač kojim mogu da zategnem vijak.

• da: that
• mi: me
• dati: to give

Questions & Answers about Daj mi odvijač kojim mogu da zategnem vijak.

Why is it daj mi and not daj mene?

Because mi is the unstressed dative form of ja and means to me.

In this sentence, the speaker is the person who should receive the screwdriver, so Serbian uses the indirect object:

• Daj mi odvijač = Give me the screwdriver / Give the screwdriver to me

Mene is a different form of ja and would not be used for this role here.

Why does odvijač stay the same? Shouldn't the object change form?

It is changing case, but for a masculine inanimate noun like odvijač, the accusative singular looks the same as the nominative singular.

So:

• odvijač = nominative singular
• odvijač = accusative singular

That is normal in Serbian for masculine inanimate nouns.
The same thing happens with vijak in this sentence.

Compare that with a masculine animate noun:

• čovek → vidim čoveka

What does the part kojim mogu da zategnem vijak do in the sentence?

It is a relative clause describing which screwdriver the speaker wants.

So the sentence does not mean just any screwdriver. It means: