Čaj ili kafa, svejedno mi je.

to be

Breakdown of Čaj ili kafa, svejedno mi je.

• kafa: coffee
• čaj: tea
• mi: me

Questions & Answers about Čaj ili kafa, svejedno mi je.

What does svejedno mi je literally mean?

Literally, it is something like it is all one to me.

• svejedno = all the same / makes no difference
• mi = to me
• je = is

So Čaj ili kafa, svejedno mi je. means Tea or coffee, it makes no difference to me.

Why is there mi je at the end? What does mi mean here?

Mi is the unstressed dative form of ja (I), so here it means to me.

In Serbian, feelings, preferences, and similar ideas are often expressed with a dative pronoun:

• Hladno mi je. = I am cold.
  Literally: It is cold to me.
• Dosadno mi je. = I am bored.
• Svejedno mi je. = It doesn’t matter to me.

So mi je is a very normal Serbian pattern.

Why are čaj and kafa in their basic forms? Why not some other case?