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What does na šalteru mean here?
It means at the counter / at the service window.
In Serbian, šalter is the kind of counter or window you find in places like a bank, post office, government office, or clinic.
The preposition na with the locative case often means at or on a place:
- na šalteru = at the counter
- na stolu = on the table
So Na šalteru mi kažu... means something like At the counter, they tell me...
Why is it šalteru and not šalter?
Because after na in the sense of location, Serbian uses the locative case.
So:
- nominative: šalter
- locative: šalteru
That is why you get:
- na šalteru = at the counter
This is very common:
- u gradu = in the city
- na poslu = at work
- na fakultetu = at the faculty / university
What does mi mean in this sentence?
Mi means to me.
It is the unstressed dative form of ja:
- = I