Hvala na odgovoru.

Thank you for the answer.

Breakdown of Hvala na odgovoru.

• odgovor: answer
• na: on
• hvala: thank you

Questions & Answers about Hvala na odgovoru.

Why is it na odgovoru and not just odgovor?

Because hvala is commonly followed by na + locative in Serbian when you are thanking someone for something.

So the pattern is:

Hvala na + noun in the locative case

Examples:

• Hvala na pomoći. = Thanks for the help.
• Hvala na pitanju. = Thanks for asking / thanks for the question.
• Hvala na odgovoru. = Thanks for the answer.

So odgovor changes to odgovoru because it has to be in the correct case after na in this expression.

What case is odgovoru?

It is the locative singular form of odgovor.

The dictionary form is:

• odgovor = answer, reply

In this sentence:

• na odgovoru

For many masculine nouns in Serbian, the dative and locative singular look the same, often ending in -u:

• grad → gradu
• telefon → telefonu
• odgovor → odgovoru

In Hvala na odgovoru, the case used after na is normally understood as locative.

Why does Serbian use here? It feels strange if English says .