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Both are very often used with experiencers in DL, one who feels something is
missing, or is affected by it:
Jedan dio N ti DL nedostaje. You’re missing a part.
2 | nedostajati
Nedostaje mi DL Igor N . I miss Igor.
nedostajati | 1
What or who is missing is always the subject, in N (which is usually not expressed, if
it’s a pronoun), which is completely unlike in English:
Nedostaješ mi DL . I miss you. (you = one person)
nedostajati | 1
Fališ mi DL . (the same, but colloquial)
1
Nedostajete joj DL . She misses you. (you = group/formal to one nedostajati | 3f
person)
Falite joj DL . (the same, but colloquial)
3f
This is the same as in French, where the verb manquer also uses what is missed as
the subject. The same happens with the Italian verb mancare. In German, the verb
fehlen behaves in the same way:
(French) Tu me manques.
(German) Du fehlst mir.
(Italian) Mi manchi.
Nedostaješ mi. I miss you.
German here uses the Dative case (mir), which matches the Croatian grammar
exactly. However, in French and German, subject pronouns are mandatory, while
Italian is more like Croatian. The French verb manquer also covers meanings miss
the bus, miss the chance; the Croatian verb doesn’t.
Finally, there’s a way to express that there’s enough of something, or too little or
too much:
dosta je² + G there’s enough G
previše je² + G there’s too much G
premalo je² + G there’s too little G
This is used mainly with uncountable nouns (e.g. salt, sugar, coffee) and persons. For
example:
Previše je šećera u kavi. There’s too much sugar in the coffee.
Again, you can add who feels it in DL. The expression dosta je + DL usually translates
as had enough (of):
Ani je dosta kave. Ana had enough (of) coffee.
As in English, this also implies negative emotions:
Ani DL je dosta Damira G . Ana had enough of Damir.
Dosta mi DL ga G je. I had enough of him.
1 | 3m/n
Pay attention how words mi² (DL), ga² (G) and je² (a verb) are ordered in the second