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71 Suggestions, Permissions and More Verbs

This explains how to say let me go there and similar things.

Common verbs used are:

davati (daje) ~ dati give (+ DL)

dopuštati («) ~ dopustiti («) allow (+ DL)

predlagati (predlaže) ~ predložiti («) propose, suggest (+ DL)

savjetovati (savjetuje) advise, suggest (+ DL)

zabranj ivati (-uje «) ~ zabraniti («) forbid (+ DL)

These verbs are used with da-clauses which contains verbs in the present tense. As

in other such atemporal clauses, both impf. and perf. verbs can be used. All of them

have a ‘recipient’ in DL – the person who will/should/may do something.

All such verbs are very similar to give in Croatian – you suggest/allow/etc.

something (the whole thing after the da) to someone (who is in the DL case, as the

recipient). English uses another construction here (that + subjunctive) – unlike wait.

Croatian uses the same grammar over and over:

Savjetovao sam Ani DL da ode ranije. I suggested (that) Ana leave earlier. otići

The next two verbs are about giving orders, not in a restaurant, or ordering stuff

over Internet, but as a boss to your subordinates:

naređ ivati (-uje «) ~ narediti («) order (+ DL)

zapovjeđ ivati (-uje «) ~ zapovijediti («) order (+ DL)

They use the same grammar as other verbs.

There’s, however, a group of verbs with similar meanings, but they use A instead of

the DL case:

nagovarati («) ~ nagovoriti («) talk into (+ A)

tjerati ~ na- force (+ A)

Now, there are several constructions in Croatian – often a bit colloquial – where the

verb dati perf. give has a special role. In these constructions, the verb is used in the

present tense as well, meaning true present (i.e. right now, ongoing) despite being a

perf. verb.

First, in speech, but also in writing, it’s very common to express that someone

doesn’t allow someone else to do something by the negative present of dati perf.

give:

Ana N ne da Goranu DL da jede sladoled A . Ana doesn’t let Goran eat ice-cream. jesti

(lit. ‘Ana doesn’t give Goran to eat...’)

The first da is a form of the verb dati; the second one is a conjunction. They are

usually not distinguished in writing. However, since the vowel in da from dati is long,

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