The dative case marks the indirect object — the person or thing receiving something or for whom something is done. It answers 'To whom?' / 'To what?' (Kome? / Čemu?). Example: Dajem dječaku knjigu. (I give the boy a book.)
The dative case is used for the indirect object of a sentence—the person or thing that receives something or for whom something is done.
In Bosnian, it answers the questions Kome? (To whom?) / Čemu? (To what?) without a preposition, plus with prema (towards) / ka (to).
💡 Think of the dative as the "recipient" - it's who receives the action or object!