If you have read our blog post on how to make the present tense of verbs in the Croatian language, the interrogative form of the present tense is a piece of cake. This is the form that we use to make yes/no questions (e.g. do you go, do they work). You just need to put the verb at the beginning of the sentence + the word LI after it. And that’s it! Yep, learning Croatian sometimes really is easy! 🙂

For example:

Misliš li da je to dobra ideja? – Do you think that’s a good idea?
Imate li neki dobar recept za fritule? – Do you have some good fritule recipe?
Plaćaju li karticom ili gotovinom? – Are they paying by card or cash?
Putujete li u Hrvatsku ove godine? – Are you traveling to Croatia this year?
Pravi li tvoj djed svoje vino? – Does your grandpa make his own wine?

What happens when you drop the subject from the sentence? 

If you read our blog posts regularly, you might already guess that here – just like with any other verb, in any form (affirmative, negative or interrogative) and in any tense – you can drop the subject (ja, ti, Marin…) whenever it is clear from the context who the subject is. This is because the form of any verb, in any form or any tense, always tells us who the subject is.

For example:

Imaš li (ti) brata ili sestru? – Do you have a brother or sister?
Uzgajaju li (oni) masline? – Do they grow olives?
Čitate li (vi) vijesti iz Hrvatske? – Do you read the news from Croatia?

How many answers did you get right? 🙂

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