Croatian/Main Contents/Level 1/Lesson 3
Questions are formed by by using a question word such as "how," "what", and other question words, as in English. The question word is always positioned at the start of a sentence.
There's a stress on the words so you know how to pronounce them. It's never used in any writing.
Question Words
[edit | edit source]| English | Croatian |
|---|---|
| How? | Kàko? |
| What? | Štȍ? |
| Why? | Zȁšto? (lit. For what?) |
| When? | Kȁd? or Kàda? |
| Where? | Gdjȅ? |
| Who? | Tkȍ? |
| Which? | Kòjī? |
| Since when? | òtkad? or "òtkada? |
| Where from? | òtkuda?, ȍdākle? |
| Where to? | Kȁmo? |
| Which way? | Kȕd? or "kùda? |
"Yes" or "No" Questions
[edit | edit source]Questions expecting a "yes" or "no" answer are created in a slightly different way. Most frequently li is added after the verb. As in the case with the questions words, the sequence "verb + li" is at the beginning of the sentence.
For example:
| English | Croatian |
|---|---|
| Is he sleeping? | Spáva li ôn? |