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### Yes/No Questions with "Da li"

When you embed a yes/no question inside another sentence (like "I wonder **if**..." or "I have no idea **whether**..."), Croatian uses the phrase **da li**. 

To express "I wonder," Croatian literally says "It interests me," using the verb **zanimati**. You will also frequently see indirect questions paired with phrases like **nemam pojma** (I have no idea).

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### Using Question Words

For open-ended questions, you do not use **da li**. Instead, just use standard interrogative words—such as **koji** (which), **gdje** (where), or **što** (what)—to connect the clauses.

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### Finding Out and Checking

Indirect questions are highly useful for making polite inquiries, expressing uncertainty, or gathering facts with verbs like **saznati** (to find out), **provjeriti** (to check), and **odlučiti** (to decide).

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### Expressing Worry

You can also use these same embedded structures to explain the source of an emotion, such as when you worry (**brinuti se**) about an uncertain outcome.

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Indirect questions (da li)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

prep

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Singular pronouns and to be (sam, si, je)

Noun genders (-Ø, -a, -o/-e)

Demonstrative pronouns (ovaj, ova, ovo)

Plural pronouns and to be (smo, ste, su)

Masculine plural nouns (-i)

Feminine plural nouns (-e)

Neuter plural nouns (-a)

Full verb to be (jesam, jesi)

Negative verb to be (nisam, nisi)

Yes/no questions (je li)

Wh- questions (tko, gdje)

Formal vs informal address (ti vs Vi)

Regular present tense (-ati)

Regular present tense (-iti)

Regular present tense (-jeti)

Verb negation (ne)

The verb to have (imati / nemati)

Inanimate direct objects

Feminine direct objects (-u)

Plural direct objects (-e, -a)

Accusative pronouns (me, te, ga, ju)

Adjective agreement

Plural adjectives

Accusative adjectives

Numbers 1 to 10 (jedan, dva, tri)

The locative case (-u)

Feminine locative (-i)

The verb to go (ići)

Destination (u, na)

The genitive case (-a)

Accusative pronouns (nas, vas, ga, ih)

Animate masculine accusative (-a)

Adjective agreement for animate masculine (-og, -eg)

The verb can (moći)

The verb must (morati)

The verb to want (htjeti, hoću)

The future tense (ću/ćeš + infinitive)

The past tense: l-participle (radio, radila)

Past tense word order (Prvo sam radio...)

Past tense with plural subjects (-li, -le, -la)

Feminine genitive singular (-e)

Possession and origin (od, iz)

Negative existence (nema)

Numbers 2, 3, and 4

Genitive plural (-a)

Numbers 11 to 20

Past tense negation (nisam)

Past tense questions (jeste li)

Dative singular

Dative pronouns (ti, mu, joj)

Past tense negation (nisam, nisi...)

Double object pronouns (mu ga, ti ju...)

Reflexive verbs (se)

Reflexive clitic word order

Commands and requests (radi, radite)

Plural demonstratives (ovi, ove, ova)

Possessive determiners (moj, naš, njegov)

Greetings (Dobar dan, doviđenja)

The body: Boli me glava

Directions (lijevo, desno, ravno)

There is, there are (ima)

Politeness (molim vas, hvala lijepa)

How you feel (Sviđa mi se)

Counting by tens to 100 (trideset, četrdeset...)

Quantifiers with the genitive case (malo, puno...)

Adjective agreement in the genitive singular (-og, -e)

Adjective agreement in the genitive plural (-ih)

Genitive prepositions (kod, do, bez...)

Asking what kind and which (kakav, koji)

Possessive determiners (njegov, njezin...)

Possessives in the accusative case

The reflexive possessive (svoj)

Indefinite pronouns (netko, nešto, neki)

Negative pronouns (nitko, ništa)

The verb to need (trebati)

Reciprocal verbs (se)

Introduction to verbal aspect

Perfective verbs with prefixes

Perfective verbs with stem changes

Irregular perfective verbs

Aspect in the past tense

Aspect in the future tense

Vehicular motion (voziti se, putovati)

Arrival and departure ('doći', 'otići')

Entering and exiting ('ući', 'izaći')

Singular accompaniment ('s', 'sa')

Question	Answer
to interest	zanimati
whether / if	da li
I wonder if you are ready.	Zanima me da li ste spremni.
address	adresa
I wonder what your new address is.	Zanima me koja je tvoja nova adresa.
idea / concept (abstract notion, term)	pojam
to decide	odlučiti
I have no idea whether she decided.	Nemam pojma da li je ona odlučila.
direction	smjer
We have no idea which direction we are going in.	Nemamo pojma u koji smjer idemo.
to find out	saznati
I want to find out whether the train arrived.	Želim saznati da li je vlak stigao.
information	informacija
We must find out where that information is.	Moramo saznati gdje je ta informacija.
to check	provjeriti
Please, check whether the restaurant is open.	Molim te, provjeri da li je restoran otvoren.
Can you check if this is the correct address?	Možeš li provjeriti da li je ovo točna adresa?
We must decide which direction is the best.	Moramo odlučiti koji smjer je najbolji.
to worry / to take care of	brinuti se
I worry whether he will arrive on time.	Brinem se da li će on doći na vrijeme.
I don't know why you are worrying about that information.	Ne znam zašto se brineš zbog te informacije.
Do you know how they found out that information?	Znaš li kako su saznali te informacije?
I must check what they decided.	Moram provjeriti što su oni odlučili.
I wonder why she has no idea.	Zanima me zašto ona nema pojma.
Do you know if this is the correct direction?	Znaš li da li je ovo točan smjer?
I am worrying because I don't know what your address is.	Brinem se jer ne znam koja je tvoja adresa.