Noun genders (-Ø, -a, -o/-e)

Asking "What is that?"

To ask about objects, use the question word što (what) and the demonstrative pronoun to (that / this). The short verb je (is) takes the second position in the sentence.

What is that?
Što je to?

Noun genders

Every Croatian noun is masculine, feminine, or neuter. You can usually tell a noun's gender by looking at its last letter in its dictionary form (the nominative singular).

Masculine nouns (consonants)

Nouns ending in a consonant are generally masculine. This is often called a "zero ending" (-Ø) because it lacks a final vowel.

That is a table.
To je stol.
Where is the window?
Gdje je prozor?

Feminine nouns (-a)

Nouns ending in -a are almost always feminine.

That is a book.
To je knjiga.
I am here, and where is the house?
Ja sam ovdje, a gdje je kuća?

Neuter nouns (-o / -e)

Nouns ending in -o or -e are generally neuter.

That is milk.
To je mlijeko.
The sea is there.
More je tamo.
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