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Sinoć je puno razgovarala.

Sinoć je puno razgovarala.
She talked a lot last night.
From Lesson 43:The past tense: l-participle (radio, radila)·Croatian

Questions & Answers about Sinoć je puno razgovarala.

Where is the word for "she" in this sentence?
Croatian frequently drops subject pronouns like "she" (ona) because the verb gives you enough clues. Here, we know the dropped subject is a female because the past tense verb razgovarala uses the feminine singular ending -la.
How is the past tense built in this sentence?
The Croatian past tense is built using two words: a helper verb and an action verb (called the l-participle). In this sentence, the helper verb is je (the "he/she/it" form of "to be") and the action verb is razgovarala (talked).
Why does razgovarala end in -la instead of -o?
In the past tense, the action verb changes to match the gender of the subject. Because the subject is "she", we use the feminine singular ending -la. If the sentence was "He talked a lot last night", the verb would change to the masculine form: Sinoć je puno razgovarao.
Why is the helper verb je placed right after Sinoć?
The helper verb je is a special type of short, unstressed word called an enclitic. A strict rule in Croatian is that enclitics must go in the second position of a sentence. Here, it grabs the second spot right after the first word, Sinoć (last night).

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