Questions & Answers about Majka ju je zvala.
Why is the word for 'her' ju instead of the usual je?
Usually, the short word for 'her' is je. But the helper verb for the past tense in this sentence is also je. To avoid the awkward sound of saying je je right next to each other, Croatian changes the word for 'her' to ju.
How exactly is the past tense built here?
Like most past tense sentences in Croatian, it uses two parts: a short helper verb and an action word. Here, the helper is je (literally 'is') and the action word is zvala (called). Together, je zvala means 'called' or 'has called'.
Why does zvala end in -a?
Why is the word order ju je and not je ju?
Both ju (her) and je (is) are special short words called clitics. Croatian has strict rules for the order of these short words, which usually group together early in the sentence. When a pronoun clitic (ju) and a verb clitic (je) are together, the pronoun clitic always comes first.
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