Questions & Answers about Jesi li gladan?
Why is the verb jesi used here instead of the short form si?
In Croatian, you cannot start a sentence with the short, unstressed form of a verb like si. To form a yes/no question, you must use the full, emphatic form jesi at the very beginning of the sentence.
What does the little word li do?
The word li is a question particle. When you make a yes/no question by putting the full verb at the start of the sentence, you place li directly after it to clearly signal that you are asking a question.
Where is the word for "you" in this sentence?
It is built into the verb! The word jesi specifically means "you are" (for one person, informally). Croatian usually drops pronouns like ti (you) because the verb itself already tells us who is being talked about.
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