Learn Croatian: Što Vi tražite tamo? - What are you looking for there?

In Croatian, capitalizing Vi shows respect. It is used as the formal 'you' when speaking politely to one person, like a stranger or someone older. If it were lowercase vi, it would usually just mean plural 'you' (speaking to a group of people).

How do we get the verb form tražite from its dictionary form?

The dictionary form (infinitive) is tražiti, which is a regular -iti verb. To make the formal or plural 'you' form, we take the stem traži- and add the ending -te, giving us tražite.

The English translation says 'looking for', but there is no word for 'for' in the Croatian sentence. Why?

The Croatian verb tražiti means 'to look for' or 'to seek' all on its own. You don't need to add an extra preposition to mean 'for' in Croatian.

Could I leave out the word Vi and just say Što tražite tamo?

Yes! Croatian often drops the subject pronoun because the verb ending (the -te in tražite) already tells us who is doing the action. Including Vi here just adds a little emphasis or makes the politeness extra clear.