Glina je mokra.

Because glina is a feminine singular noun, and Croatian adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in gender, number, and case.

• mokar = masculine singular
• mokra = feminine singular
• mokro = neuter singular

Since glina is feminine, the adjective must be mokra.

Je is the 3rd person singular present tense form of biti, which means to be.

So in this sentence:

• glina = clay
• je = is
• mokra = wet

It works like is in English.

In Croatian, short unstressed words like je are often clitics, and clitics usually appear in the second position in the sentence or clause.

So:

• Glina je mokra. = normal, neutral word order

This is very natural Croatian word order. English learners often expect the verb to behave more like English is, but Croatian clitics follow their own placement rules.

Here glina is in the nominative singular, because it is the subject of the sentence.

You can recognize it as the thing being described:

• Glina = the thing that is wet

So the structure is basically:

• subject
  • to be
    • predicate adjective

The dictionary form is usually mokar.

Croatian adjectives are normally listed in dictionaries in the masculine singular nominative form. So you would look up:

• mokar = wet

Then you change it depending on the noun:

• mokar for masculine
• mokra for feminine
• mokro for neuter

No. Croatian does not have articles like English the and a/an.

So Glina je mokra can mean:

• The clay is wet
• Clay is wet
• A clay object is wet

The exact interpretation depends on context. In many situations, English will need an article, but Croatian does not.

Yes, but the meaning or emphasis may change.

For example:

• Glina je mokra. = neutral, standard
• Mokra je glina. = more emphasis on wet
• Je glina mokra? = possible in some contexts, but not the usual neutral way to ask a question

Croatian word order is more flexible than English, but Glina je mokra is the most straightforward form.

Normally, no. In a sentence like this, Croatian usually needs the verb biti in the present tense.

So:

• Glina je mokra. = correct
• Glina mokra. = not standard as a normal sentence

You may sometimes see omission in poetry, headlines, notes, or very informal speech, but standard Croatian keeps je here.

A simple approximation for an English speaker is:

• Glina ≈ GLEE-nah
• je ≈ yeh
• mokra ≈ MOH-krah

A few notes:

• g is always a hard g, like in go
• j is pronounced like English y
• r in Croatian is trilled or tapped more than in English

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

GLEE-nah yeh MOH-krah

Yes, glina is a feminine noun.

A very common pattern in Croatian is that nouns ending in -a are often feminine, and glina follows that pattern.

Because it is feminine, related words must agree with it, such as:

• mokra glina = wet clay
• suha glina = dry clay

Yes, depending on context, mokar / mokra / mokro can sometimes be understood as wet or damp.

The exact English word depends on how much moisture is involved and what sounds most natural in the situation. But wet is the most direct and common match.

A common way is:

• Je li glina mokra? = Is the clay wet?

You may also hear:

• Je l' glina mokra? in informal speech

The important thing for learners is that yes/no questions in Croatian often use je li rather than only changing intonation the way English sometimes does.