Tepih je mokar poslije kiše.

The carpet is wet after the rain.

Breakdown of Tepih je mokar poslije kiše.

• biti: to be
• kiša: rain
• poslije: after
• mokar: wet

Questions & Answers about Tepih je mokar poslije kiše.

Why is je in the sentence? Can I leave it out like in some other languages?

Je is the 3rd person singular present form of biti (to be).
Literal structure:

• Tepih – the carpet (subject, nominative singular)
• je – is (3rd person singular of biti)
• mokar – wet (adjective describing the subject)

In standard Croatian you cannot omit je in a full sentence like this.
So:

• ✅ Tepih je mokar. – The carpet is wet.
• ❌ Tepih mokar. – Not a normal full sentence in standard Croatian (could appear as a fragment, headline, etc.).

You can omit je only in certain short answers or very specific contexts, for example:

• Je li tepih mokar? – Is the carpet wet?
• Je. / Da, mokar je. – Yes (it is).

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Why is it mokar and not mokro or mokra?

Adjectives in Croatian must agree with the noun in:

• gender (masculine / feminine / neuter)
• number (singular / plural)
• case (here: nominative, because it describes the subject)

Tepih is a masculine singular noun in nominative.
So the adjective must be masculine singular nominative:

• mokar – masculine singular (for tepih)
• – feminine singular (for nouns like – chair)