Learn Hardcore Croatian: Ako je lubenica hladna, narezat ćemo je poslije ručka i pojesti vani. - If the watermelon is cold, we will cut it after lunch and eat it outside.

Ako je lubenica hladna, narezat ćemo je poslije ručka i pojesti vani.

If the watermelon is cold, we will cut it after lunch and eat it outside.

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Why is je used twice in this sentence?

They are two different words that just happen to look the same.

In Ako je lubenica hladna, je is the verb is.
In narezat ćemo je, je is the unstressed object pronoun it, referring to lubenica.

So the first je is a form of biti (to be), while the second je is a pronoun.

Why is it hladna and not hladan or hladno?

Because lubenica is a feminine singular noun, and the adjective has to agree with it.

lubenica = feminine singular
hladna = feminine singular form of hladan (cold)

So lubenica je hladna means the watermelon is cold, with normal adjective agreement.

Why is it written narezat ćemo instead of narezati ćemo?

This is a standard Croatian future-tense pattern.

The verb is narezati (to slice / cut up), and ćemo is the future auxiliary (we will). When the infinitive comes directly before the future auxiliary, an infinitive ending in -ti usually drops the final :