Jesi li nahranila psa, ili još čeka pokraj zdjele?

to be

Breakdown of Jesi li nahranila psa, ili još čeka pokraj zdjele?

• pas: dog
• ili: or
• čekati: to wait

Questions & Answers about Jesi li nahranila psa, ili još čeka pokraj zdjele?

Why does the sentence start with Jesi li?

This is a standard way to form a yes/no question in Croatian.

Here the structure is:

jesi + li + nahranila

• jesi = you are / have (the 2nd person singular form of biti, used as an auxiliary here)
• li = a question particle
• nahranila = the past participle

So Jesi li nahranila psa? means Have you fed the dog? / Did you feed the dog?

A matching statement would be:

Nahranila si psa. = You fed the dog.

In questions, li typically comes right after the first stressed word.

What tense is jesi li nahranila?

It is the Croatian perfect tense.

The perfect is formed with:

• the present tense of biti as an auxiliary
• plus the l-participle of the main verb

So here:

• jesi = auxiliary
• nahranila = participle

This tense can often match either:

• Have you fed the dog?
• or Did you feed the dog?

In this sentence, English often prefers Have you fed the dog...? because the second part refers to the dog's current situation: or is he still waiting by the bowl?