Danas moja kći ne ide na nastavu, jer je noćas imala temperaturu.

Yes. In Croatian, the present tense is often used for planned, expected, or near-future actions when the time is already clear from context.

So Danas moja kći ne ide na nastavu literally looks like Today my daughter does not go to class, but in natural English it usually means Today my daughter isn’t going to class.

Because danas already tells you the time, Croatian does not need a separate future form here.

Yes. Kći means daughter.

This noun is a little irregular, and learners may also encounter forms related to kćer in dictionaries or other contexts. In this sentence, kći is the nominative singular form, which is correct because it is the subject of the sentence.

So:

• moja kći = my daughter

The possessive adjective moja agrees with kći in gender, number, and case.

Both are possible in Croatian, but moja kći is the normal, neutral word order.

Croatian word order is flexible, but adjective-like words such as possessives usually come before the noun in ordinary speech and writing:

• moja kći = neutral, standard
• kći moja = marked, poetic, emotional, or stylistically special

So for everyday language, moja kći is the form learners should use.

Because in Croatian, the negative particle ne is normally written separately from most verbs.

So:

• ide = goes / is going
• ne ide = does not go / is not going

This is standard Croatian negation with most verbs in the present tense.

Na nastavu literally means to class / to lessons / to instruction.

It focuses more on attending classes or lessons rather than simply going to the school building.

Compare:

• ići na nastavu = to go to class / attend lessons
• ići u školu = to go to school

In many situations, both can be natural, but they are not always identical:

• ne ide na nastavu emphasizes not attending lessons
• ne ide u školu can mean not going to school in general

Because na can take different cases depending on meaning.

Here, the verb ići expresses movement toward something, so na takes the accusative:

• na nastavu = to class

If you were talking about location, not movement, you would use the locative:

• na nastavi = in class / at class

So:

• Ide na nastavu. = She is going to class.
• Je na nastavi. = She is in class.

These are time adverbs:

• danas = today
• noćas = last night / tonight, depending on context

In this sentence, noćas means last night, because the rest of the sentence is in the past:

• jer je noćas imala temperaturu = because she had a fever last night

So the sentence contrasts:

• today she is not going to class
• because last night she had a fever

Je is the auxiliary verb used to form the past tense in Croatian.

Croatian past tense is built with:

• a present-tense form of biti = to be
• plus the past participle

Here:

• je = has / is as auxiliary, for she
• imala = past participle of imati, feminine singular

So:

• je imala = she had

The participle is feminine because it refers to moja kći, a feminine subject.

Imala is used because the subject is feminine singular: moja kći.

Croatian past participles agree with the subject in gender and number:

• imao = masculine singular
• imala = feminine singular
• imalo = neuter singular
• imali / imale = plural

As for word order, imala je is also possible in some contexts, but je imala is the more standard clitic placement here.

So:

• moja kći je imala = my daughter had

Because imati takes a direct object, and direct objects are usually in the accusative case.

The noun is:

• nominative: temperatura = temperature / fever
• accusative: temperaturu

So:

• imala temperaturu = had a fever

This is a very common pattern:

• imam knjigu = I have a book
• ima auto = he/she has a car
• imala temperaturu = she had a fever

In this context, imati temperaturu usually means to have a fever.

Even though temperatura literally means temperature, Croatian often uses this expression the same way English uses have a temperature or, more naturally, have a fever.

So the natural meaning here is:

• she had a fever

Because jer introduces a subordinate clause meaning because, and in standard Croatian spelling, it is normally preceded by a comma.

So the structure is:

• main clause: Danas moja kći ne ide na nastavu
• subordinate clause: jer je noćas imala temperaturu

This is why the comma appears before jer.

Yes. Croatian word order is fairly flexible, although some versions sound more neutral than others.

For example, these are possible:

• Danas moja kći ne ide na nastavu, jer je noćas imala temperaturu.
• Moja kći danas ne ide na nastavu, jer je noćas imala temperaturu.

Both are natural. The original version puts slight emphasis on danas at the beginning.

What usually stays important is the clitic placement, especially je, which tends to appear near the beginning of its clause.

Because Croatian does not have articles like English the and a/an.

So Croatian simply says:

• moja kći = my daughter
• na nastavu = to class / to the lesson(s)
• temperaturu = a fever

English requires articles much more often; Croatian does not use them.

Yes, kći is one of the harder words for English speakers.

It is roughly pronounced like k-tchee, but very compactly, with almost no vowel between k and ć.

A few tips:

• ć is a soft sound, somewhat like a very мягкий ch sound
• the whole word is only one syllable in careful Croatian pronunciation
• do not add a full extra vowel if you can avoid it

You will often hear learners simplify it at first, which is normal. The important thing is to recognize it as daughter.