Pitanja

Pitanja is a noun meaning “questions” in several South Slavic languages, notably Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian. It is the plural form of the neuter noun pitanje, which translates to “a question.” In Serbian Cyrillic, the plural is written as питања. The word is commonly used in everyday speech, education, media, and formal writing to refer to interrogative items, queries, or topics requiring clarification.

The term derives from the verb pitati, “to ask.” In grammar, pitati and pitanje share a common semantic field, with pitanja functioning as the set of items that invite answers or discussion. Pitanja can denote a single inquiry in a broader plural context or, more often, multiple inquiries in a given situation. The neuter gender of pitanje influences agreement in sentences, and the plural form pitanja follows regular patterns for neuter nouns in these languages.

In practical use, pitanja appears in phrases such as postaviti pitanja (to ask questions), odgovoriti na pitanja (to answer questions), and pitanja i odgovori (questions and answers). It also features prominently in educational settings, surveys, interviews, and FAQ sections, where najčešća pitanja means “the most frequently asked questions.” The term is widely understood across the shared linguistic region and is used with minor regional variations in pronunciation and style.