Saturday, May 24, 2025

Learn Croatian - Essential Croatian Vocabulary: Everyday phrases, Questions and pronouns

 





In this lesson, you’ll learn essential vocabulary to help you start communicating in Croatian. We’ll explore greetings, polite expressions, common verbs, and question words, all accompanied by English translations. Ideal for beginners, this lesson is a great starting point for understanding basic phrases and starting to form your own dialogues in Croatian.


Everyday phrases - Svakodnevne fraze

Hello – Bok – bohk
How are you? – Kako si? – kah-koh see?
I’m fine, thank you – Dobro sam, hvala – doh-broh sahm, hva-lah
Nice to meet you – Drago mi je – drah-goh mee yeh
Good morning – Dobro jutro – doh-broh yoo-troh
Good afternoon – Dobar dan – doh-bar dahn
Good evening – Dobra večer – doh-brah veh-cher
Goodbye – Doviđenja – doh-vee-jen-yah
Please – Molim – moh-leem
Thank you – Hvala – hva-lah
Yes – Da – dah
No – Ne – neh
Excuse me – Oprostite – oh-proh-stee-teh
What’s your name? – Kako se zoveš? – kah-koh seh zoh-vesh?
My name is Ana – Zovem se Ana – zoh-vem seh Ah-nah


Questions - Pitanja

Where from? – Odakle? – oh-dah-kleh?
Who?
– Tko? – tkoh?
What? – Što? / Šta? – shtoh? / shtah?
Where? – Gdje? – gdyeh?
When? – Kada? – kah-dah?
Where to? – Kamo? – kah-moh?
Whom with? – S kim? – s keem?
Why? – Zašto? – zah-shtoh?
With what? – S čim? – s cheem?
Whose? – Čiji? – chee-yee?
What like? – Kakav? / Kakva? / Kakvo? – kah-kahv? / kah-kvah? / kah-kvoh?
(depends on gender: masculine / feminine / neuter)


Pronouns- zamjenice

I – Ja – yah
You – Ti / Vi – tee / vee (informal / formal or plural)
He – On – ohn
She – Ona – oh-nah
We – Mi – mee
It – To – toh


I hope you enjoyed it, see you later!
Nadam se da ste uživali, vidimo se kasnije!

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