Thursday, May 22, 2025

Learning with music: Nika Turković - tvoja





You already know this section: where I share a Croatian song, the lyrics, and useful vocabulary.

Learning through music is not only fun and engaging, but it also helps improve your listening skills, pronunciation, and cultural understanding.

Croatian music is rich and full of emotion, and it’s a great way to hear the language as it’s really spoken.
Let’s enjoy the rhythm, discover new words, and learn Croatian in a natural, musical way!




Text with lyrics of the song in Croatian and English


Tvoja

Dva je i sad je
Tren koji promijenit će me
Ruke tvoje
Dio mene su postale
I prolaze sati, a nama minute
Kako da zovem ovaj san?
Jer nikada prije postojalo nije
Vrijeme kad noć se ulijeva u dan
I dok sama sam u sobi
Ja želim da dođeš
Ti ponesi dio sebe koji ostat će
Svakim dijelom te trebam
I kada te nemam
Moje tijelo, moja koža tvoja postaje
Već smo daleko
A nikada bliže, zar ne?
Sav strah (Sav strah) i sva bol (Sva bol)
U meni sad nestaje
I prolaze dani, postaju život
Kako da zovem ovaj san?
Jer nikada prije postojalo nije
Mjesto za mene kao tvoj dlan
I dok sama sam u sobi
Ja želim da dođeš
Ti ponesi dio sebe koji ostat će
Svakim dijelom te trebam
I kada te nemam
Moje tijelo, moja koža tvoja postaje
Možda nema vremena
Da mijenjam se iz temelja
A možda samo uzimaš me kakva jesam
I možda sve je napokon
Izgubljeno, nađeno
A možda kad sam svoja, tebi ipak sve sam
I dok sama sam u sobi
Ja želim da dođeš
Ti ponesi dio sebe koji ostat će
Svakim dijelom te trebam
I kada te nemam
Moje tijelo, moja koža tvoja postaje
Tvoje tijelo, tvoja koža, tvoja ostajem


Yours

It's two and now is
The moment that will change me
Your hands
They have become a part of me
And the hours pass, and ours minutes
What should I call this dream?
Because there has never been a time before
The time when night flows into day
And while I'm alone in the room
I want you to come
You take the part of yourself that will remain
I need you with every part
And when I don't have you
My body, my skin becomes yours
We are already far away
And never closer, right?
All the fear (All the fear) and all the pain (All the pain)
In me now disappears
And the days pass, they become life
What should I call this dream?
Because there has never been a place 
for me like your palm
And while I'm alone in the room
I want you to come
You bring a part of yourself that will remain
Every part of me needs you
And when I'm not there
My body, my skin becomes yours
Maybe there's no time
To change from the ground up
And maybe you're just taking me for who I am
And maybe everything is finally
Lost, found
And maybe when I'm myself, I'm still everything to you
And while I'm alone in the room
I want you to come
You bring a part of yourself that will remain
Every part of me needs you
And when I'm not there
My body, my skin becomes yours
Your body, your skin, I stay yours

Vocabulary of new words and meanings:

trentren – train
promijenitpro-myee-NEET – to change
rukeROO-keh – hands
dioDEE-o – part
postalePOS-ta-leh – became (feminine plural)
prolazePRO-la-zeh – pass (they pass)
satiSAH-tee – hours
minutemee-NOO-teh – minutes
zovemZO-vem – I call
sansahn – dream
postojalopo-STO-ya-lo – existed (neuter)
vrijemeVRYE-meh – time
noćnoch – night
ulijevaOO-lyeh-va – flows into
dandahn – day
samaSAH-ma – alone (feminine)
sobaSO-ba – room
dođešDOH-jesh – you come
ponesipo-NE-see – bring (imperative)
ostat ćeO-stat cheh – will remain
svakimSVA-keem – every (instrumental masculine)
dijelomDEE-yeh-lom – part (instrumental)
trebamTREH-bam – I need
tijeloTYE-lo – body
kožaKO-zha – skin
postajePOS-ta-yeh – becomes
većvech – already
dalekoda-LE-ko – far
bližeBLEE-zheh – closer
strahstrah – fear
bolbohl – pain
nestajeNES-ta-yeh – disappears
daniDAH-nee – days
životZHEE-vot – life
mjestoMYES-to – place
dlandlan – palm (of the hand)
vrijemeVRYE-meh – time
mijenjamMYEN-yam – I change
temeljaTEH-me-lya – foundation
uzimašOO-zee-mash – you take
kakvaKAK-va – what kind (feminine)
jesamYEH-sam – I am
izgubljenoees-GOOB-lye-no – lost
nađenoNAH-jye-no – found
ostajemOS-ta-yem – I remain

Thank you and see you next time!

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