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 Elementary
Croatian - Lesson 1
TEXT ONE
Dobro
jutro, Ivane.
Dobro jutro, Marko.
Kako si?
Dobro, a ti?
Dobro sam, hvala. |
Good morning, Ivan.
Good morning, Mark.
How are you?
I'm fine. And you?
Fine, thank you.
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TEXT TWO
Ante:
Dobar dan, Ivo.
Ivo: Dobar dan, Ante. Ovo je moja prijateljica
Marija.
Ante:Drago
mi je. Kako ste, gospođice Marija?
Marija: Hvala dobro.
Vi ste student?
Ante:Da,
ja sam student. A Vi?
Marija: Ja sam studentica.
Doviđenja.
Ante:
Doviđenja. |
Ante:
Good afternoon, Ivo.
Ivo: Good afternoon, Ante. This is my
friend Maria.
Ante:
Pleased to meet you. How are you, Maria?
Marija:
Fine, thank you. You're a student?
Ante:
Yes, I'm a student. And you?
Marija:
I am a student. Good-bye.
Ante:
Good-bye.
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TEXT THREE
Ivana:
Dobra večer, Ana.
Ana: Dobra večer,
Ivana. Ovo je Mate.
Ivana:
Drago mi je. Ovo je moj prijatelj Ivo.
Ana: Milo mi je. Kako
ste?
Ivo:
Dobro, hvala, a Vi?
Ana: Vrlo dobro. |
Ivana:
Good evening, Ana.
Ana: Good evening,
Ivana. This is Mate.
Ivana:
Pleased to meet you. This is rny friend Ivo.
Ana:
Nice to meet you. How are you ?
Ivo:
Fine, thank you, and you?
Ana:
Very well.
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VOCABULARY
dobro jutro
= good morning (up to about 10:00 A.M.)
kako si? = how are you? (singular)
dobro sam / ja sam dobro =I am fine, I am very well
hvala = thanks
moj prijatelj = my friend (masc.)
drago mi je/ milo mi je =Pleased to meet you/Nice to
meet you
gospodica = Miss (addressing form "gospođice")
dobar dan = good afternoon from about 12: 00 A. M.
to about 6: 30 P. M.)
kako ste? = how are you? (polite form of plural)
a ti? / a Vi? = and you?
vrlo dobro = very well
ovo je = this is
moja prijateljica = my friend (fem.)
dobra večer = good evening (from around 6: 30 P.M.
)
gospodin = Mr. (addressing form "gospodine")
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Some Greetings and Everyday Expressions
i = and
zdravo = hi, hello, bye
laka noć=good night
laku noć =good night
izvolite = please, here you are
(hvala...) nema na čemu = (thank you) .. you're welcome,
don't mention it
doviđenja = bye, good-bye
zbogom = bye, good-bye
molim=please, you're welcome, I beg your pardon
ne = no
da = yes
GRAMMATICAL NOTES
SINGULAR
Kako si ? /How are you/
Dobro sam. /I'm fine/
Ovo je Ivo. /This is Ivo/
Ovo je polje. /This is a field/ |
PLURAL
Kako ste? /How are you/
Dobro sam? /We're fine/
Ovo su Ivo i Mate./This is Ivo & Mate/
Ovo su polja. /These are fields/
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Instead of "ovo" one could use
"to" (that), or "ono"
(that over there).
- Ovo je :grad
(city, town), selo (village), škola
(school), olovka (pencil)
- ovo - to - ono :
je moj prijatelj Ivo
- ovo - to - ono su
: sela (villages), prozori (windows), papiri
(papers), škole (schools), olovke
(pencils), gradovi (cities)
2. The Latin alphabet used by Croats has
thirty graphemes.
It is ordered similarly to that of English, with additional letters
found in appropriate places.
There are 5 vowels and 25 consonants. The grapheme "r" can
be considered both a vowel and a consonant.
The vowels are: a, e, i, o, u + r
Vowels
According to the tongue position (front to back), we have the following
"vocalic triangle":
| Low |
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|
a&r |
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Low |
| Mid |
|
e |
|
o |
|
Med |
| High |
i |
|
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|
u |
High |
| Front |
|
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|
Back |
The consonants
are:
b, c, ć, č, d,
dž, đ, f, g, h, j, k, l, Ij, m, n, nj, p, s, š, t, v, z, ž + r
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Letter |
Name
of Letter |
Prounounced
as |
|
Letter |
Name
of Letter |
Prounounced
as |
| 1. |
A
a |
a |
father |
16. |
L
l |
el |
look,
lot |
| 2. |
B
b |
be |
bell |
17. |
Lj
lj |
elj |
million |
| 3. |
C
c |
ce |
cats,
its |
18. |
M
m |
em |
man |
| 4. |
Č
č |
če |
cheap |
19. |
N
n |
en |
not |
| 5. |
Ć
ć |
će |
*get
you |
20. |
Nj
nj |
enj |
news |
| 6. |
D
d |
de |
dollar |
21. |
O
o |
o |
*for |
| 7. |
Dž
dž |
dže |
jug |
22. |
P
p |
pe |
pit |
| 8. |
Đ
đ |
đe |
*would
you |
23. |
R
r |
er |
*bread |
| 9. |
E
e |
e |
bet |
24. |
S
s |
es |
pass |
| 10. |
F
f |
ef |
father |
25. |
Š
š |
eš |
shead |
| 11. |
G
g |
ge |
get,good |
26. |
T
t |
te |
two,
top |
| 12. |
H
h |
ha |
hot |
27. |
U
u |
u |
room |
| 13. |
I
i |
i |
she,
cheese |
28. |
V
v |
ve |
vote |
| 14. |
J
j |
je |
boys,
yes |
29. |
Z
z |
ze |
zeal |
| 15. |
K
k |
ke |
cat,
kin |
30. |
Ž
ž |
že |
leisure |
In Croatian there are no diphthongs. E.g.
auto (car) = a-u-to, Europa
(Europe) E-u-ro-pa, samouk (self taught),
sa-mo-uk, etc.
...
Ovo je samo kratki izvadak
iz Lesson 1., Elementary Croatian 1.
This web page contains only a short extract from Lesson 1 of Elementary
Croatian 1.
Povratak
na katalog in
Croatian
knjige@hic.hr
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