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Information about Croatia
Croatian words are pronounced exactly how they are spelt. This may not be such great advice to those who are having trouble reading Croatian but it is just a reminder that all letters and syllables in words are pronounced and there are no silent letters (unlike in English!).
As a general rule of thumb, Croatian vowels are short.
There is no q, w, x or y in the Croatian alphabet.
Pronunciation of Letters
| Letter | Pronunciation |
| c | like ts in lets |
| č (hard) | like ch in church |
| ć (soft) | like ch in cheese |
| dž | similar to J in June |
| đ | like j in jam |
| g | like g in game |
| h | like h in ham |
| j | like y in yacht |
| lj | like l in lure |
| nj | like Spanish ñ |
| r | trilled |
| š | like sh in sheep |
| ž | like s in measure |
| a | like a in sofa |
| e | like e in met |
| i | like ee in feet |
| o | like o in dog |
| u | like oo in boot |
Common words & phrases
| Hello | Zdravo |
| Goodbye | Do viđenja |
| Good morning | Dobro jutro |
| Good day | Dobar dan |
| Good evening | Dobra večer |
| Good night | Laku noć |
| Yes | Da |
| No | Ne |
| Please | Molim |
| Thank you | Hvala |
| You’re welcome | Nema na čemu |
| Excuse me | Oprostite |
| Sorry | Pardon |
| My name is… | Zovem se… |
| What is your name? | Vaše ime? |
| Pleased to meet you | Drago mi je |
| Do you speak English? | Govorite li engleski? |
| I do not speak Croatian | Ne govorim hrvatski |
| I understand / I do not understand. | Razumijem / Ne razumijem |
| Where is the…? | Gdje je…? |
Numbers
| zero | nula |
| one | jedan |
| two | dva |
| three | tri |
| four | četiri |
| five | pet |
| six | šest |
| seven | sedam |
| eight | osam |
| nine | devet |
| ten | deset |
| eleven | jedanaest |
| twelve | dvanaest |
| thirteen | trinaest |
| fourteen | četrnaest |
| fifteen | petnaest |
| sixteen | šestnaest |
| seventeen | sedamnaest |
| eighteen | osamnaest |
| nineteen | devetnaest |
| twenty | dvadeset |
| twenty-one | dvadesetjedan |
| twenty-two | dvadesetdva |
| thirty | trideset |
| forty | cetrdeset |
| fifty | pedeset |
| sixty | šezdeset |
| seventy | sedamdeset |
| eighty | osamdeset |
| ninety | devedeset |
| one hundred | sto |
| one thousand | tisuća |
| one million | milijun |
Days of the week
| Monday | ponedjeljak |
| Tuesday | utorak |
| Wednesday | srijeda |
| Thursday | četvrtak |
| Friday | petak |
| Saturday | subota |
| Sunday | nedjelja |
Months of the year
| January | siječanj |
| February | veljača |
| March | ožujak |
| April | travanj |
| May | svibanj |
| June | lipanj |
| July | srpanj |
| August | kolovoz |
| September | rujan |
| October | listopad |
| November | studeni |
| December | prosinac |
What time is it? - Koliko je sati?
| It is… 9 o’clock | Sada je …devet sati |
| …half past four | …četiri i trideset |
| …a quarter past seven | …sedam i petnaest |
| …a quarter to one | …petnaest do jedan |
| …20 minutes past five | …pet i dvadeset |
| noon | podne | day/ hour | dan/ sat |
| midnight | ponoć | week | tjedan |
| today | danas | weekend | vikend |
| tomorrow | sutra | month | mjesec |
| yesterday | jučer | year | godina |
In a café/ restaurant
| Do you have ... ? | Imate li ... ? | Give me a glass (bottle) of wine | Dajte mi čashu (bocu) vina |
| One coffee, please | Jednu kavu, molim | Give me a glass (bottle) of (juice, mineral water), please | Dajte mi čashu (bocu) (soka, mineralne vode), molim |
| Two (three, etc.) coffees, please | Dvije (tri, etc.) kave, molim | One beer, please | Jedno pivo, molim |
| Coffee with milk | Kava sa mlijekom | Two (three, four, etc.) beers, please | Dva (tri, četiri, etc.) piva, molim |
| Coffee with cream | Kava sa šlagom | What sorts of wine (beer) do you have? | Koje vrste vina (piva) imate? |
| Iced coffee | Ice-caffee | Coca-cola, please | Jednu Coca-colu, molim |
| Hot chocolate | Kakao | Cheers! Your health! | Živjeli! U zdravlje! |
| Milk-shake | Frape' | I'd like to pay. The bill, please | Platiti, molim. Račun, molim |
