Croatian (hrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic language.
Pronunciation
- č – ch: ručak (lunch) pron. Ruchak – like lunch
- ć- ch: (softer) voće (fruit) pron. votche–like cheers, Kuća-house – (pronounced: kucha)
- š –sh: Šibenik pron. Shibenik–like shame, Škola – school – (pronounced: shcola)
- đ – g : đus (juice) pron. djus like juice
- c – tz: bicikla (bike) pron. bitzikla like cistern, cesta (road – tz esta)
- Lj: – Grmlje (bush) -:grmlle with the “ll” like in Spanish
Expressions
- Good morning – Dobro jutro (say: Dobro yutro)
- Good day – Dobar Dan (say: Dob-ahr Dan)
- Good evening – Dobra večer (say: Dobrah vetcher)
- Thank you – Hvala (say: H – like the first part of hotel, v – victor, Hvala)
Bicycle Vocabulary & Directions
- Left – lijevo
- Right – desno
- Straight – Ravno
- Flat tire – puknuta guma
- Tire – guma Village – selo
- Town – grad
- Lunch – ručak
- Water – voda
- Market shop – dučan
- Fruit – voće