Basics

English is well spoken in many shops, bars, restaurants, etc., but we thought that it could be helpful to know some basics of our Croatian language.

Croatian diacritical signs:

Č ( it is the ch of coach)
Ć ( a softer form of c)
Ð ( it is the g of general)
LJ ( similar to the li of Franklin)
NJ ( like the n in the russian word niet )
Š ( like the sh in shopping)
Ž ( like the j in the French word jour )

Days

Monday Ponedjeljak Day Dan
Tuesday Utorak Yesterday Jucer
Wednesday Srijeda Week Tjedan
Thursday Cetvrtak Today Danas
Friday Petak Tomorrow Sutra
Saturday Subota Month Mjesec
Sunday Nedjelja Year Godina

Months of the year

January Sijecanj July Srpanj
February Veljaca August Kolovoz
March Ožujak September Rujan
April Travanj October Listopad
May Svibanj November Studeni
June Lipanj December Prosinac

The seasons

Spring Proljece
Summer Ljeto
Autumn Jesen
Winter Zima

The numbers

1. jedan 2. dva
3. tri 4. cetiri
5. pet 6. šest
7. sedam 8. osam
9. devet 10. deset
11. jedanaest 12. dvanaest
13. trinaest 14. cetrnaest
15. petnaest 16. šesnaest
17. sedamnaest 18. osamnaest
19 devetnaest 20. dvadeset

The colors

White Bijelo
Pink Roza
Yellow Žuto
Orange Narancasto
Red Crveno
Green Zeleno
Light blue Svjetlo plavo

The greetings

Good morning! Dobro jutro!
Good afternoon! Dobar dan!
Good evening! Dobro vecer!
Good night! Laku noc!

Helpful sentences in some situations (first aid sometimes!)

Meeting someone

It was nice to meet you again! Drago mi je da se opet vidimo!

At the restaurant

I’d like to reserve a table, please. Rezervirao bih stol molim vas.
Can we have the bill, please? Možemo li dobiti racun molim vas?
Can you recommend a wine? Možete li nam preporuciti vino?
Could we have some bread? Da li možemo dobiti još kruha?
Cheers! Živjeli!

Getting information

Excuse me… Oprostite…
Možete li mi pomoci molim vas? Could you help me please?
Yes Da
No Ne
Could you tell me where the station is? Da li znate gdje je stanica?
How far it is? Koliko je udaljena?
Are you sure? Da li ste sigurni?

At the shop

Can I have a look? Mogu li pogledati?
Will you show it to me? Možete li mi pokazati?
hat size is this? Koja je to mjera?
Can I try this on? Mogu li probati?
How much is it? Kolika je cijena?
I’ll take it! Kupujem!