Are you thinking about learning Croatian but find yourself struggling to find resources that help you start speaking?
When I started out, I certainly did.
Many of the tools that I found when I started learning Croatian were grammar-heavy textbook style resources and they didn’t offer me a lot in terms of day-to-day conversation. Rather than learning how to say “what did you do last weekend?” I had memorized a bunch of rules involving cases and I was no where near conversing with my fellow Croatian speakers.
So I decided to put something together on my own so that I could feel more confident engaging in language exchanges.
And today, I’d like to share it with you.
In this post you’ll find a short selection of the 100+ conversational phrases and words in Croatian I have available as part of a downloadable PDF that you can get by entering your email in the box below.
Happy Croatian language learning!
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| English | Croatian |
| Hey | Bok |
| Hello | Zdravo |
| How are you? | Kako si? (fam.) / Kako ste? (form.) |
| I’m good, thanks. | Dobro, hvala. |
| Long time no see. | Dugo se nismo vidjeli. |
Basic & Polite Phrases
| English | Croatian |
| Please | Molim (vas) |
| Thank you so much | Hvala lijepa |
| Excuse me | Oprostite |
| I’m sorry | Žao mi je |
| Thank you for your time. | Zahvaljujem na vašem vremenu. |
Get the Conversation Rolling
| English | Croatian |
| What’s new? | Šta ima novo? |
| What are you plans this weekend? | Kakvi su vam planovi za vikend?td> |
| How is your family? | Kako je vaša obitelj? |
| What do you do in your free time? | Što radite u slobodno vrijeme? |
| Kaži mi što mislite. | Tell me what you think. |
Getting a Bit of Clarification
| English | Croatian |
| How do you say that in Croatian? | Kako se to kaže na hrvatskom? |
| I don’t understand. | Ne razumijem. |
| What are you talking about? | O čemu govorite? |
| I don’t know. | Ne znam. |
| Can you please write that down? | Molim vas, možete li mi to zapisati? |
Words About Time
| English | Croatian |
| Every day | Svaki dan |
| Sometimes | Ponekad |
| Now | Sada |
| Later | Kasnije |
| Plenty | Dosta |
Exclamations & Transition Words to Take Your Speaking to the Next Level
| English | Croatian |
| Don’t worry! | Ne brini! |
| Excellent | Odlična |
| Impossible | Nije moguće |
| Look | Gledajte |
| How horrible! | Kojeg li užasa! |
| No problem! | Nema problema! |
| That’s good! | To je dobro! |
| Wow! | Joj! |
| Exactly | Točno |
| That’s a good question. | To je dobro pitanje. |
Conversation Closers
| English | Croatian |
| I enjoyed speaking with you. | Uživao sam govoriti s vama. |
| I must go. | Moram krenuti. |
| Keep in touch! | Ostanimo u vezi! |
| Goodbye | Doviđenja |
| I’ll be right back. | Brzo se vraćam. |
*Please note that most of the above examples use formal language, assuming that you’re getting to know the person that you’re speaking with. I have included both the formal and familiar forms of the above phrases in the download PDF for your reference.
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Are you learning Croatian? What are some phrases that you’ve found useful in your target language? I’d love to hear about them in the comments!
