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 Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:12 pm
Serbo Croatian is a language that seems like a jumbled mess. The language is spoken in Croatia, parts of Serbia, Bosnia, and Montengro. It is part of the Indo- European Language group. They also use the latin and cyrillic alphabet. Though Croatian language uses the latinized alphabet while Serbian use both latin and Cyrillic. Now Serbo-Croatian is not as difficult as most think it is. Here are a few phrases.
Hi! - Bok!
Good morning! - Dobro jutro!
Good evening!- Dobro večer!
Welcome! - (to greet someone) Dobrodošli (pl), Dobrodošla (f), Dobrodošao (m)
How are you? - Kako si? / Kako ste? (polite)
I'm fine, thanks! - Dobro, hvala!
And you? - A, ti? / A vi? (polite)
Good/ So-So. - Dobro / Tako-tako!
Thank you (very much)! - Hvala!
You're welcome! -(for "thank you") Nema na čemu!
Hey! Friend! - Bok! Prijatelju!
I missed you so much!- Puno si mi nedostajao / nedostajala (f)
What's new? - Šta ima novoga?
Nothing much - Ništa novog
Good night! - Laku noć!
See you later!- Vidimo se kasnije!
Good bye!- Doviđenja!
Here are also a few others to wish someone:
Good luck!- Sretno!
Happy birthday! - Sretan rođendan!
Happy new year! - Sretna Nova Godina!
Merry Christmas!- Sretan Božić!
Congratulations!- Čestitam!
Croatian words and expressions :
Good/ Bad/ So-So. - Dobro/ Loše/ Tako-tako.
Big/ Small - Veliko/ Malo.
Today/ Now - Danas/ Sada.
Tomorrow/ Yesterday - Sutra/ Jučer.
Yes/ No - Da/ Nije.
Here you go! (when giving something) - Izvoli/ Izvolite (polite).
Do you like it? - Da li ti/ vam (polite) se sviđa?
I really like it! - Vrlo mi se sviđa.
I'm hungry/ thirsty. - Gladan/ Gladna (f) / Žedan/ Žedna (f) sam.
In The Morning/ Evening/ At Night. - Ujutro/ Pred večer/ Na večer.
This/ That. Here/There - Ovo/ Ono. Ovdje/ Tamo.
Me/ You. Him/ Her. - Ja/ Ti. On/Ona.
Really!- Stvarno!
Look! - Gledaj/ Gledajte (polite and pl).
Hurry up!- Požuri/ Požurite (polite and pl).
Numbers :
One, Two, Three - Jedan, dva, tri
Four, Five, Six - Četiri, pet, šest
Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten - Sedam, osam, devet, deset
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 4:14 pm
You forgot the croatian hello: Dobradan.
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:21 pm
somewhat similar to Russian. smile We have some of the same words for the same meanings.
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Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:40 pm
in the immortal words of Homer Simpson. D'oh!
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