Basic Croatian words for beginners

– Essential words to know –

Learn the essentials of Croatian easily with this vocabulary list that contains all the most basic words used in Croatian, with their english translations. If you’re a beginner, it will come in handy to review or learn Croatian by yourself before traveling, or if you want to enrich and improve your Croatian vocabulary to better express yourself in writing and speaking!

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ENGLISH	CROATIAN
Please	Molim
Thank you!	Hvala vam!
Sorry!	Oprosti!
What?	Što?
Who?	WHO?
When?	Kada?
Why?	Zašto?
Which?	Koji?
How?	Kako?
Where ?	Gdje ?
How much ?	Koliko ?
Yes	Da
No	Ne
Maybe	Može biti
Of course	Naravno
something	nešto
nothing	ništa
somebody	netko
nobody	nitko
before	prije
after	nakon
far	daleko
near	blizu
here	ovdje
there	tamo
today	danas
tomoorow	sutra
now	sada
man	čovjek
woman	žena
friend	prijatelju
more	više
less	manje
always	stalno
later	kasnije
never	nikada
same	isti
different	drugačiji
small	mali
large	velika
difficult	teško
easy	lako
hot	vruće
cold	hladna
yesterday	jučer
after	nakon
beautiful	lijep
broken	slomljen
free	besplatno
a pharmacy	apoteka
money	novac
a bag	torba
a lighter	upaljač
a cigarette	cigaretu
a bottle	boca
soap	sapun
clean	čist
dirty	prljavi
a trash can	kanta za smeće
a trash bag	vreća za smeće
the silence	tišina
a tool	alat
pregnant	trudna
sick	bolestan
a baby	beba
a little bit	malo
a doctor	Liječnik
a dentist	zubar
a medicine	lijek
a book	knjiga
a story	Priča
a phone	telefon
a computer	Računalo
a car	automobil
a plane	avion
the name	Ime
the adress	adresa
the age	dob
the nationality	nacionalnost
a choice	izbor
an answer	odgovor
the key	ključ
the light	Svjetlo
the television	televizija
the bed	krevet
the house	kuća
the shower	tuš
the window	Prozor
the door	vrata
the table	stol
tired	umoran
water	voda
open	otvorena
closed	zatvoreno
clothes	odjeća
coffee	kava
tea	čaj
lunch	ručak
dinner	večera
a fruit	voće
a vegetable	povrće
a beverage	piće
a child	dijete
rain	kiša
the entrance	ulaz
the exit	izlaz
music	glazba, muzika
a smile	osmijeh
the world	svijet
the sky	nebo
a river	Rijeka
the sea	more
the mountain	planina
the lake	jezero
the island	Otok
the beach	plaža

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