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Croatian Basics Textbook

A free, self-paced textbook in 8 chapters. Read a chapter, then drill it with the 554 companion flashcards using spaced repetition.

8 chapters · 554 cards · Updated

Chapters

  1. 1First Encounters: Greetings, Politeness, and Basic Responses

    Meeting people in Croatian begins with a small repertoire of greetings that shift depending on the time of day and the formality of the situation. The most casual hello and goodbye...

  2. 2At the Table: Food, Drinks, and Daily Meals

    Food vocabulary is one of the most rewarding areas of Croatian to absorb, because nouns in this domain carry clear grammatical gender that helps with broader learning. Drinks inclu...

  3. 3Home, Travel, and the Wider World

    House and home vocabulary centers on the word kuća (house), with stan for apartment, and rooms labeled with the feminine soba (room), which becomes spavaća soba (bedroom) and kupao...

  4. 4Time and Nature: Days, Months, Weather, and Seasons

    Talking about time in Croatian begins with the basic days of the week, most of which end in -ak and are masculine: ponedjeljak (Monday), utorak (Tuesday), srijeda (Wednesday, femin...

  5. 5People, Family, and Work

    Family relationships form one of the richest pockets of Croatian vocabulary. Parents are majka (mother, feminine) and otac (father, masculine), siblings brat (brother) and sestra (...

  6. 6Describing the World: Adjectives, Colors, Body, and Clothing

    Adjectives in Croatian are the workhorse of description and follow predictable patterns: velik (big), malen (small), visok (tall), nizak (short/low), dugačak (long), širok (wide),...

  7. 7Numbers and Countries

    The number system in Croatian is mostly straightforward, with the small numbers illustrating gender agreement: nula (zero), jedan (one), dva (two), tri (three), četiri (four), pet...

  8. 8Grammar Foundations: Verbs, Pronouns, and Building Sentences

    Croatian pronouns have a familiar personal-pronoun system: ja (I), ti (you, singular), on (he), ona (she), ono (it), mi (we), vi (you, plural or formal), oni (they, masculine), and...

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