Croatian phrasebook - Phrase list
Basics
Good
afternoon.
Dobar dan. (DOH-bahr dahn)
Hello. (informal)
Bog. (bohk)
How are you?
Kako ste? (formal) (KAH-koh steh?)
How are you?
Kako si? (informal) (KAH-koh
see?)
Fine, thank you.
Dobro sam, hvala. (DOH-broh sahm,
HVAH-lah)
What is your name?
Kako se zovete? (formal) (KAH-koh seh ZOH-veh-teh)
What is your name?
Kako se zoves? (informal) (KAH-koh seh ZOH-vehsh)
My name is ______.
Zovem se ______. (ZOH-vehm
seh____.)
I am _____. : Ja sam ______. (yah
sahm____.)
Nice to meet you.
Drago mi je. (DRAH-goh mee
yeh)
Please.
Molim. (MOH-leem)
Thank you.
Hvala. (HVAH-lah)
Thank you very much
Hvala lijepa. (HVAH-lah
lee-YEH-pah)
You're welcome.
Nema na cemu. (NEH-mah nah
cheh-moo)
Yes.
Da (dah)
No.
Ne. (neh)
Excuse me. (getting
attention)
Oprostite. (oh-PROH-stee-teh)
Excuse me. (begging
pardon)
Pardon. (pahr-DOHN)
I'm sorry.
Oprostite. (oh-PROH-stee-teh)
I'm sorry. ("expressing condolence"): Zao mi je. (ZHA-oh mee yeh)
Goodbye
Do viÄ'enja (doh vee jeh nyah) or
Zbogom.
Goodbye (informal)
Do viÄ'enja (doh vee jeh nyah) or Bok.
(bohk)
I can't speak Croatian
[well].
Ne govorim (dobro) hrvatski. (Neh GOH-voh-reem
DOH-broh HRVAH-tskee)
Do you speak English?
Govorite li engleski? (formal)
(GOH-voh-ree-teh lee EHN-glehs-kee);
Govoris li engleski? (informal)
(GOH-voh-reesh lee
EHN-glehs-kee)
Is there someone here who speaks
English?
Govori li ovdje netko engleski? (GOH-voh-ree
lee NEH-tkoh OH-vdyeh EHN-glehs-kee)
Help!
Upomoc! (OO-poh-mohtch)
Look out!
Pazite! (formal) (PAH-zee-teh); Pazi! (informal) (PAH-zee)
Good morning.
Dobro jutro. (DOH-broh
YOO-troh)
Good evening.
Dobra vecer. (DOH-brah
VEH-chehr)
Good night.
Laku noc. (LAH-koo nohtch)
Good night (to
sleep)
Laku noc. (LAH-koo nohtch)
I don't understand.
Ne razumijem. (NEH
RAH-zoo-mee-yehm)
Where is the toilet?
Gdje se nalazi WC? (Gdyeh seh NAH-lah-zee
VEH-TSEH)
Problems
Leave me
alone.
Ostavite me na miru. (OHS-tah-vee-teh meh nah
MEE-roo)
Don't touch me!
Prestani me dirati! (PREHS-tah-nee meh
DEE-rah-tee)
I'll call the police.
Zvat cu policiju. (zvaht choo
poh-LEE-tsee-yoo)
Police!
Policija! (poh-LEE-tsee-yah!)
Stop! Thief!
Stanite! (STAH-nee-teh!) Lopov!
(LOH-pohv)
I need your help.
Trebam vasu pomoc. (TREH-bahm vah-shoo
POH-mohtch)
It's an emergency.
Hitno je. (HEET-noh yeh)
I'm lost.
Izgubio [m] (EEZ-goo-bee-oh) izgubila (EEZ-goo-bee-lah)[f] sam
se. (sahm seh)
I lost my bag.
Izgubio[m] (EEZ-goo-bee-oh) izgubila (EEZ-goo-bee-lah)[f] sam
torbu. (sahm TOHR-boo)
I lost my wallet.
Izgubio (EEZ-goo-bee-oh) [m] izgubila (EEZ-goo-bee-lah) [f]
sam novcanik. (sahm
NOHV-chah-neek)
I'm sick.
Bolestan[m] (BOH-lehs-tahn) /bolesna (BOH-lehs-nah)[f] sam.
(sahm)
I've been injured.
Povrijedio ["m"] (pohv-REE-yeh-dee-oh)
/povrijedila ["f"] (pohv-REE-yeh-dee-lah) sam se. (sahm seh)
I need a doctor.
Treba mi doktor. (TREH-bah mee
DOHK-tohr)
Can I use your phone?
Mogu li se posluziti telefonom? (MOH-goo lee
seh pohs-LOO-zhee-tee TEL-leh-foh-nohm)
Numbers
1
jedan (YEH-dahn)
2
dva/dvije (dvah/DVEE-yeh)
3
tri (tree)
4
cetiri (CHEH-tee-ree)
5
pet (peht)
6
sest (shehst)
7
sedam (SEH-dahm)
8
osam (OH-sahm)
9
devet (DEH-veht)
10
deset (DEH-seht)
11
jedanaest (YEH-dah-nah-est)
12
dvanaest (DVAH-nah-est)
13
trinaest (TREE-nah-est)
14
cetrnaest (CHEH-trnah-est)
15
petnaest (PEH-tnah-est)
16
sesnaest (SHEH-snah-est)
17
sedamnaest (SEH-dahm-nah-est)
18
osamnaest (OH-sahm-nah-est)
19
devetnaest (DEH-veh-tnah-est)
20
dvadeset (DVAH-deh-seht)
21
dvadeset jedan (DVAH-deh-seht
YEH-dahn)
22
dvadeset dva/dvije (DVAH-deh-seht
dvah/DVEE-yeh)
23
dvadeset tri (DVAH-deh-set)
30
trideset (TREE-deh-set)
40
cetrdeset (CHEH-trdeh-set)
50
pedeset (PEH-deh-set)
60
sezdeset (SHEH-zdeh-set)
70
sedamdeset (SEH-dahm-deh-set)
80
osamdeset (OH-sahm-deh-set)
90
devedeset (DEH-veh-deh-set)
100
sto (stoh)
200
dvjesto (DVYEH-stoh)
300
tristo (TREE-stoh)
400
cetristo ("CHEH-tree-stoh")
500
petsto ("PEH-tstoh")
600
seststo ("SHEH-stoh")
700
sedamsto ("SEH-dahm-stoh")
800
osamsto ("OH-sahm-stoh")
900
devetsto ("DEH-vet-stoh")
1000
tisucu (TEE-soo-choo)
2000
dvije tisuce (DVEE-yeh
TEE-soo-cheh)
1,000,000
milijun (MEE-lee-yoohn)
1,000,000,000
one thousand million in UK, one billion in USA: milijarda
(MEE-lee-yahr-dah)
1,000,000,000,000
one billion in UK, one trillion in USA: bilijun (BEE-lee-yoohn)
number _____ (train, bus,
etc.)
broj_____ (vlak, autobus,
itd.)
half
pola (POH-lah)
less
manje (MAH-nyeh)
more
vise (VEE-sheh)
________
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