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Most Common Croatian Words
Hrvatski
Essential Croatian vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| kuća | house | KU-cha |
| voda | water | VO-da |
| muškarac | man | MUSH-ka-rats |
| žena | woman | ZHE-na |
| dijete | child | DI-ye-te |
| prijatelj | friend | pri-YA-telj |
| vrijeme | time | VRI-ye-me |
| dan | day | dan |
| život | life | ZHI-vot |
| svijet | world | SVYI-yet |
| zemlja | country | ZEM-lja |
| grad | city | grad |
| posao | work | PO-sao |
| novac | money | NO-vats |
| hrana | food | HRA-na |
| obitelj | family | O-bi-telj |
| auto | car | AU-to |
| knjiga | book | KNJI-ga |
| škola | school | SHKO-la |
| ulica | street | U-li-tsa |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| biti | to be | BI-ti |
| imati | to have | I-ma-ti |
| raditi | to do | RA-di-ti |
| ići | to go | I-chi |
| doći | to come | DO-chi |
| govoriti | to speak | go-VO-ri-ti |
| vidjeti | to see | VI-dye-ti |
| znati | to know | ZNA-ti |
| jesti | to eat | YES-ti |
| piti | to drink | PI-ti |
| spavati | to sleep | SPA-va-ti |
| raditi | to work | RA-di-ti |
| misliti | to think | MIS-li-ti |
| voljeti | to love | VO-lje-ti |
| uzeti | to take | U-ze-ti |
| dati | to give | DA-ti |
| razumjeti | to understand | ra-ZUM-ye-ti |
| htjeti | to want | HTYE-ti |
| čitati | to read | CHI-ta-ti |
| pisati | to write | PI-sa-ti |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| velik | big | VE-lik |
| mali | small | MA-li |
| dobar | good | DO-bar |
| loš | bad | losh |
| lijep | beautiful | LI-yep |
| nov | new | nov |
| star | old | star |
| mlad | young | mlad |
| sretan | happy | SRE-tan |
| tužan | sad | TU-zhan |
| jak | strong | yak |
| brz | fast | burz |
| spor | slow | spor |
| vruć | hot | vruch |
| hladan | cold | HLA-dan |
| lak | easy | lak |
| težak | difficult | TE-zhak |
| važan | important | VA-zhan |
| slobodan | free | SLO-bo-dan |
| istinit | true | IS-ti-nit |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| jako | very | YA-ko |
| također | also / too | TAK-o-djer |
| uvijek | always | U-vi-yek |
| nikad | never | NI-kad |
| često | often | CHES-to |
| sada | now | SA-da |
| već | already | vech |
| još | still / yet | yosh |
| možda | maybe | MOZH-da |
| dobro | well | DOB-ro |
| brzo | quickly | BUR-zo |
| ovdje | here | OV-dye |
| tamo | there | TA-mo |
| zajedno | together | ZA-yed-no |
| samo | only / just | SA-mo |
| zaista | really | ZA-is-ta |
| mnogo | a lot | MNO-go |
| malo | a little | MA-lo |
| previše | too much | PRE-vi-she |
| odmah | immediately | OD-mah |