Croatian (hrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic language.

Pronunciation

• č – ch: ručak (lunch) pron. Ruchak – like lunch
• ć- ch: (softer) voće (fruit) pron. votche–like cheers, Kuća-house – (pronounced: kucha)
• š –sh: Šibenik pron. Shibenik–like shame, Škola – school – (pronounced: shcola)
• đ – g : đus (juice) pron. djus like juice
• c – tz: bicikla (bike) pron. bitzikla like cistern, cesta (road – tz esta)
• Lj: – Grmlje (bush) -:grmlle with the “ll” like in Spanish

Expressions

• Good morning – Dobro jutro (say: Dobro yutro)
• Good day – Dobar Dan (say: Dob-ahr Dan)
• Good evening – Dobra večer (say: Dobrah vetcher)
• Thank you – Hvala (say: H – like the first part of hotel, v – victor, Hvala)

Bicycle vocabulary & directions

• Left – lijevo
• Right – desno
• Straight – Ravno
• Flat tire – puknuta guma
• Tire – guma Village – selo
• Town – grad
• Lunch – ručak
• Water – voda
• Market shop – dučan
• Fruit – voće