KitsumiFree basic Croatian words
A seven-page printable PDF for your first weeks of Croatian: how it sounds, how words work, 242 everyday words and sentences to read aloud.
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What's inside
- How Croatian soundsOne letter, one sound. Hard č and dž next to soft ć and đ, š and ž, lj and nj, a throaty h, and r as a vowel in words like prst, vrt and Hrvatska.
- How words workNo articles, masculine, feminine and neuter nouns with taj, ta and to in three colours, how endings change (kava, kavu, kave), ti or Vi, and biti and govoriti: sam, si, je, smo, ste, su.
- 242 words, then show wordsBok, dobar dan and hvala, family, numbers, kava, burek and ćevapi, the sea, places and verbs. Then ajme!, ma daj!, polako and može, what to call people, and ten sentences to read before you check.
How to use it
- Read the sounds page aloud, one row at a time. Keep it next to you while you read the rest.
- Read the grammar page twice. You don't need to learn it, just to notice taj, ta and to, and how the verb ending changes.
- Learn five words a day. Cover the grey English on the last page, read each sentence aloud, then slide the paper down to check.
- Watch something in Croatian with Kitsumi and catch the words you know. Ajme, ma daj and polako turn up in every scene.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. It's a free PDF with no sign-up. Print it, keep it and share it.
Is Croatian hard to pronounce?
Less than it looks. Croatian is read as it's written, one letter for one sound. Č and ć take a while to tell apart, and you're understood even before you do.
Do I need to learn the cases first?
No. Learn each word in its dictionary form, the way the sheet lists it. The endings come with listening.