Croatian Nouns

Welcome to the third Croatian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Croatian to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes krumpiri

tomatoes rajčice

onions luk

carrots mrkve

fruits voće

apples jabuke

bananas banane

oranges naranče

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Croatian
do you have milk? [verb + noun] imate li mlijeka?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] imam mlijeka i kave
he has three apples [number + plural noun] on ima tri jabuke
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] ona ima samo jednu jabuku
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] živimo u maloj kući
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] sviđa mi se naš doručak

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread kruh

milk mlijeko

butter maslac

cheese sir

coffee kava

sandwich sendvič

meat meso

chicken piletina

fish riba

breakfast doručak

lunch ručak

dinner večera

Conversation in Croatian

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Croatian
Do you speak (English/ Croatian)? govorite li engleski/hrvatski?
Just a little pomalo
I like Croatian sviđa mi se hrvatski.
Can I practice with you? mogu li vježbati s vama?
How old are you? koliko imate godina?
I'm thirty three years old imam trideset i tri godine
It was nice talking to you bilo je lijepo razgovarati s vama

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