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Exercise 1

Translate: to be and not to be

Type the Croatian translation. Watch out for man or woman. Capitals, punctuation and accents (š, č, …) are not required.

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English:Are you from Zagreb? (formal)

English:I am tired.

English:Luka is hungry.

English:I am not a student.

English:Where is Marko?

English:We are not from Croatia.

English:Are you (all) tired?

English:They are here.

English:We are from Belgium.

English:He is a doctor.

English:She is a teacher.

English:Are you happy? (to a female friend)

English:No, I am not ill. (you are a man)

English:Is Ana here?

English:I am hungry. (you are a woman)

English:Ana is not here.

Exercise 2

Translate: questions

Type the Croatian translation. Capitals, punctuation and accents (š, č, …) are not required.

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English:Where are you from?

English:Who are they?

English:How are you? (formal)

English:Where are the glasses?

English:Is that a book?

English:Are they from Croatia?

English:Who is that?

English:Where are the children?

English:How much is it?

English:Are you a teacher? (to a woman)

English:Are you (all) students?

English:What is that?

English:How much is the coffee?

English:Is Marko tired?

English:What is your name?

English:Where are you from? (formal)

Exercise 3

Translate: the plural

Type the Croatian translation. Remember the exceptions. Capitals, punctuation and accents (š, č, …) are not required.

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English:the guests

English:the knives

English:The dogs are over there.

English:The children are over there.

English:the brothers

English:the teeth

English:The students are tired.

English:the doctors

English:the villages

English:the eyes

English:The people are here.

English:the cities

English:The books are here.

English:the pupils

English:the houses

English:the names

Exercise 4

Translate: adjectives

Type the Croatian translation. Watch the real gender. Capitals, punctuation and accents (š, č, …) are not required.

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English:The trousers are black.

English:good news

English:a blue sweater

English:Luka is tired.

English:a big house

English:good wine

English:The books are expensive.

English:red shoes

English:small villages

English:Good evening!

English:a good dad

English:The house is beautiful.

English:an old city

English:good people

English:The sea is cold.

English:The weather is lovely.

Exercise 5

Translate: numbers, food and the body

Type the Croatian translation. Capitals, punctuation and accents (š, č, …) are not required.

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English:one house

English:My leg hurts.

English:two euros

English:five euros

English:two books

English:three euros

English:The soup is tasty.

English:two cities

English:one euro

English:It costs ten euros.

English:One coffee, please.

English:one village

English:I have a headache.

English:One beer, please.

English:How much is the jacket?

English:The bill, please.

Exercise 6

Answer the question

Read the question and type your answer in Croatian. Sometimes it says what you want to answer. Capitals, punctuation and accents are not required.

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Someone says:Jesi li umoran?

Yes, the flat is big.

Someone says:Je li stan velik?

Someone says:Je li Ana ovdje?

Someone says:Kako si?

Someone says:Odakle si?

It costs ten euros.

Someone says:Koliko košta majica?

That is Marko.

Someone says:Tko je to?

Yes, you are all hungry.

Someone says:Jeste li gladni?

Yes, the soup is tasty.

Someone says:Je li juha dobra?

A book.

Someone says:Što je to?

It costs two euros.

Someone says:Koliko košta kava?

Someone says:Kako se zoveš?

No, the sea is not cold.

Someone says:Je li more hladno?

They are over there.

Someone says:Gdje su djeca?

Someone says:Jeste li Vi iz Zagreba?

Yes, the shoes are new.

Someone says:Jesu li cipele nove?

Exercise 7

Ask the question

You see the answer. Type the question that goes with it, in Croatian.

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They answer:Dobro sam, hvala. A ti?

They answer:Iz Splita sam.

They answer:Jesam, umoran sam.

They answer:To je Ana.

They answer:Jesu, oni su studenti.

They answer:Ana je tamo.

They answer:Nisam, nisam gladna.

They answer:Pet eura.

They answer:Jest, Marko je ovdje.

They answer:Zovem se Petra.

They answer:Ja sam Luka.

They answer:Kava je dva eura.

They answer:Nije, Ana nije ovdje.

They answer:Jesmo, gladni smo.

They answer:To je kuća.

They answer:Iz Zagreba smo.

Exercise 8

Correct the mistake

Each sentence has one mistake. Write the sentence correctly.

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Wrong:Dobar večer!

Wrong:pet euro

Wrong:Sam umoran.

Wrong:Kuća je velik.

Wrong:Gdje je naočale?

Wrong:Luka je umorna.

Wrong:jedan kuća

Wrong:Ja je umoran.

Wrong:Ana je bolestan.

Wrong:Jesi li Vi iz Zagreba?

Wrong:Djeca je tamo.

Wrong:dva knjige

Wrong:Gostovi su tu.

Wrong:Studenti su umoran.

Wrong:Pasi su tamo.

Wrong:Mi nisu iz Hrvatske.

Exercise 9

Build the sentence (short)

Type the sentence, or tap the words in the right order. Capitals, punctuation and accents are not required. Careful: sometimes there is a word that does not belong.

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Where are you from? (formal)

Are you hungry?

Those are beautiful names.

How much is the T-shirt?

The pupils are here.

I have a headache.

Where are the children?

The trousers are blue.

Luka is tired.

Good evening!

The dogs are over there.

Where is Marko?

The coffee is two euros.

I am from Belgium.

One coffee, please.

Ana is not here.

Exercise 10

Build the sentence (long)

Type the sentence, or tap the words in the right order. Capitals, punctuation and accents are not required. Careful: sometimes there is a word that does not belong.

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The door is over there, and the glasses are here.

Are you from Zagreb? (formal)

This is a book, and that over there is a house.

The books are expensive, and the bread is cheap.

Fine, thanks, and you?

We are not from Croatia, we are from Belgium.

The students are tired and hungry.

The guests are here, and the children over there.

Are you tired, Ana?

Dad is tired, and mum is happy.

How much is the red T-shirt?

The children and the dogs are over there.

The house is big and beautiful.

The doctors are here, and the pupils over there.

Are you tired, Ana?

Luka is a good colleague.

Exercise 11

Click the gender

Words from all lessons, including the exceptions. Do not just look at the last letter!

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džemper
kava
koljeno
tata
noć
uho
sir
večer
mlijeko
radost
ime
nos
majica
auto
more
kolega
Exercise 12

Make it plural

Regular rules and exceptions mixed. Accents are not required.

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Singular:tata

Singular:more

Singular:oko

Singular:student

Singular:noć

Singular:pas

Singular:gost

Singular:učenik

Singular:brat

Singular:selo

Singular:čovjek

Singular:kuća

Singular:dijete

Singular:ime

Singular:nož

Singular:grad

Exercise 13

Which form fits?

Biti, numbers and adjectives mixed. Look carefully at the word it goes with.

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Ana ___ umorna.

Kuće su ___.

___ večer!

Cipele su ___.

___ tata

Ja ___ umoran.

Sela su ___.

Vrijeme je ___.

Djeca ___ tamo.

___ knjiga

Mi ___ iz Belgije.

___ knjige

Luka je ___.

dva ___

You ask a friend.

___ li umoran?

Gdje ___ naočale?

Exercise 14

What do you say?

Read the situation and choose what you say.

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You want to know how much something costs.

You accidentally bump into a friend.

Someone starts eating.

You raise your glass.

You ask an older neighbour how she is.

You say that you are from Belgium.

You do not understand.

You want to pay at the restaurant.

You meet someone for the first time.

You ask where the glasses are.

You want to know where a friend is from.

You want to know who that is.

You are going to bed.

Someone thanks you.

You have a headache.

You walk into a shop in the morning.

Exercise 15

Right or wrong?

Read the sentence and choose whether it is right. After you choose, you see why.

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ime is masculine.

The plural of pas is psi.

You use dvije with feminine words: dvije knjige.

You say: jedan knjiga.

The plural of čovjek is čovjeki.

Boli me glava. means: I have a headache.

vrata is feminine singular.

After dva, tri and četiri you say eura.

The short form may come first: Sam umoran.

more is neuter.

tata is feminine, because it ends in -a.

In the plural you use su.

After pet you say euro.

Words ending in -ost are feminine.

Jesi li…? is formal.

With Vi you address someone formally.

Exercise 16

The odd one out

Which word does not fit with the other two? Read the question carefully: it changes every time.

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Which word is not a piece of clothing?

Which word is not a body part?

Which word is not a number?

Which word is not a plural?

Which word has a different gender from the other two?

Which word is not food or drink?

Which word is not a question word?

Which word has a different gender from the other two?

Which word is not a plural?

Which word has a different gender from the other two?

Which word has a different gender from the other two?

Which word is not a colour?

Which word has a different gender from the other two?

Which word is not an adjective?

Which expression is not a greeting?

Which word is not a plural?

Exercise 17

Write the number

Write the number or the price in words. Watch out for euro or eura.

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Number:100

Number:7

Number:23

Number:3 €

Number:15

Number:25 €

Number:99

Number:79

Number:1 €

Number:64

Number:56

Number:82

Number:20

Number:38

Number:12

Number:41

Exercise 18

Sentence and meaning

Click a word on the left, then what goes with it on the right (or the other way round). A pair counts as right if you find it without a mistake.

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Exercise 19

Conversations (1)

Three conversations with everything you have learned so far. The word bank also contains a few words that do not fit.

Tip: read the conversation out loud, especially once you have filled it in. That way you practice your pronunciation too, and you remember the sentences much better.

Arrival

Ivana picks Tom up at the station. They have not met yet and speak formally at first (Vi).

Words:jeJesisuJesamJestekovčeziumoranumornaDrago
Ivana

Dobar dan! li Vi Tom?

Tom

! A Vi ste Ivana?

Ivana

Da. mi je! Kako ste?

Tom

Dobro, hvala. Malo sam .

Ivana

Gdje su ?

Tom

Kovčezi tamo.

Coffee and cake

Petra orders at a café. The waiter addresses her formally (Vi).

Words:Hvalaeuragladankavagladnamalakavumali
Waiter

Dobar dan! Izvolite.

Petra

Jednu i jedan kolač, molim.

Waiter

Velik ili kolač?

Petra

Velik! Jako sam .

Waiter

Kava i kolač su šest .

Petra

Izvolite. !

A new pupil

The teacher greets the class. There is a new pupil. They speak informally (ti).

Words:novatkoGdjeučenicinoviSplitaOdakleučeniki
Teacher

Dobro jutro, !

Class

Dobro jutro!

Teacher

A je to?

Luka

Ja sam Luka. Ja sam učenik.

Teacher

si, Luka?

Luka

Iz sam.

Exercise 20

Conversations (2)

Three more conversations. Turn the word bank off if you want to make it harder.

Tip: read the conversation out loud, especially once you have filled it in. That way you practice your pronunciation too, and you remember the sentences much better.

At the market

Ana buys bread and apples at the market. She addresses the seller formally (Vi).

Words:euroeuraJesuHvalakoštadobrijabukeJedobre
Ana

Dobar dan! Koliko kruh?

Seller

Kruh je dva .

Ana

A jabuke? li dobre?

Seller

Jesu, jako su ! Tri eura.

Ana

Dobro. Kruh i , molim.

Seller

To je pet eura. !

Not so good

Petra runs into Marko. They speak informally (ti).

Words:steJekavudobrogladanglavaJesigladnasi
Petra

Bok, Marko! Kako ?

Marko

Nisam . Boli me .

Petra

Jao! li umoran?

Marko

Jesam. I sam.

Petra

Idemo na i kolač!

The black jacket

Ivana and Ana are out shopping. They speak informally (ti).

Words:skupaskupoplaviJesulijepaKolikoeuraplaveJe
Ivana

Crna jakna je jako !

Ana

Da! A hlače? li skupe?

Ivana

Nisu. Hlače su i jeftine.

Ana

Super! košta jakna?

Ivana

Jakna je pedeset .

Ana

Joj, to je !