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Colloquial Croatian | |||
Colloquial Croatian |
Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, Colloquial Croatian provides a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Croatian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
The best choice in personal language learning, key features include:
a wide range of interactive exercises for regular practice clear, concise grammar notes a useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide an answer key and reference section.
A clear and rewarding course, Colloquial Croatian enables those who follow it to communicate confidently and effectively in Croatian in a broad range of everyday situations.
This pack contains the book and 120 minutes of audio material, provided on CDs. Recorded by native speakers, these will help develop your pronunciation, listening and speaking skills.
Map of Croatia
Learning Croatian
Alphabet and pronunciation
1 Na putu
On the way
The verb biti (to be); personal pronouns: I, you, etc.; basic word order; formation of questions; introducing yourself; nationalities
2 Razgovor o putovanju
Conversation about traveling
Main conjugations of verbs; verbal aspect; reflexive verbs; adverbs
3 Dolazak u Zagreb
Arrival in Zagreb
Nouns: the nominative case, the vocative case; simple letters; adjectives from proper nouns; double negatives
4 Svatko ide na svoju stranu
Each goes his own way
Accusative case, accusative after certain prepositions; genitive case; questions and answers; sentence building with the genitive; prepositions
5 Dolazak u hotel
Arrival at the hotel
The dative case, the locative case; the instrumental case, a telephone conversation
6 Razgovor o stanu
Conversation about a flat
Adjectives; nominative case of adjectives; vocabulary about flats and furniture
7 Na popti
At the post office
Cardinal numbers 1, 2, 3, etc; use of verbs with numbers; telephone conversations
8 U restoranu
In the restaurant
Ordering meals; adjectives: genitive case, accusative case; food and drink
9 Na ulici
In the street
Street directions; adjectives: dative and instrumental; prepositions; reflexive verbs
10 Posjet prijateljima
Visit to friends
The past tense; word order; past tense questions; negative past tense; emphatic use of pronouns; use of verbs with numbers
11 Obiteljski odnosi
Family relationships
Personal pronoun declensions; vocabulary of family relationships; word order (3); use of pronouns
12 Putni planovi
Travel plans
The future tense; using the long form of the future auxiliary; structures with the future tense
13 U kazalip t u
At the theatre
Ordinal numbers: first, second, etc.; periods of time; dates; days of the week; time of day
14 Pakiranje
Packing
Comparative of adjectives; comparative of adverbs; structures with the comparative; the superlative; clothes, colours
15 Polazak
Departure
Demonstrative pronouns: ‘this’, ‘that’; possessive adjectives; preparing for a car journey; driving, route planning
16 U kvaru
Breakdown
Possessive pronouns: my, your, etc.; future perfect tense; parts of a car
17 U kupnji
Shopping
Interrogative pronouns: ‘who’, ‘what’, etc.; relative pronouns: ‘who’, ‘which’, etc.; shopping for food; aspect 2; lost items, visiting a police station
18 Prometna nesreêa
Road accident
Imperative, negative imperatives; adjective phrases expressed by verbs; aspect 3; parts of the body
19 Razgovor o svakodnevnom ? i v ot u
Conversation about everyday life
Conditional: ‘I would’, etc.; conditional clauses; reflexive phrases
20 Kraj
The end
Participles: ‘being’, ‘having been’, etc; verbal nouns
Grammar summary
Key to main exercises
Translations of main texts
Croatian-English glossary
English-Croatian glossary
Subject index