Languages and nationalities (njemački, francuski...)

Talking about languages

You already know hrvatski and engleski. Language names in Croatian are adjectives ending in -ski, and they are written with a lowercase letter. To say you speak a language, use govoriti with the language name: Govorim njemački i engleski.

The set

adjectivelanguage / nationality
njemačkiGerman
francuskiFrench
talijanskiItalian
španjolskiSpanish
ruskiRussian
kineskiChinese
japanskiJapanese
američkiAmerican
meksičkiMexican
slovenski, mađarski, srpskithe neighbours: Slovenian, Hungarian, Serbian

These are ordinary adjectives and agree like any other: ruska knjiga, talijanski restoran, meksičko jelo.

Where you study

fakultet is a university faculty — Croatians say "na fakultetu" for being at university: Učim japanski na fakultetu. razred is a class or grade at school: Djeca su u razredu.

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