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Croatian

Learn essential vocabulary to describe your daily cosmetic routine, from foundation and eyeshadow to your favorite perfume.

### The Basics of Makeup

The general Croatian word for makeup is *šminka*. To talk about the action of doing your makeup, use the reflexive verb *šminkati se* (to put on makeup).

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### Building the Base and Scent

When describing your routine, you will often use the verb *stavljati* (to put on / to apply). A common first step is applying foundation, known as *puder* (which also means powder). You might also finish getting ready by putting on some perfume (*parfem*).

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### Lips and Lipstick

The word for a single lip is *usna* (plural: *usne*). To color them, you will use lipstick, which is *ruž*.

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### Eye Makeup

When focusing on the eyes, you apply mascara (*maskara*) to your eyelashes (*trepavice*). If you want to add color to your eyelids, you use eyeshadow (*sjenilo*).

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### Finishing Touches

To add some healthy color to your cheeks, you will need blush, which is called *rumenilo*.

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Makeup and Cosmetics

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

prep

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Singular pronouns and to be (sam, si, je)

Noun genders (-Ø, -a, -o/-e)

Demonstrative pronouns (ovaj, ova, ovo)

Plural pronouns and to be (smo, ste, su)

Masculine plural nouns (-i)

Feminine plural nouns (-e)

Neuter plural nouns (-a)

Full verb to be (jesam, jesi)

Negative verb to be (nisam, nisi)

Yes/no questions (je li)

Wh- questions (tko, gdje)

Formal vs informal address (ti vs Vi)

Regular present tense (-ati)

Regular present tense (-iti)

Regular present tense (-jeti)

Verb negation (ne)

The verb to have (imati / nemati)

Inanimate direct objects

Feminine direct objects (-u)

Plural direct objects (-e, -a)

Accusative pronouns (me, te, ga, ju)

Adjective agreement

Plural adjectives

Accusative adjectives

Numbers 1 to 10 (jedan, dva, tri)

The locative case (-u)

Feminine locative (-i)

The verb to go (ići)

Destination (u, na)

The genitive case (-a)

Accusative pronouns (nas, vas, ga, ih)

Animate masculine accusative (-a)

Adjective agreement for animate masculine (-og, -eg)

The verb can (moći)

The verb must (morati)

The verb to want (htjeti, hoću)

The future tense (ću/ćeš + infinitive)

The past tense: l-participle (radio, radila)

Past tense word order (Prvo sam radio...)

Past tense with plural subjects (-li, -le, -la)

Feminine genitive singular (-e)

Possession and origin (od, iz)

Negative existence (nema)

Numbers 2, 3, and 4

Genitive plural (-a)

Numbers 11 to 20

Past tense negation (nisam)

Past tense questions (jeste li)

Dative singular

Dative pronouns (ti, mu, joj)

Past tense negation (nisam, nisi...)

Double object pronouns (mu ga, ti ju...)

Reflexive verbs (se)

Reflexive clitic word order

Commands and requests (radi, radite)

Plural demonstratives (ovi, ove, ova)

Possessive determiners (moj, naš, njegov)

Greetings (Dobar dan, doviđenja)

The body: Boli me glava

Directions (lijevo, desno, ravno)

There is, there are (ima)

Politeness (molim vas, hvala lijepa)

How you feel (Sviđa mi se)

Counting by tens to 100 (trideset, četrdeset...)

Quantifiers with the genitive case (malo, puno...)

Adjective agreement in the genitive singular (-og, -e)

Adjective agreement in the genitive plural (-ih)

Genitive prepositions (kod, do, bez...)

Asking what kind and which (kakav, koji)

Possessive determiners (njegov, njezin...)

Possessives in the accusative case

The reflexive possessive (svoj)

Indefinite pronouns (netko, nešto, neki)

Negative pronouns (nitko, ništa)

The verb to need (trebati)

Reciprocal verbs (se)

Introduction to verbal aspect

Perfective verbs with prefixes

Perfective verbs with stem changes

Irregular perfective verbs

Aspect in the past tense

Aspect in the future tense

Vehicular motion (voziti se, putovati)

Arrival and departure ('doći', 'otići')

Entering and exiting ('ući', 'izaći')

Singular accompaniment ('s', 'sa')

Question	Answer
makeup	šminka
I never buy cheap makeup.	Nikada ne kupujem jeftinu šminku.
Her makeup is always perfect.	Njezina šminka je uvijek savršena.
to put on makeup	šminkati se
I am not putting on makeup today.	Danas se ne šminkam.
She puts on makeup very quickly.	Vrlo brzo se šminka.
foundation (makeup)	puder
First I put foundation on my face.	Prvo stavljam puder na lice.
This foundation is too dark for me.	Ovaj puder je previše taman za mene.
perfume	parfem
I am buying that expensive perfume.	Kupujem taj skupi parfem.
He gave me a beautiful perfume for my birthday.	Poklonio mi je lijep parfem za rođendan.
lipstick	ruž
I will buy a red lipstick.	Kupit ću crveni ruž.
I never buy red lipsticks.	Nikada ne kupujem crvene ruževe.
lip	usna
My lips are dry.	Moje usne su suhe.
Put lipstick on your lips.	Stavi ruž na usne.
mascara	maskara
I see the black mascara on the table.	Vidim crnu maskaru na stolu.
eyelash	trepavica
She has long black eyelashes.	Ima duge crne trepavice.
I put mascara on my eyelashes.	Stavljam maskaru na trepavice.
eyeshadow	sjenilo
Do you like blue eyeshadow?	Sviđa li ti se plavo sjenilo?
I want to try a new eyeshadow.	Želim probati novo sjenilo.
blush	rumenilo
I put blush on my cheeks.	Stavljam rumenilo na obraze.
We only need blush and mascara.	Trebamo samo rumenilo i maskaru.