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### Please and thank you

**molim** on its own is *please*; **molim vas** is the full polite form, and the one to default to with a stranger. **Molim** is also the answer to *thank you* — Croatian uses the same word both ways.

**hvala** is *thanks*; **hvala lijepa** — literally *beautiful thanks* — is *thank you very much*. The reply is **nema na čemu**, *don't mention it*.

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### Here you are

**izvoli** (to one person you know) and **izvolite** (polite or plural) cover a remarkable range: *here you are* when handing something over, *go ahead* when giving someone the floor, and *what can I do for you?* from behind a counter.

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### When you have not understood

These two are the most useful sentences in the language while you are learning:

| | |
|---|---|
| **Ne razumijem.** | I don't understand. |
| **Možete li ponoviti?** | Could you repeat that? |
| **Što znači…?** | What does … mean? |

**ponoviti** is perfective, which is why it appears here after **možete li** rather than on its own.

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### Fine, and so-so

**u redu** is *all right, OK* — the same **red** as the queue. **tako-tako** is *so-so*, the honest answer to *kako ste?* on a mediocre day.

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Politeness (molim vas, hvala lijepa)

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)

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')

Plural instrumental nouns (-ima, -ama)

Question	Answer
please (polite)	molim vas
Please, where is the station?	Molim vas, gdje je kolodvor?
One tea, please.	Molim vas, jedan čaj.
thank you very much	hvala lijepa
Thank you very much, you are kind.	Hvala lijepa, vi ste dobri.
you're welcome	nema na čemu
Thank you very much! — You're welcome.	Hvala lijepa! — Nema na čemu.
You're welcome, that is my job.	Nema na čemu, to je moj posao.
here you are (informal)	izvoli
Here you are, this is your book.	Izvoli, ovo je tvoja knjiga.
Here you are, the coffee is warm.	Izvoli, kava je topla.
here you are; go ahead (polite)	izvolite
Here you are, this is your bill.	Izvolite, ovo je vaš račun.
Go ahead, the room is open.	Izvolite, soba je otvorena.
I don't understand	ne razumijem
I don't understand this question.	Ne razumijem ovo pitanje.
to repeat	ponoviti
I don't understand. Could you repeat that?	Ne razumijem. Možete li ponoviti?
Could you repeat the answer?	Možete li ponoviti odgovor?
I have to repeat this sentence.	Moram ponoviti ovu rečenicu.
to mean	značiti
What does this word mean?	Što znači ova riječ?
I don't know what this means.	Ne znam što ovo znači.
all right, OK	u redu
All right, I understand.	U redu, razumijem.
Everything is all right.	Sve je u redu.
so-so	tako-tako
How are you? — So-so.	Kako ste? — Tako-tako.
Today is so-so.	Danas je tako-tako.

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