| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
curious | radoznao |
female foreigner | strankinja |
She thinks that the curious foreign woman is brave when she speaks Croatian in front of the class. | Ona misli da je radoznala strankinja hrabra kad govori hrvatski pred razredom. |
to ask | postavljati pitanje |
In the course there is a curious foreign woman sitting who keeps asking questions. | Na tečaju sjedi radoznala strankinja koja stalno postavlja pitanja. |
confused | zbunjen |
others | drugi |
to behave | ponašati se |
Sometimes I feel confused when I hear how others behave in a new country. | Ponekad se osjećam zbunjeno kad čujem kako se drugi ponašaju u novoj zemlji. |
foreigner | stranac |
The foreigner in the park is calmly studying Croatian. | Stranac u parku mirno uči hrvatski. |
politely | ljubazno |
He politely asks the teacher for help. | On ljubazno pita učiteljicu za pomoć. |
That curious foreigner behaves politely and carefully listens to every answer. | Taj radoznali stranac se ljubazno ponaša i pažljivo sluša svaki odgovor. |
persistent | uporan |
Even when I am confused, I try to be persistent and keep speaking Croatian. | I kad sam zbunjen, pokušavam biti uporan i nastaviti govoriti hrvatski. |
bravely | hrabro |
He bravely speaks Croatian in front of the class. | On hrabro govori hrvatski pred razredom. |
My persistent (female) friend says that we have to behave bravely when we talk with strangers. | Moja uporna prijateljica kaže da se moramo ponašati hrabro kad pričamo s nepoznatim ljudima. |
accent | naglasak |
natural | prirodan |
I (female) am not sure whether my accent is natural, but people understand me. | Nisam sigurna je li moj naglasak prirodan, ali ljudi me razumiju. |
pronunciation | izgovor |
spelling | pravopis |
The teacher shows us how to practice the pronunciation and spelling of the same words. | Učitelj nam pokazuje kako vježbati izgovor i pravopis istih riječi. |
grammar | gramatika |
to seem | činiti se |
Today it seems that Croatian is easier than yesterday. | Danas se čini da je hrvatski lakši nego jučer. |
step by step | korak po korak |
Step by step we are learning Croatian without stress. | Korak po korak učimo hrvatski bez stresa. |
to become | postajati |
clearer | jasniji |
Grammar seems hard, but step by step it becomes clearer. | Gramatika se čini teška, ali korak po korak postaje jasnija. |
fluently | tečno |
correctly | pravilno |
He now speaks Croatian correctly. | On sada pravilno govori hrvatski. |
He speaks fluently, but he still does not write all the words correctly. | On govori tečno, ali još ne piše pravilno sve riječi. |
to express oneself | izražavati se |
I am slowly learning how to express myself better in the Croatian language. | Polako učim kako se bolje izražavati na hrvatskom jeziku. |
to emphasize | naglasiti |
correct | pravi |
The children are looking for the right movie for tonight. | Djeca traže pravi film za večeras. |
The teacher (female) often emphasizes the important word in the sentence so that we hear the correct accent. | Učiteljica često naglasi važnu riječ u rečenici kako bismo čuli pravi naglasak. |
to write down | zapisivati |
I like to write down new words in my notebook. | Volim zapisivati nove riječi u bilježnicu. |
difference | razlika |
When I write the accents in the notebook, I more easily see the difference in pronunciation. | Kad zapisujem naglaske u bilježnicu, lakše vidim razliku u izgovoru. |
way | način |
I am still looking for the best way to study grammar without stress. | Još tražim najbolji način kako učiti gramatiku bez stresa. |
to make sense | imati smisla |
a few | nekoliko |
practice | vježba |
This exercise in Croatian is difficult. | Ova vježba iz hrvatskog je teška. |
All the sentences at the beginning do not make sense, but after a few days of practice it becomes easier. | Sve rečenice na početku nemaju smisla, ali nakon nekoliko dana vježbe postaje lakše. |
to exist | postojati |
There is a solution for this problem. | Postoji rješenje za ovaj problem. |
type | vrsta |
some | neki |
Some people like the park, and others like the café. | Neki ljudi vole park, a drugi vole kafić. |
vocabulary | rječnik |
Tonight I am studying Croatian with a dictionary. | Večeras učim hrvatski s rječnikom. |
There are several types of exercises: some check vocabulary, and others pronunciation. | Postoji više vrsta zadataka: neki provjeravaju rječnik, a drugi izgovor. |
to write down | zapisati |
At the end of the lesson I will write down the date of the exam in the notebook. | Na kraju sata ću zapisati datum ispita u bilježnicu. |
I always try to write down at least a few pieces of advice that the teacher (female) gives me in class. | Uvijek pokušam zapisati barem nekoliko savjeta koje mi učiteljica da na satu. |
to advise | savjetovati |
to repeat | ponavljati |
The teacher (female) repeats the question slowly. | Učiteljica ponavlja pitanje polako. |
aloud | naglas |
Tonight I will repeat the new word out loud in the quiet room. | Večeras ću ponoviti novu riječ naglas u tihoj sobi. |
Older students often advise us to repeat aloud so that we remember better. | Stariji studenti nam često savjetuju da ponavljamo naglas kako bismo bolje pamtili. |
At the beginning Croatian did not make much sense to me, but now I see a clearer picture. | Na početku mi hrvatski nije imao puno smisla, ali sada vidim jasniju sliku. |
to notice | primijetiti |
explaining | objašnjavanje |
Explaining grammar without examples is hard. | Objašnjavanje gramatike bez primjera je teško. |
I (female) have noticed that every teacher (female) has her own style of explaining grammar. | Primijetila sam da svaka učiteljica ima svoj stil objašnjavanja gramatike. |
more confidently | sigurnije |
With a helmet I feel safer. | S kacigom se osjećam sigurnije. |
out loud | naglas |
The children are reading the story out loud in the classroom. | Djeca čitaju priču naglas u učionici. |
I (male) have noticed that I feel more confident when I repeat the sentence out loud. | Primijetio sam da se osjećam sigurnije kad ponovim rečenicu naglas. |
scene | scena |
attic | tavan |
In a famous scene from a movie, a tourist stands alone in the attic and practices pronunciation in front of the camera. | U poznatoj sceni iz filma turist stoji sam na tavanu i vježba izgovor pred kamerom. |
easily | lako |
It is not easy to learn Croatian. | Nije lako učiti hrvatski. |
That scene does not make sense to me, but it is funny, so it is easy to remember the conversation. | Ta scena mi nema smisla, ali je smiješna, pa je lako zapamtiti razgovor. |
In the attic of our house we keep old grammar textbooks and dictionaries. | Na tavanu naše kuće držimo stare udžbenike gramatike i rječnike. |
possible | moguć |
Is this plan possible? | Je li ovaj plan moguć? |
native | izvorni |
speaker | govornik |
I wonder whether it is possible to speak as fluently as a native speaker if we start learning later. | Pitam se je li moguće govoriti jednako tečno kao izvorni govornik ako počnemo učiti kasnije. |
to get confused | zbuniti se |
Sometimes I get confused in the exam when the teacher quickly changes the question. | Ponekad se zbunim na ispitu kad učitelj brzo promijeni pitanje. |
The teacher says that it is more important to be persistent than completely correct, because even native speakers sometimes get confused. | Učitelj kaže da je važnije biti uporan nego potpuno točan, jer se i izvorni govornici ponekad zbune. |
important | bitan |
how long | koliko |
I don’t know how much time we have. | Ne znam koliko vremena imamo. |
For curious pupils it is not important how long the explanation is; it is important that it is clear. | Za radoznale učenike nije bitno koliko je objašnjenje dugo, važno je da je jasno. |
several times | nekoliko puta |
Tonight I will repeat the new words several times. | Večeras ću nekoliko puta ponoviti nove riječi. |
per day | dnevno |
She studies Croatian daily. | Ona dnevno uči hrvatski. |
to ask oneself | pitati se |
Sometimes I wonder if I am studying Croatian enough. | Ponekad se pitam učim li dovoljno hrvatski. |
Several times a day I ask myself whether my way of learning is really good. | Nekoliko puta dnevno se pitam je li moj način učenja stvarno dobar. |
step | korak |
Every step helps us. | Svaki korak nam pomaže. |
small | malen |
The small dog is sleeping on the carpet. | Malen pas spava na tepihu. |
When I see a small difference in my pronunciation, I feel that I am making progress, however small the step is. | Kad vidim malu razliku u svom izgovoru, osjećam da napredujem, koliko god korak bio malen. |
to encourage | hrabriti |
correct | pravilan |
This answer is correct. | Ovaj odgovor je pravilan. |
The teacher (female) encourages us to express ourselves freely, even when we are not sure whether the sentence is completely correct. | Učiteljica nas hrabri da se izražavamo slobodno, čak i kad nismo sigurni je li rečenica potpuno pravilna. |
You behave as if every mistake were a big problem, but language learning does not work that way. | Ponašaš se kao da je svaka pogreška velik problem, ali učenje jezika ne ide na taj način. |
At the end of the lesson the teacher briefly emphasizes the main things so that we can remember them more easily at home. | Za kraj sata učitelj ukratko naglasi glavne stvari, kako bismo ih lakše zapamtili kod kuće. |
The teacher (female) explains that each type of sentence has its own spelling rules. | Učiteljica objašnjava da svaka vrsta rečenice ima svoja pravila pravopisa. |
first | najprije |
First we have breakfast, then we go to the city. | Najprije doručkujemo, pa idemo u grad. |
then | onda |
First we study Croatian, then we watch a movie. | Najprije učimo hrvatski, onda gledamo film. |
I always advise you to first listen, and only then ask whether something is clear. | Uvijek ti savjetujem da najprije slušaš, a tek onda pitaš je li nešto jasno. |
Although spelling is important, for conversation it is still more important that people understand you. | Iako je pravopis bitan, za razgovor je ipak važnije da te ljudi razumiju. |
those | ta |
That book is mine. | Ta knjiga je moja. |
I do not see a big difference between those two ways of learning. | Ne vidim veliku razliku između ta dva načina učenja. |
Her brother always encourages me before the Croatian exam. | Njen brat me uvijek hrabri prije ispita iz hrvatskog jezika. |
them (accusative/genitive long form) | njih |
They regularly study Croatian in the park. | Oni redovito uče hrvatski u parku. |
theirs | njihov |
Their dog sleeps under the table. | Njihov pas spava ispod stola. |
For them your accent is completely natural, although it sounds different from theirs. | Za njih je tvoj naglasak potpuno prirodan, iako zvuči drugačije od njihovog. |
foreign woman | strankinja |
In the evening the foreign woman studies Croatian alone in the park. | Navečer strankinja sama u parku uči hrvatski. |
The curious foreign woman constantly asks questions in the course. | Radoznala strankinja stalno postavlja pitanja na tečaju. |
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