Odvjetnik ima radno iskustvo.

Word by word:

• odvjetnik = lawyer / attorney
• ima = has
• radno = work-related
• iskustvo = experience

So the whole sentence means The lawyer has work experience or A lawyer has work experience, depending on context.

Croatian does not use articles the way English does. There is no separate word for the or a/an.

So odvjetnik can mean:

• the lawyer
• a lawyer

Context tells you which meaning is intended.

If you really want to emphasize one lawyer, you can sometimes use jedan = one / a certain, but in a normal sentence like this, Croatian simply leaves the article out.

Ima is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb imati = to have.

So:

• ja imam = I have
• ti imaš = you have
• on/ona ima = he/she has

Because odvjetnik is singular, the verb is also singular: ima.

Because Croatian adjectives must agree with the noun in gender, number, and case.

The noun iskustvo is:

• neuter
• singular

So the adjective must also be in the neuter singular form:

• dictionary form: radni = work-related
• neuter singular form: radno

That is why you get:

• radno iskustvo

not

• radni iskustvo

• odvjetnik is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence.
• radno iskustvo is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of ima.

A useful detail: with many neuter singular nouns, the nominative and accusative look the same. So iskustvo stays iskustvo.

The adjective also matches the case, so radno is accusative neuter singular here, but it looks the same as nominative neuter singular.

Yes. Croatian word order is more flexible than English word order because case endings help show what each word is doing.

The most neutral order here is:

• Odvjetnik ima radno iskustvo.

That is basically Subject + Verb + Object.

Other orders are possible, but they usually add emphasis or sound more marked. For example, moving radno iskustvo to the front would emphasize it more.

For a learner, the version in the sentence is the best default pattern.

Grammatically, odvjetnik is a masculine noun and normally refers to a male lawyer.

The feminine form is:

• odvjetnica = female lawyer

So if you are talking about a specific woman, you would usually say:

• Odvjetnica ima radno iskustvo.

In some broader or generic contexts, masculine profession nouns can sometimes be used more generally, but for a specific female person, odvjetnica is the natural choice.

Not exactly.

• iskustvo = experience in a general sense
• radno iskustvo = work experience / professional experience

So radno iskustvo is more specific. It is the kind of phrase you would often see in job-related contexts, such as CVs, applications, or interviews.

Compare:

• Ima iskustvo. = He/She has experience.
  This is broader.
• Ima radno iskustvo. = He/She has work experience.
  This specifically refers to employment or professional background.

Yes, and that is actually a very useful thing to notice.

Croatian often uses ima iskustva to mean has experience in a more general sense. Here iskustva is a different grammatical form, and this pattern is very common.

The difference is roughly:

• ima radno iskustvo = has work experience
• ima iskustva = has experience

So the sentence you were given is more specific because it talks about work experience, not just experience in general.

A rough English-friendly pronunciation is:

OD-vyet-neek EE-ma RAD-no ees-KOOST-vo

A few helpful pronunciation notes:

• j is pronounced like English y
• v is pronounced like English v
• r is usually trilled or tapped
• Croatian spelling is fairly phonetic, so words are usually pronounced close to how they are written

You do not need perfect stress placement at the beginning; getting the sounds of the letters right is much more important.