Basic Greetings

Hello.

Zdravo. (zdra-vo)

Good morning.

Dobro jutro. (do-bro yu-tro)

Good evening.

Dobro veče. (do-bro ve-che)

Good night.

Laku noć. (la-ku notch)

Goodbye.

Doviđenja. (do-vi-je-nya)

See you later.

Vidimo se kasnije. (vi-di-mo se kas-ni-ye)

Nice to meet you.

Drago mi je. (dra-go mi ye)

Welcome.

Dobro došli. (do-bro-dosh-li)

How are you?

Kako ste? (ka-ko ste)

I’m fine.

Ja sam dobro. (ya sam do-bro)

And you?

A Vi? (a vi)

Yes.

Da. (da)

No.

Ne. (ne)

Have a nice day.

Ugodan dan. (u-go-dan dan)

See you tomorrow.

Vidimo se sutra. (vi-di-mo se su-tra)

Take care.

Čuvajte se. (chu-vay-te se)

What is up?

Šta ima? (shta i-ma)

See you soon.

Vidimo se uskoro. (vi-di-mo se us-ko-ro)

Have a good trip.

Sretan put. (sre-tan put)

Nice to see you.

Lijepo je vidjeti Vas. (li-ye-po ye vid-ye-ti vas)

Politeness & Basics

Please.

Molim Vas. (mo-lim vas)

Thank you.

Hvala. (hva-la)

Thank you very much.

Hvala puno. (hva-la pu-no)

You’re welcome.

Nema na čemu. (ne-ma na che-mu)

Excuse me.

Izvinite. (iz-vi-ni-te)

I’m sorry.

Žao mi je. (zha-o mi ye)

No problem.

Nema problema. (ne-ma pro-ble-ma)

That’s okay.

U redu je. (u re-du ye)

Of course.

Naravno. (na-rav-no)

Don’t worry.

Ne brinite. (ne bri-ni-te)

I understand.

Razumijem. (ra-zu-mi-yem)

I don’t understand.

Ne razumijem. (ne ra-zu-mi-yem)

I don’t know.

Ne znam. (ne znam)

Do you speak English?

Govorite li engleski? (go-vo-ri-te li en-gles-ki)

Just a moment, please.

Samo trenutak, molim. (sa-mo tre-nu-tak mo-lim)

Can you help me?

Možete li mi pomoći? (mo-zhe-te li mi po-mo-chi)

Excuse me to pass.

Oprostite. (o-pros-ti-te)

My apologies.

Izvinjavam se. (iz-vi-nya-vam se)

It is fine.

Sve je u redu. (sve ye u re-du)

You are very kind.

Vrlo ste ljubazni. (vr-lo ste lyu-baz-ni)

Core Survival Patterns

Pattern: I need …

Trebam … (tre-bam)

I need a doctor.

Trebam doktora. (tre-bam dok-to-ra)

I need help.

Trebam pomoć. (tre-bam po-motch)

I need water.

Trebam vodu. (tre-bam vo-du)

I need a taxi.

Trebam taksi. (tre-bam tak-si)

I need some rest.

Trebam malo odmora. (tre-bam ma-lo od-mo-ra)

Pattern: I want …

Želim … (zhe-lim)

I want to pay.

Želim platiti. (zhe-lim pla-ti-ti)

I want to go there.

Želim ići tamo. (zhe-lim i-chi ta-mo)

I want a ticket.

Želim kartu. (zhe-lim kar-tu)

I want to eat.

Želim jesti. (zhe-lim yes-ti)

I want this one.

Želim ovaj. (zhe-lim o-vay)

Pattern: I would like …

Male Form: Želio bih … (zhe-li-o bih)

Female Form: Željela bih … (zhel-ye-la bih)

I would like a coffee.

Male Form: Želio bih kafu. (zhe-li-o bih ka-fu)

Female Form: Željela bih kafu. (zhel-ye-la bih ka-fu)

I would like to order.

Male Form: Želio bih naručiti. (zhe-li-o bih na-ru-chi-ti)

Female Form: Željela bih naručiti. (zhel-ye-la bih na-ru-chi-ti)

I would like the bill.

Male Form: Želio bih račun. (zhe-li-o bih ra-chun)

Female Form: Željela bih račun. (zhel-ye-la bih ra-chun)

I would like some water.

Male Form: Želio bih malo vode. (zhe-li-o bih ma-lo vo-de)

Female Form: Željela bih malo vode. (zhel-ye-la bih ma-lo vo-de)

I would like a receipt.

Male Form: Želio bih potvrdu. (zhe-li-o bih pot-vr-du)

Female Form: Željela bih potvrdu. (zhel-ye-la bih pot-vr-du)

Pattern: Can you …?

Možete li …? (mo-zhe-te li)

Can you help me?

Možete li mi pomoći? (mo-zhe-te li mi po-mo-chi)

Can you repeat that?

Možete li to ponoviti? (mo-zhe-te li to po-no-vi-ti)

Can you speak slowly?

Možete li govoriti sporije? (mo-zhe-te li go-vo-ri-ti spo-ri-ye)

Can you write it down?

Možete li to zapisati? (mo-zhe-te li to za-pi-sa-ti)

Can you call a taxi?

Možete li pozvati taksi? (mo-zhe-te li poz-va-ti tak-si)

Pattern: Where is …?

Gdje je …? (gdye ye)

Where is the toilet?

Gdje je toalet? (gdye ye to-a-let)

Where is the exit?

Gdje je izlaz? (gdye ye iz-laz)

Where is the entrance?

Gdje je ulaz? (gdye ye u-laz)

Where is my luggage?

Gdje je moj prtljag? (gdye ye moy prt-lyag)

Where is the nearest ATM?

Gdje je najbliži bankomat? (gdye ye nay-bli-zhi ban-ko-mat)