English→Croatian standard: ijekavian, Croatian

Translate English to Croatian standard: ijekavian, Croatian like a local.

Croatian from Croatia sounds like itself through ijekavian forms, words such as tisuća and listopad, and the clear ti/Vi distinction.

474 local dialects

What locals actually say

I’ll call you when I get off the bus.

Nazvat ću te kad siđem iz autobusa.

The Croatian future uses the infinitive plus the auxiliary ću, giving nazvat ću rather than the Serbian-style zvaću.

Our flight is on October 12.

Naš je let 12. listopada.

listopad is Croatia’s month name for October, and dates take the month in the genitive: 12. listopada.

Hi, I’ll be there in five minutes.

Bok, stižem za pet minuta.

Bok is a familiar Croatian greeting, while stižem is the natural informal way to say you are on your way or about to arrive.

It cost me a thousand euros.

Koštalo me tisuću eura.

Tisuću is the Croatian standard word for “thousand,” rather than the regional hiljadu.

Turn left at the crossroads.

Na raskrižju skreni lijevo.

Raskrižje is the Croatian standard word for “crossroads,” and skreni uses the informal ti imperative.

Could I have a coffee with milk, please?

Mogu li dobiti kavu s mlijekom, molim?

Kava is the Croatian word for “coffee,” while mlijekom shows the instrumental case after s.

My daughter starts school next week.

Moja kći kreće u školu sljedeći tjedan.

Kći is the Croatian standard word for “daughter,” and tjedan is the Croatian standard term for “week.”

Please send me your résumé by Friday.

Molim vas, pošaljite mi svoj životopis do petka.

Životopis is the Croatian standard word for “résumé,” and pošaljite uses the formal Vi imperative.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

Croatian standard: ijekavian, Croatian-specific vocabulary (tisuća, zrakoplov, listopad month names); ti informal, Vi formal.

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