Learn Croatian

ja sam studirao u croatia , to je biloprije 17 godina ,i ja sam vec zaboravio pricati,

Dobar dan to everybody :) I just… I just want to learn croatian. I can’t say really why, just like it. This summer I’ve been in Croatia and I really enjoyed using some basic phrases :) I always wanted to learn russian but hmmm didn’t have opportunity and for now I don’t have enough motivation. But will really hard to try to learn Croatian :) And I’d really appreciate if someone would like to help me in it :)
Pozdrav!

..at least to be able to have an acceptable conversation

I’ve just been to Zagreb for the weekend and really enjoyed it!

I managed to pick up 100 words and phrases before hand and memorised them!

I mostly used Hello, Please, thankyou goodbye, can I have the bill please and where is the toilet – I’d like to learn more for my next visit.

It was great to see the smile on peoples faces- even when I just said Thankyou – Hvala.

Al

if someone wants to learn croatian let me know, i can help you…
It is a bit hard but… bez muke nema nauke…

What is your reason to learn Croatian?

I do not want to learn Croatian, or any other language than English. (My native language is not English).

Although (or perhaps precisely because) I work in the globalization industry, I strongly believe the world would be a better place if everyone also spoke a common language in addition to their mother tongue. Today, English has the best chances to become that language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language).

Just consider the huge amount of knowledge that’s simply unavailable to you for the stupid reason that it’s written in a language you don’t understand. Should we encourage this by learning more languages so that people can generate more knowledge in more languages? How about instead we focus on one language, and better knowledge?

Did straying away from standards ever help in the long run? Aren’t you glad all power outlets are the same in the US and hate it when you have to buy adapters for Europe, or the other way around?

Before you say that culture would be lost, let me tell you why it won’t. Now, culture in Croatian that’s not translated in English is accessible only to Croatian speakers. For all others, it’s as good as lost. If future Croatian speakers keep writing in Croatian, more culture will be lost. If, as I propose, everyone learns English as well, those Croatian writers will realize they can expose their culture to a much larger audience if they write in English.

Finally, ask yourself what this site would look like and how useful it would be and how many friends you’d make from all over the world and how many cheers your entries would get and so on, if nobody understood today’s de-facto common language: English.

So, please, stop this post-tower-of-Babel language mess. Learning a language takes YEARS. Is your life so in order, and have you accomplished all your other goals, that this is the best thing left to do?

Croatia and the Balkans in general have gone through some pretty horific events in the last century. Despite that, it is a fascinating place; the crossroads of 3 major religions and innumerable cultures. The architecture alone looks incredible.

Before I go, I would like to know enough Croatian to get around, feed and shelter myself, and have conversations with ordinary people.