tko, kruh, tisuća

Croatian Forms You Will See

Level 6

Know the Croatian forms so you can read them, and use the Bosnian ones.

How It Works

Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian share most of their grammar and vocabulary. A short list of everyday words differs. Here are the Croatian forms next to the Bosnian ones used in this course.

CroatianBosnian in this courseMeaning
tkokowho
kruhhljebbread
tisućahiljadathousand
točnotačnoexactly
kazalištepozorištetheatre
tjedansedmicaweek

These are Croatian standard forms. They are normal in Croatia and among Croatian speakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for example in Mostar or Livno.

Some are also heard in Bosnian speech: kruh is known to most Bosnian speakers, and vlak is heard next to voz. Treat the table as a guide to what you are likely to see, not as a list of mistakes.

Your own Bosnian writing in this course uses the right-hand column. For reading, you only need to recognise the left-hand column. The grammar around the words is the same.

Examples (5)

  1. Ko je to?

    Who is that?

    Bosnian ko; in Croatian this is tko.

  2. Kupujem hljeb u pekari.

    I am buying bread at the bakery.

    Bosnian hljeb; in Croatian this is kruh.

  3. U gradu živi preko hiljadu ljudi.

    More than a thousand people live in the town.

    Bosnian hiljadu; in Croatian this is tisuću.

  4. Ne znam tačno kad dolazi.

    I do not know exactly when he is coming.

    Bosnian tačno; in Croatian this is točno.

  5. Večeras idemo u pozorište.

    Tonight we are going to the theatre.

    Bosnian pozorište; in Croatian this is kazalište.

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