How to use adjectives in Croatian

How to use adjectives in Croatian

You want to learn how to use adjectives in Croatian? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Croatian lessons complete with useful examples. Big, small, happy, sad... we'll teach you all you need to know about Croatian adjectives.

Croatian adjectives

Adjectives are generally used to describe nouns. Adjectives come before the noun in Croatian as in English. Adjectives in Croatian agree with the noun they describe. This means that adjectives that describe a feminine noun have a special form.

Examples

kratka noć
the short night
hladna noć
the cold night
duga noć
the long night
vrela noć
the hot night
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Croatian is spoken by 5 million people in Croatia and parts of Herzegovina. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Croatian would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Croatian

Learn to get by in Croatian with these useful words and phrases. The phrases below will help you to greet people in Croatian, introduce yourself in Croatian and even hold a conversation in Croatian after you have met someone.

ovaj kamen
this stone
ova žena
this woman
ova zgrada
this building
ovo dijete
this child
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Step 7 : Adjectives in Croatian

Adjectives are used to describe nouns. To get started, we suggest you learn the three Croatian adjectives velik, mali and star (big, small, old). Using the nouns knjiga, stolica and vrata (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each adjective with each noun (the big book, the old chair, the small door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Croatian adjectives including useful examples. After you've learned to use the adjectives velik, mali and star with the nouns knjiga, stolica and vrata you can move on to Step 8 (Croatian Verbs).

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