Easy Croatian 2 - What do you like the most about Zagreb?

Mato asks people in Zagreb what they like most about their city!
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Hosts of this episode: Mato Boŝnjak
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[@lesorciercalifornien]

Don't know if I'd call this "easy" Croatian (not for a beginner anyway), but it's a good introduction to the sound of the language in conversation.

[@christiandegges1663]

Donald J. Trump Do you know that from your 2 Slavic wives?

[@hypertobyx9813]

It's easier for slavic speakers.

[@johnglasspool6785]

Easy Croatian? There ain't no such beast.

[@GirlBarcateam]

beautiful language!!

[@jovanjovanovic7311]

Try serbian, very similar to croatian.

[@GirlBarcateam]

@@jovanjovanovic7311 I'll try listening to serbian language then.

[@hejhej7294]

fast language

[@GirlBarcateam]

@@hejhej7294 yes, a fast language. Regards!

[@titan9259]

I learned how to speak Croatian when I was 5 years old, hopefully I can relearn it!

[@robotnik77]

Easy? The first episode is words and phrases, and the 2nd episode is sentences in rapid speech. Quite a jump! Knowing some Russian helps me guess the gist of it.

[@jounipiekkari4660]

These Easy Croatian videos are very nice to watch and to understand, even this is my third day of my studies! Very sympathetic interviewer! Puno hvala, i Sretan Bozic!

[@TheBluesLab]

thank you so much for this video. I will have to watch it many times because I can't decide if I should just listen to the voices or should I read the translation at the same time. I understand a lot out of my Polish.

[@lemons107]

2 weeks ago this wasn't far from gibberish for me... I did some learning using another source, came back to this and am now able to pick things up a bit better. The thrill of learning a new language. We can do this.

[@AppleseedVid]

may I ask what the other source you were using to learn croatian was?

[@susannejochum9854]

I would like to know that, too.

[@TST0475]

For me the youtube channel ''Learn Croatian'' is very very good in learning the grammar rules. From there you will learn how the sentences are built up so you can try to figure out what means what, its much easier to learn new words with that basic information instead of just guessing

[@morenoclementi8242]

Aaaaah! Svi govorite prebrzo! Ne razumijem ništa :-D

[@michaelmarkovic6074]

These are really helping! Please make more!

[@kresimiramodric2522]

En realidad no sé si escuchar la conversación o leer la traducción, una vez una cosa, otra vez otra cosa jajaja muy agradable la clase de croata y también muy agradable el chavo que nos lo enseña, felicidades

[@edelsteinfunkler]

Bring it back 🥺❤️‍🔥 I learn Croatian and would enjoy a longer series

[@cskwriter]

Wow I studied Russian and Czech in college and have done some trips to Poland (my mom was born in Kraków) and this is amazingly familiar sounding and looking (though I think živo is probably 'lively' and not 'vivid'). Hoping to visit Zagreb this summer, when hopefully the worst of COVID is behind us!

[@cskwriter]

Also funny--I grew up in Texas and "kolače" also means "little cakes" (though due to Czech immigration, but everyone knows understands what a kolache is...)

[@albertrynkowski3599]

Kocham was moi Słowiańscy bracia i siostry! Pozdrowienia z Polski👋👋👋

[@abosalah2]

Great work, hvla ti ponu, I was looking for material like that. thanks a lot

[@ISashaI]

Thank you for this ❤❤

[@evarooka]

I hope you all make some more of these soon!

[@ntfrmhr]

the sound of croatian reminds me of when i visited zadar, sibenik and split. def need to visit zagreb some day!

[@bromod2922]

nice videos! odlično!

[@vitaliiukraine4662]

Dobryj Den braty sloavjany z Horvatii .Ja je z Ukrainy .Ya vas rozumiju trohy )))

[@MrMarkeZG]

dobar dan ukrajinski brate! sve najbolje za braću slavene u ukrajini! :)

[@ramdrivesys1869]

Dobrý deň, ja som Slovák, a v Chorvátsku som bol mnohokrát, máte prekrásne more a príjemných ľudí, s ktorými sa dá dohovoriť po slovensky, jeden Chorvát mi povedal, že slovenčine je z ne-juhoslovanských jazykov najľahšie rozumieť pre Chorváta, je to pravda? Rozumieš, čo som napísal :) ?

[@ramdrivesys1869]

***** Zaujímavé, že rozumiete slovenčine (slovački) lepšie než slovinčine (slovenski) :). Trocha prekvapujúce, pretože slovinčina je juhoslovanský a slovenčina západoslovanský jazyk, ale aj my lepšie rozumieme chorvátčine než slovinčine.

[@xy367]

RAMDRIVEsys, Meni je slovački simpatičan jezik. Sve sam razumio što si napisao, bez prijevoda:) Pozdrav i ukrajincima.

[@Brandininews]

Very good! Nicely done! :)

[@ians3282]

Of course I'm thankful for your efforts in making these. They certainly promote Zagreb. But the jump from lesson 1 to lesson 2 is insane. All you get is a feeling for the tone of the language. This is definitely advanced Croatian, not beginner stuff.

[@robotnik77]

I hope it's not in Cyrillic. I changed my keyboard and my answers in Russian are still rejected. I quit and took a course in Russian on Babbel. Transparent Language seems to get the best reviews, though.

[@Earbly]

I've taken Croatian lessons on Memrise they definitely have them. I just dont know about mobile. Wait no I did do Croatian on my phone too.

[@giorgosmalfas7486]

What a beautiful, MUSICAL language!

[@entropyfun]

Za video koji se bavi jezikom - fakat loš prijevod na engleski. Inače super ideja.

[@queensabina9983]

thanks for this video🤩

[@dcdnrecords]

Wau, I am czech and I understand! Not all, but hey, it's so cool, I need to visit your country :D

[@ramdrivesys1869]

Som Slovák, a v Chorvátsku je ľahšie sa dohovoriť po slovensky než po anglicky :D a písanej forme je ešte ľahšie porozumieť než hovorenej, kúpil som si v Chorvátsku kvapky do uší (kapi do uha po chorvátsky) a vedel som prečítať celý pribalový leták a porozumieť mu (čo mi pomohlo, pretože som na dovolenke dostal zápal vonkajšieho ucha a vďaka príbuznosti chorvátčiny som vedel, ako presne mám tie kvapky použiť). A veľa ľudí čo robí niečo ohľadom turizmu v Chorvátsku vie "česko-slovensky", zmes češtiny a slovenčiny ktorú sa zrejme naučili od turistov :).

[@ramdrivesys1869]

***** Rozumiem všetkému čo si napísal a súhlasím :)

[@ramdrivesys1869]

***** Všetko okrem "slažem", no to som odhadol z kontextu. Komplikovanejšie texty a hovorená reč sú ťažšie, ale takéto krátke jednoduché texty takmer úplne rozumiem.

[@ramdrivesys1869]

*****Ťažko povedať. Ja som sa po rusky aj trochu učil, takže v súčasnosti rozumiem lepšie po rusky (a viem aj do určitej miery hovoriť po rusky), ale po chorvátsky rozumiem tiež relatívne dobre, aj keď som sa ho vôbec neučil. U mňa v rodine hovorí viacero ľudí po rusky, takže som skôr v kontakte s ruštinou, ale po chorvátsky som sa neučil vôbec a rozumiem ho vcelku dobre, skoro tak dobre, ako ruštinu. A latinka sa číta ľahšie než azbuka. Povedal by som, že chorvátčina je podobnejšia slovenčine ako ruština.

[@Girvid]

I want Easy Czech videos.

[@almar3797]

Wow I was just checking this out for the immersion of a game I play just to make sure it sounds anything like what I'm learning to say and I'm surprised that I have pronounced some words correctly. I'm from the U.S. I speak Spanish and English . Thank you for the video will keep checking them out.

[@hasanmokter777]

super

[@balbos7114]

Muxos saludos desde Malaga!! 🇪🇦

[@katerinastiblicka205]

EN:As a Czech I have to say that I am always surprised how similar our languages are... CZ: Jako Češku mě vždycky zaskočí, jak podobné si naše jazyky jsou...

[@johnglasspool6785]

Maybe not so surprising? I read that all Slavs could understand each other till around 1000 AD, when the languages started to diverge. I am told that Croatian and Bulgarian are very similar.

[@vermillion2023]

EN: Right? It's really weird, it's like the languages are related to each other CZ: Že? Je to fakt divný, jakoby ty jazyky byly příbuzné.

[@katerinastiblicka205]

@@vermillion2023 Thank you, captain obvious. I hope you enjoyed letting me know.

[@katerinastiblicka205]

@@johnglasspool6785 I believe I do have the right to be surprised not matter how related the languages are. But thank you.

[@vermillion2023]

@@katerinastiblicka205 lmfao

[@pedrosanchezf]

hvalaaaa

[@biplove4129]

It sounds sooo good. They have complete movement of mouth in this language. Sounds like they are rapping sometimes.

[@vuqarabbasov7728]

Zasto nema novi episode "Easy croatian"? Svi episode su snimljeni prije 6, ili 7 godine. Zelimo jos spotovi.

[@baxtiyorjumanazarov1998]

basically mixture of russian and italian

[@sergiodelaryba]

Pozdrav iz Rusije! Razumijem sve ali pricjau jako brzo!!!

[@mectateljnica3980]

Empire привет из Италии, это конечно быстро, но это как люди говорят. I kako i ja govorim 😂 ako si iz Rusije naučit ćeš brzo hrvatski jer gramatika ista je ;)

[@sergiodelaryba]

Привет!!)) sada velim mnogo bolje 😀 kod nas u Peterburgu zive svi sa Balkana:)

[@mectateljnica3980]

Empire ozbiljno? Nisam to znala haha učim i ruski na fasku tako da ako budem išla u Petersburg imat ću mogućnost govoriti na obama jezicima :)

[@sergiodelaryba]

Eee svaka cast! pa da, kao sto su studenti)) Jos imamo balkanske zurke napisi ako budes dosla hahah

[@mectateljnica3980]

Empire haha naravno, pisat ću :)

[@AndriiAndrusiak]

When those girls speak so fast, it's not an EASY Croatian.

[@j.cgallagher7092]

Easy Croatian for people with 5 years experience of speaking Croatian.

[@agcouper]

Not really. I've been studying Serbian for a couple of months and I understand like 70% of this video. But I know other Slavic languages and it helps.

[@user-je4uy3pn3h]

Great lessons, great interviews! Thank u very much for these videos! Before my trip to Croatia I'll watch over all of it to be able to speak and understand croatian people)))

[@robotnik77]

Joking, right?

[@nathanael5898]

:( I'll never learn to speak it... *cries*

[@Bar1bar2a]

Did you get any better?

[@suzzanex5820]

The song on this language i mean that singingsound on the phrases are similar to italian

[@livingformusic93]

Did you just happen to meet extra friendly and warm people on that day, or is Croatia (Zagreb) full of them? o.o Thanks for the great video!

[@robotnik77]

I just came back from Croatia, and I have to say that they are super nice. I met one jerk that acted like he wanted to fight when I wouldn't let him take our saved seats at a buffet. I just put the rest of our stuff there as a claim and stared him down and he eventually shut up. I went to get 2nds, then my wife said the guy started dancing like a boxer while I was gone (did he want to fight my wife?), and his wife kept calling my Chinese wife A-Zi-A, A-Zi-A until I came back from getting dessert. Then they both shut up - a loud-mouthed family of bluffing jerks. I was hoping the guy wasn't bluffing so that I could land one, but they behaved when I returned. I loved Croatia. We were told that Americans can buy property there. If you have some spare change you can get a villa if your Winter is bad. Believe me, you'll like it, and the food is excellent everywhere. Every cook is like a great chef. I don't care for Zagreb that much. It's the capital and business center, and it's not as clean and beautiful as Dalmatia to the South.

[@misocveticanin5955]

robotnik77 I agree 👍 Dalmatia top1👍❤️

[@HandleGF]

@@robotnik77 You sound like a real charmer.

[@petarticinovic2710]

What do I like most about Zagreb? I like how Zagrepcanki don't look down their noses at Dalmatians and Bosanci. It's really refreshing.

[@HandleGF]

"Jel govorim ja lijepo hrvatski?" ... yes, the best :-D

[@habicht6]

Greetings from GERMANY... great idea.... love the concept.... please ask people to speak more slowly!!! hvala... bok... I only started learning hvratski jezik.... volim rada uciti ovo jezik ( correct ====????) I like this language...

[@herrwolf7702]

Greetings from a Croat that moved to Germany recently, we love our German brothers and I am having a fun time learning German at the moment :D . As for your sentence its on the right track but the correct form of the adverb would be "rado" and the possessive adjective should be "ovaj" as in male form so at the end it would be "Volim rado učiti ovaj jezik". Ich lerne Deutsch gerne auch ;)

[@habicht6]

@@herrwolf7702 das klingt gut

[@defacto2256]

they speak very fast

[@tong4624]

You can choose for one of the above gifts

[@saranygren3318]

When the guy says "Kad sam dosao tad sam rekao da je ovo Amerika" I was surprised! This exact sentence is in my Anki deck for learning Croatian... must be with inspiration from this video? Or is this guy in the video quoting something else?

[@maximgunnarson3291]

I’m Czech and i understand some words😃

[@xGARIDx]

Some words sounds similar with Russian but still hard to understand

[@sarahbrummitt4383]

It sounds very similar to Polish, some of the words are similar and spoken very fast, it is hard for an English person to make out the individual words.

[@coconatsu9079]

Its nearly same as bosnian and serbian

[@Sashkaar]

I listened song in groatian and i find out that it is slavic language, that's why i am trying to understand it.😅

[@terminatoratrimoden1319]

Sounds exactly as Brazilian Portuguese

[@sleeplesshead602]

It's like I listened to my boyfriend talking in Croatian over the phone and then I listen with Pikachu's confused face because all I could caught was 'dobro, dobro'. However, it's challenging to learn Croatian. I still am struggling with it.

[@terrybaker8156]

I really like this language, it's easy on the ear, but I won't be able to learn it.

[@Dispatern]

They chestnut seller sounds like he's originally Polish, right?

[@Mmm1222_]

He’s most likely Albanian

[@sanchoodell6789]

It sounds like (Brazilian) Portuguese at times!

[@wallacesousuke1433]

Huh? I speak Brazilian Portuguese and no Slavic language sounds remotely similar to it

[@dondog3123]

It sounds like a mix of slavic and Portuguese

[@wallacesousuke1433]

@@dondog3123 so, European Portuguese? lol

[@Gille954]

Gee ! they stpeak sooooooooooooooooo fast !!!

[@robert6169]

They speak so fast.

[@apenasolhando]

It's not that easy!

[@i1bike]

Kako "sad cemo da cujemo" valjda je na hrvatski "sad cemo cuti", and for foreigners, this guy is not literate :)

[@grace-yz2sr]

You mean the guy at 3:37 for instance?

[@moshinho]

Joooooooj

[@stjepanistra5238]

ne

[@lukemccardle2379]

How is it everyone can learn English overnight but its hard to learn other languages so easy?

[@tabularasa9576]

Luke McCardle nooo, you are wrong my dude. People don't learn English overnight! They learn it over a period of time - practice and practice. Thats how learning is done.

[@user-jd6cb1wg4k]

I'm Russian, I understand something.

[@leonardofonseca4598]

Very fast, croatian is not an easy language, i got tô understand some words because of my italian and turkish lol

[@rolandhersan2420]

Htjela bih posjetiti Zagreb da pojedem ukusan burek

[@alexandregoncalves6066]

like how many mcdonalds are in croatia currently ..?

[@CH-gi4vp]

I think the English translation could be better. It's seems like the Croatian has been translated too literally.

[@alicialuna1246]

For all of you complaining this isn’t “easy” Croatian, just be quiet. If someone wanted to LEARN Croatian they’d go to a class. These videos are meant to be more like practice for people who already know a bit of the language. That’s what I use the French ones for - practicing listening.

[@CMV314]

Alicia Luna why should people be quiet simply because they have a different opinion than you do? Other viewers have a right to comment on videos.

[@emhu2594]

rude

[@pallaipeter1611]

To je nije Lako moj prijatelj

[@paolaedvige1294]

I like it a lot and it is useful but is too fast!

[@garretthoward8486]

pa nije tako lako brate možda nivo B2

[@coyote-underwood3831]

So is it similar in any way to Hungarian or Russian? I’m from the United States so excuse my ignorance and I only speak English and Spanish. I always find it interesting what separates people by such small distance yet creates such differences in dialect. Zagreb to Budapest is the same distance as New York to Boston and they speak English fairly similarly. Though isolate yourself and a few hundred years later you have two completely separate languages such as Croatian and Hungarian. Am I making sense?

[@Mmm1222_]

Croatian and Hungarian come from different language families, therefore they are completely different. Croatian is a Slavic language and Hungarian is Finno-Ugric.

[@Ogmios667]

Hungarian is as far from Croatian as Chinese or Arabic, Russian and Croatian are similar though.

[@hrvatskinoahid1048]

"Nakon opće osude toga teksta bilo bi dobro da se zapitaju je li moguće da je Hrvatska baš toliko zadojena slijepim nacionalizmom zbog kojega Hrvati ne žele priznati da govore istim jezikom kao i Srbi, ili je, naprotiv, samostalnost standardnoga hrvatskoga jezika Hrvatima simbolički i identitetski važna, ma koliko se on malo strukturalno razlikovao od srpskoga. Mislim da reakcije na Deklaraciju kojima svjedočimo u Hrvatskoj pokazuje upravo da je ovo drugo slučaj: Hrvatima je, za razliku od mnogih drugih naroda (primjerice Švicaraca, Amerikanaca, Škota), njihov jezik vrlo važan činilac nacionalnog identiteta, ma koliko taj jezik bio sličan nekom drugom jeziku ili jezicima. Autorima Deklaracije bilo bi pametno da tu činjenicu jednostavno prihvate, umjesto da je pseudoznanstvenim i ideološki pristranim “argumentima” nastoje oboriti" (Ranko Matasović, Glas Slavonije).

[@HandleGF]

2:18 "...da je ovo Amerika..." :-D :-D :-D

[@alexpopowitz9]

Lep je Zagreb, ali najlepši grad u Hrvatskoj je Split.

[@ekek29]

meni je Zagreb ipak

[@alexpopowitz9]

@@ekek29 Pula je takođe divna.

[@Ale-jq3yo]

Except for one old man he only interviewed women..odd

[@joseagomez2117]

It. Sounds. A. Little. Bit. Like. Russian;. Dddaaaa

[@adnanraushandio3053]

Wtf its sounds like south italian accent

[@VanessaSouza-rz8uo]

Roman influences in Croatia.

[@cristh16channel]

It's like Russian !!!

[@ejm6460]

That "English" translation is atrocious lol

[@Ellasbitz]

to fast

[@maka5033]

O Boze... Kad je rekao "sacemo da cujemo" pa to ti je Srpski ne Hrvatski "sad cemo cuti"

[@tabularasa9576]

These people seem quite cold inside.

[@MrFreddy61]

ok the real question! who has prettier girls Croatia or Serbia!?!? or you can nominate any other country in the balkans as well.

[@monixochi7160]

They actually speak russian langauge, almost all words are russians, 200 years agos they were even more alike, all slavs are russians !

[@Mmm1222_]

Ahhaahaha not true really, but all slavs did come from the same proto-slavic group and I really love Russian language.

[@sexybiskvit979]

2:50 intervjuer se pita jesam li je necim rastuzio oce pocet plakat😂