Thank you! I still need forever to construct a sentence, though, and I'm very glad I don't have to pronounce anything around here!
Roommate is cimer. I doubt you will find it in dictionary. Your language is really good! Damn johann, I didn't see you!
Well, there are some French words; but mostly connected with fashion. Napoleon's wars had slight influence on this area (culturally) because French had a control here only about 10 years. I am from Zagreb; with relatives in Dubrovnik. Beautiful town; you will like it.
Yes, I find the history of the Balkans very fascinating as well . If I'm not mistaken, there are even some French loanwords in your language dating back to the Napoleonic era (ormar, for example?). All those language contacts really make Croatian all the more interesting to learn! Where in Croatia do you live?
I am Croat, not Russian Pasvandžija is also turcism, but I don't remember I post that quote; although it's really great! Well, if you look up history of Balkan from 13-14th century to 18th; you will see that that area was conquered by Turkish Empire and it was under their government for long time so many words stayed in language. It's interesting, some western parts were under Venice, northers under Austrians and they all left some impact...Every part of Croatia was under different language so now our language is really rich And a bit complicated, I admit.
Cao! Nice to know you speak Croatian as well! I decided to learn Croatian to prepare for the trip and because I might be coming back some day to do research there. My field trip will be to Dubrovnik, from where we'll be doing a few short excursions to places of interest to the Classicist (nobody knows where, I'm afraid the trip looks very badly organised..). No, there's no translation for "pasvandžija" in my head. Searching LitNet a bit, however, I found your quote . Since it would take me forever to translate that passage, I will just have to assume that it must be something very naughty . But how interesting that Croatian has so many words of Turkish origin! Though not that nice if you're trying to learn the language and your dictionary doesn't list them... I tried to read Ivo Andrić once, but all the turcisms were too frustrating .
Bok, ja sam Ivan i ja ću pričati Hrvatski. Schoko, congratulations; but how did you decide to learn ''Balkanian'' language? Do you know what is pasvandžija? (Johann knows, I guess) Where in Croatia will you go? Split, Pula, Dubrovnik..???
