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Post by Carlos on Jun 21, 2004 9:58:42 GMT 1
Hello (bok!),
My name is Carlos and im very interested in learn Croatian language, but here is very difficult to find where to study that language, so I found your website and it is very cool that you have mp3 files to hear the words to know how it souds.
The problem is that from the chapter 2 to 9 the file is not found in the URL.
Can you please send me or let me know where can I download them?
I wait for answer!
Thanks.
Bytes!
Carlos
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Post by John C on Jun 24, 2004 12:43:36 GMT 1
Ditto here!
Hello,
I get an error when I try to download both the handout or the booklet. It says the file is not found.
Cheers
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Post by Anna on Jun 24, 2004 18:15:08 GMT 1
Sorry about this - we had some website problems last Friday, in that our entire website disappeared! I reloaded most of it back up immediately, but I guess one or two things didn't quite make it.
Anyway, you should be able to able to download the files now.
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Post by Oli on Jul 18, 2004 12:56:35 GMT 1
Hey, I did a short course over the summer in croatia in 99. it was organised through the university of zagreb. I had a great time but due to my lack of understanding of language (even the grammar and structure of my native english) I found it difficult to get my head around the differences in the languages, although I didn't find the different sounds that difficult. I have since done some study on linguistics and the grammar/syntax etc and I feel much more ready to have a go at being able to speak the language. In australian public secondary schools we are not taught grammar of english which is what made the course difficult for me. If you have studied language already or at least are familiar with the grammatical terminology of english you should be fine. here is a website for the programs available in zagreb. I've looked around a bit on the web and there are also short courses offered in some of the coastal towns (I know Dubrovnik is definately one) over summer. I also found a one-on-one live-in program somewhere on the web. anyway, good luck. www.croaticum.com.hr/eng/programi.html
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Post by Jashim on Sept 8, 2004 19:36:15 GMT 1
I want to learn croatian language from Croatia if you know any address of the croatian language center / croatioan language school please inform me and oblige there by.
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Post by Dimnjacar on Oct 14, 2004 9:46:49 GMT 1
I want to learn croatian language from Croatia if you know any address of the croatian language center / croatioan language school please inform me and oblige there by. www.sova.hrits a well known school in Varsavska zagreb and it has Cro lessons. prepare for gramar from hell. and declinations Foreinges never learn. My friends mom is German and lived in Croatia 30 years and she still makes mistakes.
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Post by Pete on Jan 11, 2005 1:01:01 GMT 1
There is a really great language school in London UK which spees solely in Croatian. The lady who runs it is Linda Rabuzin. I know she is running a two-week session in Porec during May 2005. I attended last year and it was tough but very very good. They can be contacted at.. [ftp]www.easycroatian.com[/ftp]
Grammar from hell is right! (Should that be in singluar masculine genItive?).
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Post by Dave Curtis on Jan 12, 2005 18:12:53 GMT 1
Hi, I'm new here and was curious - wher are these audio files? I'd love to hear if I'm doing this right! Any help is greatly appreciated. Cheers, Dave
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Post by Graham - Bosmere on Jan 12, 2005 20:53:07 GMT 1
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Post by Pete F on Jan 26, 2005 1:08:49 GMT 1
For what it's worth, I've been down this path and it seems to me that you have to make a decision. If you want to learn a few words and phrases then that's fine - it will help a little and will show locals you've made an effort. Use a phrase book etc.
If you want to learn the language then you can't do it the same way. Ya gots ta learn grammar! There is a system but it needs form, struture and a lot of work. Stuff like 6 cases, masculine, feminine and neuter variants and a host of other stuff. Luckily, unlike English, the spelling makes sense. Oli (above) has hit the nail....If you know grammar, it helps so much. I didn't got none so it were 'ard! But a lot of fun too
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Post by elaine on Jan 30, 2005 16:50:43 GMT 1
Ain't there 7 cases?
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Post by abbe on Feb 1, 2005 20:03:07 GMT 1
Yep, 7 cases: Nominativ (subject of the sentence) Genitiv (in something like the phrase "some apples" apples is genitiv), Akusativ (usually a direct object), Lokativ (for certain prepositions that describe location), Dativ (for certain other prepositions that describe things like giving a present to DATIV) ), Vokativ (o captain my captain!), and Instrumental (for words that follow the preposition "with" only).
I kind of know conceptually when you use them but you can't just memorize it all algorithmically - these cases plus masculine, feminine, neutral plus singular and plural is 42 endings for every single word. So if you're like "oh the word is jabuka" and then you know you're using it in some way that seems like maybe it's akusativ you still have no clue what ending fits without looking it up.
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Post by Three Lions on Feb 7, 2005 2:25:43 GMT 1
Why can't it be easier?
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Post by CroatladyinUS on Feb 7, 2005 3:20:48 GMT 1
Then there's the pronunciation....like for example the word "gore". Depending on how it's pronounced it takes on different meanings. In fact, I was told by a linguist that Chinese and Croatian are the two hardest languages to learn because of these varying inflections. I'm not sure if that's true or not, but it is difficult for a foreigner to learn those distinctions. They're nuances, though and not crucial.
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Post by Three Lions on Feb 7, 2005 3:39:33 GMT 1
phew I think I understood that, no wonder I just get drunk...and then there's the dialect, of the various regions.....you may actually get to understand Croatian but then you've got to learn about the dialects too
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