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- No question is silly when you are learning. Don't worry, it's a good question. But 雲小泉 has the point also: sometimes things "just are" in languages. It isn't math. Still, I think there is a reason: "home" isn't a place. It's a concept. It's somewhere where you "feel at home". "A house" is a building, but "a home" is that special place of belonging for each of us.0 votedJuly 19, 20130
I will give you some more advanced (stylistically more in the spirit of the language) corrections:
Zovem se Miranda. - I am Miranda
Dvadeset i dvije su mi godine. -I have 22 years
Namjeravam naučiti hrvatski jezik. - I will learn Croatian
Dobro sam. -I am good
Dobro si. -You are good
Dobro je. -He/she is good
Dobro smo. -We are good
Dobro ste. -You all are good
on/ona/oni su -They(m), They(f), Those/Its good
Jest ću. -I will eat
Pojest ćeš me. -You will eat me
Pojest će jabuku. -He will eat an apple
Jest ćemo kruh. -We will eat bread
Svi ćete puno jesti kruh. -You all will eat bread alot
Oni će umrijeti -Those will die
The sentences that you wrote, and chubitea corrected, are correct and completely understandable to everyone in Croatia. You don't need to bother yourself with style at this point. I'm just trying to give you the feel of learned/advanced language that you would encounter in books or on TV (though the level of our language spoken on television these days leaves a lot to be desired).
pojesti/jesti is the completed/in progress difference:
jesti - means to be half through the meal. you are eating right now.
pojesti - meal is finished. you already ate it.
Good luck! Sretno!
0 votedJuly 8, 20130I'm not a native speaker, but I'll try to help:
Winter in Russia 1.Do you like winter? Winter is my favorite time of the year..I think It's the best time for having fun in Russia.You can skiing, skateing, you can slide down from (the?) ice hill(s?) (I think you don't really need the whole "down the ice hill" part and just say "you can slide") and play in snows..Most of russian children like to play the game "King of the hill"(Царь горы). I remember how I played in this game when I was a child. The rules of the game are:
One of the players climbs to a low snow hill and defiantly shouts: "I'm the king of the hill!" Other participants of fun rush to storm the hill from all sides. Each of attacking players tries to occupy it, overthrowing the self-styled self-elected (or self-proclaimed) king of the hill. In such a funny struggle, players pull off each other from the snow hill. There's They're not permitted to use any brute force.
Of course, this is not all that we do in winter time...I really like how you used some advanced phrases such as "defiantly shout" or "storm the hill". It isn't easy to explain a children's game in a foreign language, but you did a great job of it. Congratulations!
I hope a native speaker will point out some more intricate details where you can improve.
0 votedJuly 8, 20131like most things (culture, slang, idioms...) you'll probably just have to learn them from talking to croatian people, watching films, listening to music, reading books...
you could try to learn some from a list or dictionary (here's a website with croatian slang: http://www.zargonaut.com/ ) but there's way too many words and idioms to learn, and to tell you the truth, although i am a well read native speaker - most of them listed on the webpage i mentioned - i don't even know myself.so, your best bet is just immerging yourself into croatian language and culture and picking things up as they come by.
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