Around 1000 words are enough to understand roughly 85% of everyday speech. That is exactly what 1000 Words focuses on: instead of endless grammar tables, you first learn the Croatian vocabulary you will actually meet in real life – nouns, verbs, adjectives and full sentences, each with translation, example sentence and native-speaker audio.
Learn the way that fits your day: as a video to read along, as an audiobook for your commute or for falling asleep, as an ebook, or with the built-in vocabulary trainer that shows you every word again at the scientifically optimal moment (spaced repetition). Everything is available on the website and in the free app for iOS and Android.
| English | Croatian | Example sentence |
|---|---|---|
| the apple | jabuka | I eat the apple. Jedem jabuku. |
| the book | knjiga | She reads the book. Ona čita knjigu. |
| the cat | mačka | The cat is sleeping. Mačka spava. |
| the dog | pas | The dog is barking. Pas laje. |
| the car | auto | He drives the car. On vozi auto. |
| the house | kuća | We live in a house. Živimo u kući. |
| the chair | stolica | She sits on the chair. Ona sjedi na stolici. |
| the table | stol | Put the book on the table. Stavi knjigu na stol. |
| the window | prozor | Open the window. Otvori prozor. |
| the door | vrata | Close the door. Zatvori vrata. |
| the pencil | olovka | I write with the pencil. Pišem olovkom. |
| the paper | papir | The paper is on the table. Papir je na stolu. |
| the school | škola | The school is big. Škola je velika. |
| the teacher | učitelj | The teacher teaches math. Učitelj predaje matematiku. |
| the student | učenik | The student is studying. Učenik uči. |
| the boy | dječak | The boy is playing. Dječak se igra. |
| the girl | djevojčica | The girl is singing. Djevojčica pjeva. |
| the adult | odrasla osoba | The adult is working. Odrasla osoba radi. |
| the friend | prijatelj | My friend is here. Moj prijatelj je ovdje. |
| the tree | drvo | The tree is tall. Drvo je visoko. |
| to accept | prihvatiti |
| to add | dodati |
| to agree | slagati se |
| to allow | dopustiti |
| to ask | pitati |
| to believe | vjerovati |
| to borrow | posuditi |
| to break | razbiti |
| to bring | donijeti |
| to build | graditi |
| I like apples | Volim jabuke. |
| She is my friend | Ona je moja prijateljica. |
| It is a sunny day | Sunčan je dan. |
| He runs fast | On brzo trči. |
| We are happy | Sretni smo. |
| They play soccer | Oni igraju nogomet. |
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All words and sentences to look up and read offline.
Spaced-repetition system like flashcards – reviews exactly when you need them.
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With the 1000 most frequent words you understand about 85% of everyday spoken language. That is why 1000 Words focuses exactly on this core vocabulary – organized into nouns, verbs & adjectives and full sentences.
Research shows the brain consolidates previously learned material during sleep. Our audiobooks with triple repetition are made for this: listen in the evening, relax, and anchor what you learned. Read more in our article on learning while you sleep.
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For beginners and returners (level A1–B1) who want to build a usable Croatian vocabulary fast – without grammar overload, with native-speaker audio.