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Croatian language update!

A couple of weeks ago I posted about my holiday to Croatia, and how I was slightly intimidated by the language.

I need not have feared as English appears to be very widely spoken in Croatia! Whilst my friend and I both made an effort to speak Croatian, most people would respond to us in English. Even greeting people in the street with dobar dan (good day) was often met with a hello.

The prevalence of English is, I suppose, not surprising given that tourism is one of their main industries. German also seems to be widely spoken as a second language, possibly due to the number of German visitors.

Apart from dobar dan, the other words that came in helpful were hvala (thank you) and molim (please). Oh, and pivo (beer) of course! These words we learned from a phrasebook and by asking helpful waiters, shop assistants and guesthouse workers to repeat themselves until we could correctly pronounce the word they were saying. Mostly people were happy (if a little bemused) to help us with words, so I will be using this technique when I next go on holiday!

How do you learn new words and phrases on holiday?