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🎓 Croatian Education & learning التعليم والتعلم

School, university, exams and talking about how you learn. In Croatian this topic is called Obrazovanje. Below are 16 words and phrases with pronunciation, English and Arabic meanings, and a real example sentence for each. Tap ▶ to hear them.

škola

Pronunciation: SHKOH-lah

school

noun

مدرسة

Djeca idu u školu u osam.
The children go to school at eight.
يذهب الأطفال إلى المدرسة في الثامنة.

fakultet

Pronunciation: fah-KOOL-teht

faculty / university

noun

كلية / جامعة

Studiram na Filozofskom fakultetu.
I study at the Faculty of Humanities.
أدرس في كلية الآداب.

student

Pronunciation: STOO-dehnt

university student

noun

طالب جامعي

Student sam druge godine.
I am a second-year student.
أنا طالب في السنة الثانية.

profesor

Pronunciation: proh-FEH-sohr

teacher / professor

noun

أستاذ

Profesor objašnjava gramatiku.
The teacher explains the grammar.
يشرح الأستاذ القواعد.

ispit

Pronunciation: EES-peet

exam

noun

امتحان

Sutra imam ispit iz hrvatskog.
Tomorrow I have a Croatian exam.
غدًا لدي امتحان في الكرواتية.

položiti

Pronunciation: poh-LOH-zhee-tee

to pass (an exam)

verb

ينجح في

Nadam se da ću položiti ispit.
I hope I will pass the exam.
آمل أن أنجح في الامتحان.

pasti

Pronunciation: PAHS-tee

to fail (an exam) / to fall

verb

يرسب / يسقط

Ne želim pasti na ispitu.
I do not want to fail the exam.
لا أريد أن أرسب في الامتحان.

ocjena

Pronunciation: OH-tsyeh-nah

grade / mark

noun

درجة / علامة

Dobio sam odličnu ocjenu.
I got an excellent grade.
حصلت على درجة ممتازة.

zadaća

Pronunciation: ZAH-dah-chah

homework

noun

واجب منزلي

Zadaća je za ponedjeljak.
The homework is for Monday.
الواجب ليوم الاثنين.

predavanje

Pronunciation: preh-DAH-vah-nyeh

lecture

noun

محاضرة

Predavanje počinje u deset.
The lecture starts at ten.
تبدأ المحاضرة في العاشرة.

rječnik

Pronunciation: RYEHCH-neek

dictionary

noun

قاموس

Tražim riječ u rječniku.
I am looking up a word in the dictionary.
أبحث عن كلمة في القاموس.

gramatika

Pronunciation: grah-MAH-tee-kah

grammar

noun

قواعد

Hrvatska gramatika ima sedam padeža.
Croatian grammar has seven cases.
قواعد الكرواتية فيها سبع حالات إعرابية.

izgovor

Pronunciation: EEZ-goh-vohr

pronunciation

noun

نطق

Tvoj izgovor je sve bolji.
Your pronunciation is getting better.
نطقك يتحسن.

tečaj

Pronunciation: TEH-chahy

course

noun

دورة

Upisala sam tečaj hrvatskog.
I enrolled in a Croatian course.
سجّلت في دورة كرواتية.

vježbati

Pronunciation: VYEHZH-bah-tee

to practise

verb

يتمرّن

Trebam više vježbati govor.
I need to practise speaking more.
أحتاج إلى التمرّن على التحدث أكثر.

naučiti

Pronunciation: nah-OO-chee-tee

to learn (completely)

verb

يتعلّم (يتقن)

Želim naučiti hrvatski do ljeta.
I want to learn Croatian by summer.
أريد أن أتعلم الكرواتية قبل الصيف.

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