Croatian Adjectives
Learning the Croatian Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Croatian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Croatian.
Croatian Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Croatian Adjectives |
| adjectives | pridjevi |
| a green tree | zeleno stablo |
| a tall building | visoka zgrada |
| a very old man | vrlo star čovjek |
| the old red house | stara crvena kuća |
| a very nice friend | vrlo dobar prijatelj |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Croatian has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Croatian.
List of Adjectives in Croatian
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Croatian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Croatian vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Croatian Adjectives |
| colors | boje |
| black | crna |
| blue | plava |
| brown | smeđa |
| gray | siva |
| green | zelena |
| orange | narandžasta |
| purple | ljubičasta |
| red | crvena |
| white | bijela |
| yellow | žuta |
| |
| sizes | Veličine |
| big | velik |
| deep | dubok |
| long | dug |
| narrow | uzak |
| short | kratak |
| small | nizak |
| tall | visok |
| thick | debeo |
| thin | tanak |
| wide | širok |
| |
| shapes | oblici |
| circular | kružni |
| straight | ravan |
| square | četvrtast |
| triangular | trokutast |
| |
| tastes | okusi |
| bitter | gorko |
| fresh | svježe |
| salty | slano |
| sour | kiselo |
| spicy | začinjeno |
| sweet | slatko |
| |
| qualities | svojstva |
| bad | loše |
| clean | čisto |
| dark | tamno |
| difficult | teško |
| dirty | prljavo |
| dry | suho |
| easy | lako |
| empty | prazno |
| expensive | skupo |
| fast | brzo |
| foreign | strano |
| full | puno |
| good | dobro |
| hard | tvrdo |
| heavy | teško |
| inexpensive | povoljno |
| light | svijetlo |
| local | mjesno |
| new | novo |
| noisy | bučno |
| old | staro |
| powerful | snažno |
| quiet | tiho |
| correct | ispravno |
| slow | sporo |
| soft | mekano |
| very | vrlo |
| weak | slabo |
| wet | mokro |
| wrong | krivo |
| young | mlado |
| |
| quantities | količine |
| few | nekoliko |
| little | malo |
| many | mnogo |
| much | puno |
| part | dio |
| some | nešto |
| a few | nekoliko |
| whole | čitavo |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Croatian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Croatian Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Croatian lessons here: Learn Croatian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.