Croatian Articles
Learning the Croatian Articles 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 Articles is in the structure of the grammar in Croatian.
Croatian articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an". Here are some examples:
| English Articles | Croatian Articles |
| articles | članci |
| the | |
| a | |
| one | jedan |
| some | neki |
| few | nekoliko |
| |
| the book | knjiga |
| the books | knjige |
| a book | knjiga |
| one book | jedna knjiga |
| some books | neke knjige |
| few books | nekoliko knjiga |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Articles in Croatian has a logical pattern. Locate the Articles above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Croatian.
List of Articles in Croatian
Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Croatian. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Croatian vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Croatian Vocabulary |
| Food | hrana |
| almonds | bademi |
| bread | kruh |
| breakfast | doručak |
| butter | maslac |
| candy | bombon |
| cheese | sir |
| chicken | piletina |
| cumin | kim |
| dessert | desert |
| dinner | večera |
| fish | riba |
| fruit | voće |
| ice cream | sladoled |
| lamb | janjetina |
| lemon | limun |
| lunch | ručak |
| meal | obrok |
| meat | meso |
| oven | pećnica |
| pepper | papar |
| plants | biljke |
| pork | svinjetina |
| salad | salata |
| salt | sol |
| sandwich | sendvič |
| sausage | kobasica |
| soup | juha |
| sugar | šećer |
| supper | večera |
| turkey | puretina |
| apple | jabuka |
| banana | banana |
| oranges | naranče |
| peaches | breskve |
| peanut | kikiriki |
| pears | kruške |
| pineapple | ananas |
| grapes | grožđe |
| strawberries | jagode |
| vegetables | povrće |
| carrot | mrkva |
| corn | kukuruz |
| cucumber | krastavac |
| garlic | češnjak |
| lettuce | zelena salata |
| olives | masline |
| onions | luk |
| peppers | papričice |
| potatoes | krumpiri |
| pumpkin | bundeva |
| beans | grah |
| tomatoes | rajčice |
Definite and Indefinite Articles have a very important role in Croatian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Croatian Articles, you might want to check the rest of our Croatian lessons here: Learn Croatian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.