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Episode Synopsis
Greetings & Basic Phrases:• Hello → Zdravo (Zdrah-voh)• Welcome → • Dobrodošao (Doh-broh-doh-shah-oh) (to a male)• Dobrodošla (Doh-broh-doh-shlah) (to a female)• Dobrodošli (Doh-broh-doh-shlee) (plural or formal)• I am good → Ja sam dobro (Yah sahm doh-broh)• It’s hot → Vruće je (Vroo-cheh yeh)________________________________________Pronouns & Forms of "To Be":• I → Ja (Yah)• I am → Ja sam (Yah sahm)• I am good → Ja sam dobro (Yah sahm doh-broh)• You → Ti (Tee) *(informal) / Vi (Vee) (formal or plural)• They → • Oni (Oh-nee) (group with at least one male)• One (Oh-neh) (group of all females)• You are → • Ti si (Tee see) (informal)• Vi ste (Vee steh) (formal or plural)• He → On (Own)• Her → • Nju / Ju (Nyoo / Yoo) (accusative case)• Nje (Nyeh) (genitive case)________________________________________Questions & Answers:• How are they? → • Kako su oni? (Kah-koh soo oh-nee?) (for a mixed or male-only group)• Kako su one? (Kah-koh soo oh-neh?) (for a female-only group)• They are good → • Oni su dobro. (Oh-nee soo doh-broh.) (for a mixed or male-only group)• One su dobro. (Oh-neh soo doh-broh.) (for a female-only group)• How is she? → Kako je ona? (Kah-koh yeh oh-nah?)• She is good → Ona je dobro. (Oh-nah yeh doh-broh.)• They are hungry → • Oni su gladni. (Oh-nee soo glad-nee.) (for a mixed or male-only group)• One su gladne. (Oh-neh soo glad-neh.) (for a female-only group)• How is he? → Kako je on? (Kah-koh yeh own?)• He is sleepy → On je pospan. (Own yeh pos-pahn.)• He is tired → On je umoran. (Own yeh oo-moh-rahn.)________________________________________Location & Presence:• She is here → Ona je ovdje. (Oh-nah yeh ohv-dyeh.)• Here → Ovdje / Tu (Ohv-dyeh / Too)• He is here → On je ovdje. (Own yeh ohv-dyeh.)• They are here → • Oni su ovdje. (Oh-nee soo ohv-dyeh.) (for mixed or male-only groups)• One su ovdje. (Oh-neh soo ohv-dyeh.) (for female-only groups)________________________________________Feelings & Emotions:• She is tired → Ona je umorna. (Oh-nah yeh oo-mor-nah.)• Sleepy → • Pospan (Pos-pahn.) (for a male)• Pospana (Pos-pah-nah.) (for a female)• Hungry → • Gladan (Glah-dahn.) (for a male)• Gladna (Glahd-nah.) (for a female)• Sad → • Tužan (Too-zhan.) (for a male)• Tužna (Too-zh-nah.) (for a female)• I am sad → • Ja sam tužan. (Yah sahm too-zhan.) (if male)• Ja sam tužna. (Yah sahm too-zh-nah.) (if female)• Happy → • Sretan (Sreh-tahn.) (for a male)• Sretna (Sreh-t-nah.) (for a female)• He is happy → On je sretan. (Own yeh sreh-tahn.)• They are happy → • Oni su sretni. (Oh-nee soo sreh-tnee.) (for a mixed or male-only group)• One su sretne. (Oh-neh soo sreh-t-neh.) (for a female-only group)________________________________________Other Words:• But → Ali (Ah-lee.)• I → Ja (Yah.)• Them → Njih (Nyeeh.)• You → • Ti (Tee.) (informal)• Vi (Vee.) (formal or plural)• Here → Ovdje / Tu (Ohv-dyeh / Too.)
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