EasyCroatian_r47.an

Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 58 Colloquial and Formal 339 / 600
Standard inland coast
clothing iron glačalo pegla šumpreš
screwdriver odvijač šrafciger kacavida
shoelaces vezice f pl. žniranci m pl. špigete f pl.
small meal,
lunch during work
užina gablec marenda
tomato rajčica paradajz
pom
pomidor
So, here’s is the third term used for the clothing iron in Croatia. Some coastalspecific
terms, such as šumpreš, are getting rare, at least in public, while inland (or
standard) terms dominate. (Try Googling for šumpreš). However, marenda or
pomidor are very common.
There are also triplets where all three terms are common in real life:
Standard inland coast
screw (noun) vijak (vijk-) šaraf vida
slice (of cake, bread) kriška šnita feta
You can find more about features of language colloquially used in most coastal
regions in 78 Dijete vs. Dite. (Note that colloquial use in Croatia includes also many
novels, poetry and popular songs.)
Yet other colloquial words are restricted to just one age group, usually teenagers
and young adults, e.g. frend friend (feminine version: frendica). It’s used at many
places, but not by many grandmothers.
English has many word pairs, where one word is an inherited Germanic word, and
another came from French or Latin (e.g. freedom/liberty, stay/remain, etc.).
Croatian has similar pairs, where one word is inherited from Slavic, while another is
Turkic or Greek:
Slavic
Turkic/Greek
bed postelja krevet
well zdenac (zdenc-) bunar
kerchief rubac (rupc-) marama
Both words are used, and interestingly, often Turkic or Greek words prevail in
standard use, even in actual speech, while Slavic prevail in some (western and
coastal) regions, which were less influenced by Turks, and are found in poetry.
Besides colloquial words, there are colloquial ways of expressing various things. One