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This overview of Ikavian was intentionally brief and light; there are whole books

written about various dialects, mostly dictionaries of local speech for some town or

region. Unfortunately, little is available online.

Please don't think ‘Ikavian’ equals ‘Dalmatian’. For example, Dubrovnik is a city in

Dalmatia, but the dialect spoken there is very different from one spoken in Split, and

by no means Ikavian.

• Examples

There are so many popular Croatian songs in Ikavian, that it's hard to give just a few

examples!

This hit performed by Goran Karan – Lipa si, lipa – is not about a tree (Std. lipa lime

tree, tilia), but about a woman (beautiful, of course).

Za tobom I noćas For you tonight

plaču mandoline N mandolins cry

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Najlipša ružo Most beautiful rose

ikad procvitala ever blossomed

anđeli ti sliče angels look like you

Lipa N si, lipa N You're beautiful, beautiful

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Lipa N si, lipa N You're beautiful, beautiful

usne, tvoje lice N the lips, your face

Jubi me A , jubi Kiss me, kiss

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i kad zora sviće N even when a dawn breaks

Sa neba G pada From skies fall

Dođi u ponoć Come at midnight

po nama DL cviće N flowers onto us

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prođi kraj fontane G pass by the fountain

Da misec N vidi So the Moon can see

tvoje lipe oči A your beautiful eyes

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(Nenad Ninčević)

You can listen to it on YouTube.

Another example is U prolazu In passing. It's again a purely Ikavian song:

Pusti, neka vitar N nosi Let the wind carry

Ove naše zadnje riči A These last words of ours

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Svitlo N sja u tvojoj kosi DL Light shines in your hair

Tvoj N me A pogled N i sad liči Your look still heals me

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U prolazu DL , u prolazu DL In passing, in passing

(Jakša Fiamengo)

A bit later, there are verses:

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