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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 08 Weather and General Statements 51 / 600

in casual, even in formal communication. It’s also possible to comment on any such

sentence:

Stvarno je vruće... It’s really hot...

— Nije jako. lit. ‘Not very.’ = It isn’t very hot.

In Croatian, short comments contain only the difference to what the comment is

on. For example, since it’s a comment on vruće, it’s not necessary to repeat that

word.

If you want to ask a more generic questions, that can be answered with ‘boring’, you

should ask just:

Kako je? How is it?

________

® In Bosnia and Serbia, the adverb mnogo is used in meaning very as well; for

instance, you can hear and read mnogo je hladno in these countries.

Instead of vani, napolju prevails in Bosnia and Serbia, and is also occasionally heard

in parts of Croatia. Besides puhati (puše), duvati is also used in Serbia.

• Something Possibly Interesting

You’ll maybe come across two Croatian verbs which work exactly like the English

verbs rain and snow: kišiti and sniježiti. However, these verbs are very rare in speech

and casual writing, including the Internet: pada kiša is some 20 times more common

than kiši, according to Google.

• Exercise

Fill in the missing words:

Danas ____(a) ________(b) ______________(c). It’s very cloudy today.

Ovdje ________(d) ________(e). It’s raining here.

________(f) ____(g) dosadno. It’s boring there.

______________(h) je __________(i). It’s terribly hot.

________(j) ________(k) snijeg. It’s snowing heavily.

Check answers here.

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