From October 4-8, 2006 Dubrovnik will have its 4th Dubrovnik International Film Fest featuring a selection of documentary, feature and short films from around the globe. If you’re hanging around Croatia and looking for an opportunity to catch up on your movies why not swing by?
Today’s word is a Croatian word used in Croatia:
ime – (ee-me) name
Falling under the western group of south Slavic languages, the Croatian language is used primarily by the Croats and is written in the Croatian alphabet. Croatian is an official language of Croatia as well as Bosnia and Burgenland (Austria). Wiki is the perfect starting point to learn all the background notes on the language as well as an example of the language as found in The Lord’s Prayer. This Hrvatski jezik website has a few lists of useful words and phrases for the traveler looking to get by in the country. Things like days of the week, shopping, sightseeing, customs, and basic greetings are all covered. Learn-Croatian.com is another good tool for picking up enough to make due and offers a number of links to help those interested in learning further. As always two of my personal language learning fav’s include the BBC Quick Fix Guide to Croatian with audio for download and LP’s pocket sized Croatian phrasebook.