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| What Language Do You Speak? – PRIČAM… / – GOVORIM…

In Croatian, when we want to say that someone is speaking a [foreign] language, we can use two different verbs to express the desired meaning:

The difference between the two verbs is that govoriti can be translated as “to speak,” while the verb pričati can be translated as “to say or tell [something].”

If you want to use the standardized language form, you would say: Govorim engleski. However, in everyday life you will most likely hear people saying: Pričam engleski. Notice the difference between the two verbs as seen in the following examples:

Govoriti:

Govorim engleski. (I speak English.) -- standard form 

Pričati:

Pričam engleski. (I speak English.) -- colloquial form 

Pričam vic. (I’m telling a joke.) -- Note the literal meaning of the verb used to express the process of telling

You have already learned the names of the four countries. Now let’s investigate how you would say that you speak these and other languages.

1.1 Zadatak 13. Govorim engleski

🔊Listen to the dialogues from our class session again and mark the language(s) that each of the following characters speak. Then, answer the question about our students.

1.1 Zadatak 14. Koji jezik govori?

Read the sentences below and answer the question about the language spoken by these people. Choose the correct language from a drop-down list.

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