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LingoBear creates short Croatian passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. South Slavic language, 30-letter Gaj's Latin alphabet with č, ć, š, ž, đ, dž, lj, nj, seven cases, three genders, ~5M speakers.

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Every word in your Croatian reading passage is clickable. Get English translations and grammar help — useful for parsing case endings on nouns and adjectives.

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Type any topic and LingoBear generates a fresh Croatian reading passage — from Adriatic islands to Zagreb café culture.

How does Croatian differ from Serbian?

Croatian and Serbian share the Shtokavian base and are mutually intelligible, but Croatian uses only the Latin alphabet (Serbian uses both Latin and Cyrillic), tends to prefer ijekavian pronunciation (mlijeko 'milk' vs Serbian mleko), and favours Slavic-derived neologisms (zrakoplov 'airplane') over international loans (avion).

What grammar should I expect from Croatian?

Croatian has seven cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, vocative, locative, instrumental), three genders, and free word order largely determined by emphasis. Verbs come in perfective/imperfective pairs and have a four-tense indicative. LingoBear lets you see these in real text with instant English help.