Goal for the Week:
Recover
Experiment with the Croatian textbook.
Result:
Done
Two Chapters from the textbook.
Method:
I’ve found the first chapter of the elementary Croatian textbook to be a fantastic resource. It’s really helpful to be able to listen to native speakers talk about simple subjects, but at a very high speed. There is a sense, especially in the beginning, that you are struggling to keep up and end up falling out of the conversation. Familiarity with vocabulary is clearly only the first step. After working through the conversations, I did the exercises. These included English-Bosnian and Bosnian-English translations and fill in the blank present tense conjugation. It was basic, but really reinforced what I was learning. For instance, I knew the verb “govoriti” (to speak) well. I knew how to ask questions (Da li… or verb li…). But after listening and speaking the thing so many times it’s become more “automatic” in my head.
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