If you are planing to visit Croatia once, here are few phrases you might find useful.
Please note:
1) This is extreme island dialect and it will not be understood in other parts of Croatia
2) Some of this phrases are “heavy”
3) Even they are heavy, locals will love you if you manage to speak them properly
Get your practicing companion..
Benti misa potopira – SPLIT, BRAC – FU.. THE BAT
Bemu misa – SPLIT, BRAC– FU.. THE MOUSE (shorter version)
Asti gospe – SPLIT, BRAC – IN THE NAME OF VIRGIN MARY
Asti sto – SPLIT, BRAC – OH BOY, but literally OH MY HUNDRED
Za gospu blazenu – SPLIT, BRAC – IN THE NAME OF VIRGIN MARY
U smokve – SPLIT, BRAC, KORCULA – OH SHIT – literally TO THE FIGS
Mulu – HVAR – JACKASS, literally DONKEY
Sjenpjo salvadiko– HVAR – YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE
Prava si budala – SPLIT – YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE (softer version of the above one)
Ubi te buog– HVAR – GOD KILL YOU
Oboj rospe– HVAR – OH SAINT MARY
Vrozi te plakoli– HVAR – LET THE DEVIL CRY OVER YOU – when you do something you were not supposed to do
Jeb jorcota – BRAC – FU.. THE BILLY GOAT (very good one! feel free to use it as much as possible)
Here are few surprise screams from Korcula;
Za pasa kuska – ….. oooh come on
Za kurbugudu prasicu
Bemu misa kokota
Here are few phrases for our Croatian readers. This is too hard to translate.. These are phrases which might be forgotten soon. Hopefully they will live on this blog!!
Trisk te udri– (ISLAND HVAR) – LET THE THUNDER KILL YOU when you do something you were not supposed to do
Vrog odni mih i mast– ISLAND HVAR
Happy learning!!
When in Croatia…
do as Croatians do… Jeb Jorcota!!