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𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜

Otto Dix (1891–1969) - Etchings from ‘Der Krieg’ series, 1924

So Duolingo hasn’t got a course (booooooo!) but 

Mondly is worth it for the daily lessons, it will give you vocab that’s completely randomised but it’s still vocab. Premium opens up all of it but it is PRICEY

Drops is my go to, it has topics that you work through in the 5 minutes a day you get (sometimes they give you more as a “gift” for like streaks, it’s Christmas or another holiday for example) I feel like this is the most coherent for beginners. Isn’t random vocab like Mondly, isn’t throw Grammar at you at least not in a “HERE! GRAMMAR!” way

Memrise. There’s no official course for Croatian on Memrise but there’s plenty of courses that teach you words which are important for speaking (3,000 words makes you conversational, and knowing words makes grammar examples way easier to figure out)

Outside of apps there’s some other useful resources

Croatian reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/croatian/) for language learning, specfically the films link they have on their resource list: https://croatian.film/en/

If you want to do a course, there’s also this, which was made with a native speaker: http://www.easy-croatian.com/

Depending on how serious you are, hunt Langblr for resource posts and you’ll probably be able to books for a reasonable price COUGHFREECOUGH that wouldn’t otherwise be readily available. Just throwing Langblr into the search finds you a bunch of neat people too 

And just from someone who learns languages for fun (including Croatian) if you really want to learn beyond the 5 minutes on Drops or the 15 minute lesson then interact with the language in a way that is fun for you. There are sites out there that have recorded football matches (Footballia comes to mind but you didn’t hear that from me) maybe try to find some with Croatian commentary, some definitely have Croatian leagues. I learned a lot of my language through songs and watching my favourite TV shows dubbed. It’s gonna make no sense at first but trust the process. Also if you want to speak then don’t neglect your speaking, it’s the hardest part, especially the less access you have to native speakers so even if you’re talking to yourself you’re still practicing.

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