Day 23: Food at Home & Cooking
Meals and simple cooking
Talk about meals and simple home cooking.
Objectives
- Name main meals
- Say what you are cooking or eating
Vocabulary
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doručak
breakfast
ručak
lunch
večera
dinner
kuham
I am cooking
ukusno je
it tastes good
gladan / gladna
hungry (m/f)
žedan / žedna
thirsty (m/f)
Gladan/gladna sam
I am hungry
| Target | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| doručak | breakfast | ||
| ručak | lunch | ||
| večera | dinner | ||
| kuham | I am cooking | ||
| ukusno je | it tastes good | ||
| gladan / gladna | hungry (m/f) | ||
| žedan / žedna | thirsty (m/f) | ||
| Gladan/gladna sam | I am hungry |
Patterns
Meals
Eating and cooking
- Jedem ručak.
- Kuham večeru.
- Gladan sam.
Speaking Practice
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Meal lines
Gladan sam.
Kuham.
Jedemo večeru.
Ukusno je.
Home food (record this)
Ujutro jedem doručak. Navečer kuham. Večeras jedemo piletinu. Gladan sam.
Writing Practice
- Write about your typical meals in Croatian.
Scenario: Talking about dinner
Someone asks what you are eating
Them: Što jedete večeras?
You: Kuhamo piletinu i krumpir.
Them: Zvuči dobro.
Immersion Tasks
- Narrate what you cook or eat today in Croatian
Self-Check
- Can you name the main meals?
- Can you say you are cooking and hungry?