Overview/Day 9

Day 9: Apartment / Housing

Living in an apartment and handling common issues

Talk about your apartment and report basic problems.

Objectives

  • Name main rooms
  • Describe where you live
  • Report a simple problem

Vocabulary

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stan
apartment
vrata
door
prozor
window
kuhinja
kitchen
kupaonica
bathroom
spavaća soba
bedroom
dnevni boravak
living room
perilica rublja
washing machine
grijanje
heating
internet
internet
domar
building caretaker
Imam problem s…
I have a problem with…
Ne radi
It doesn't work
Možete li pomoći?
Can you help?

Patterns

Reporting problems

Housing issues

  • Imam problem s perilicom.
  • Grijanje ne radi.
  • Internet ne radi.

Speaking Practice

Record yourself, listen back, and download anything worth keeping.

Apartment phrases

Živim u stanu.

Imam kuhinju i spavaću sobu.

Ne radi.

Možete li pomoći?

Problem report (record this)

Dobar dan. Zovem se [ime]. Imam problem s grijanjem. Ne radi. Možete li pomoći? Hvala.

Writing Practice

  • Describe your apartment in 5 sentences.
  • Write a short problem message.

Scenario: Talking to the caretaker

Something is broken.

You: Dobar dan. Imam problem s grijanjem.
Caretaker: Što nije u redu?
You: Ne radi. Hladno je.
Caretaker: Doći ću poslijepodne.
You: Hvala lijepa.

Immersion Tasks

  • Name every room in your home in Croatian
  • Practice the problem dialogue

Self-Check

  • Can you name main rooms?
  • Can you say It doesn't work?