Sometimes, younger generations of Croats love to spice up their gratitude slang thesaurus by using the English words thanks and thank you , which is commonly written as tenks or tenkju , or abbreviated in writing as tks, thks, tx, etc.
Very rarely, but also used in slang, are the French merci , German Danke , Italian grazie, or, the least common, but also used, Spanish gracias. But how often do we say thank you and really mean it. When you expect a small token of gratitude for your effort. Great ones, Sonja. I know of the second one. This article reminds me of my country Sri Lanka.
Very similar customs. We never use too many thanks to people. Family and friends we thanks when they wish for a special occasion. But we do smile with strangers if they come across face to face. Apart from that Croats have very similar greetings. Especially the thanks with sarcasm is quite common in our culture too. No wonder why I have been nagging my husband to return to Croatia. Nice and concrete teaching. Keep up the spirit to share communication. I enjoy learning Croatian, fala. Take the quiz and get a tailor-made list of the best places to visit in Croatia.
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Croatian Desserts cookbook. How to say thank you in Croatian: one normal and 13 weird ways. By Andrea Pisac - 19 Comments - September 6, - min read. Lily Hvala ti. You can say to a friend, it's informal form.
Hvala vam. It means to more people. Or Hvala Vam. Formal way of saying thank you. In English is everything you or You. Well, this is one of those.
The best example of one's appreciation is when that person says " hvala kurcu " thanks to the cock. Pardon my French! Let me elaborate on this one. But your employer keeps promising the money will be very soon in your account. And you are waiting for a week, a month, a year. When the payment finally clears, you say hvala kurcu! Remember the saying: "A road to hell is paved with good intentions"? Serbians have a special thank you for that occasion as well.
Imagine the situation where you are single for a long time and your best friend worries about you. They decide to set you up with a promising candidate. You warm up to the idea and go out on a blind date. And everything that can go wrong, does go wrong.
Serbian people value solidarity, but they still need to eat. The problem is that Serbians find it very difficult to charge family or friends for their services. This is when closeness backfires them. Imagine this: Your friend is the dentist and they have been fixing your teeth for free. You take care to always say thank you.
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