"Bok!" we shouted, as we spotted a pedestrian on the street of
That's how you say hello in Croatian, the official language of the Republic of Croatia. It's also one of the Slavic languages, that developed since the migration of the Slavs in the 5th century.
The friendly pedestrian stopped to reply,
"Hello. How are you enjoying Croatia so far?"
We were completely stunned. It turns out that 80% of Croatians are multilingual, and in that group of people, 81% can speak English.
She went on to give us a tiny lecture about her first language, and guess what we found out?
Okay, so there are 3 variants of the letter "C". I personally found that extremely confusing and unnecessary. Because having one "C" was enough. For me.
Hannah, on the other hand, who is more open-minded argued that they must have had a reason to add those extra letters.
The lady interrupted our argument and went on to explain that the extra letters were devised in order for the distinguished sounds (that we obviously do not have in English pronunciation).
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