Let’s Learn Croatian

Episode 37 - In Big Nature, Croatian words stay with you!

January 18, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MB

Hello All! Welcome to Lesson 37! We have a lesson full of words about the big nature all around us. Uncle Mike will talk about the sun, the moon, the stars and so much more.. Are you ready?? I know Tony D is! Listen in to find out more. The Super Slatko isn't trying to grow flowers in the desert, but we will talk about the mountainside! The Klek Mountainside that is.. Tune in and see where DJ MOE takes you, probably not where you were expecting. Can't wait! See you there. LLC Team. Pod...

Episode 36 - Quiz, Fun Words & Wedding Traditions... stvarno?!

January 04, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MB

Hello Our Dear LLC Friends! Welcome to E36! It's a new year, let's make it a good one and kick this off with some fun new words, a super easy quiz to get your 2021 gears turning and a lot of laughs. As promised, Uncle Mike has a short quiz for us, how will Tony D and DJ MOE do? How will you do?! Not to mention some very fun words you can add to your growing vocabulary right away. DJ MOE's Super Slatko report covers a few Croatian wedding traditions! And from the sound of these, you'll w...

Episode 35 - Happy Holidays LLC Style, Yeti or not!

December 21, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MB

Hey Everyone, Welcome to E35, aka: the Holiday Episode! Uncle Mike is at it again, getting us ready with more Croatian Holiday words to build your festive vocabulary. Learn along with Tony D, so you too will be ready for this holiday season! DJ MOE has a fun Super Slatko Report to get you through all this family time. Tune in and sample some Croatian Holiday Treats! Happy Holidays. Wishing you happiness, health and safety. -LLC Crew Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.lets...

Episode 34 - Croatian Weather words are a breeze!

December 07, 2020 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MB

Hello LLC Friends! Thanks for hanging out with us. In this Lesson, Uncle Mike and Tony D will work through some words that will help you speak to the weather outside. These are great words we can all definitely use. The Super Slatko Report is about the other side of Croatian weather we dont hear about as often, cold weather, Brrrrr.... See you there. Enjoy! -LLC Team Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroatian.com/ We have a YouTube channel: https://youtube.c...

Episode 33 - No Excuses, Let's Learn Croatian!

November 23, 2020 19:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

Hello LLC Friends! Uncle Mike has a great lesson for you today, and there will be no excuses... lol. Actually this lesson is all about making excuses, but now you can learn to say them in Croatian! Super fun episode, Uncle Mike even has a good come back for these excuses, tune in to find out. In the Super Slatko Report, DJ MOE takes us to Trogir! Great spot to visit, dripping in history, listen in so you can find out for yourself. See you there! LLC Team! Pod cast links: Visit our w...

Episode 32 - Croatian Traditional words for Gender and we talk about the Amazing Sea Organ!

November 09, 2020 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

Hello Dear Friends! Glad you could make it, as always Uncle Mike and Tony D have a fun lesson waiting for you! Some traditional words for gender and Uncle Mike even tries to throws in some Complex Grammar?? What is he thinking?? DJ MOE has a fun Super Slatko Report where he talks about the Sea Organ. Tune in, you'll have to hear it for yourself! See you there! Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroatian.com/ We have a YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/LetsL...

Episode 31 - How to questions everything in Croatian and Pirates!

October 26, 2020 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

Hello and Welcome to E31! In todays lesson, Uncle Mike is full of questions and teaches Tony D. how and when to use them. Super useful stuff to take your conversational skills even further! This episodes Super Slatko Report is Rated, Arrrrrr. DJ MOE takes us on a journey covering the Pirates of Omis. A short history of the Croatian Pirate community, super fun and interesting. As always, enjoy the show! Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroatian.com/ We have a Y...

Episode - 30 - LLC Sing a long pt.3!

October 12, 2020 06:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MB

Hello LLC Friends, Thanks for tuning in, we have a great episode in store for you. Today you’ll learn the lyrics to a classic Croatian song and then get to hear us perform it in the Super Slatko Report. We also get a special guest appearance from Uncle Mikes Dad?? Tune in, hear it for yourself and don’t forget to sing along with us! More laughing and learning coming your way! Enjoy! -LLC Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroatian.com/ We have a YouTube chan...

Episode 29 - LLC Pod turns 1!

September 28, 2020 06:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MB

Hello LLC Friends, That's right, welcome to episode 29 and our one year birthday! Thanks for sticking with us, we hope you have enjoyed the journey as much as we have. In this Lesson, Uncle Mike teaches Tony D how to say birthday and other festive words to help plan your fun event. The Super Slatko Report expands on some of the other sights Tony D might have found in his market visit from Episode 28's skit. Tune to find out what else Tony D may have seen that day during his traditional...

Episode 28 - LLC PodCast Theatre, Round 2!

September 14, 2020 06:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

Welcome to Episode 28. Back by popular demand.. Podcast Theatre!!! We love putting these together, a lot of hard work goes into them and they're always so much fun to do. In the 2nd installment of LLC PodCast Theatre Uncle Mike and Tony D will go to the market using words we just learned in E27, this is a great way to hear those words and phrases being used in common practice. This episodes Super Slatko is an explanation of the sketch. Hope you enjoy! Pod cast links: Visit our websi...

Episode 27 - Let's go shopping! and we chat the smallest City in the World*

August 31, 2020 06:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MB

Hello LLC Friends! Welcome to Episode 27! In this lesson Uncle Mike teaches Tony D some key words and phrases to help him when he needs to go shopping. Good stuff to know especially when we are able to visit Croatia and tour those beautiful, abundant, open air markets. For the Super Slatko Report, DJ MOE talks to you about the self proclaimed smallest city in the world, Hum. Super fun and interesting stuff coming your way! Hvala! Enjoy. -LLC Team Pod cast links: Visit our website: h...

Episode 26 - Croatian Sports and we take counting to the next level!

August 17, 2020 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MB

Halo! Welcome to E26, we are keeping the lessons coming, this Episode is a 2-fer! Uncle Mike will teach Tony D & DJ MOE how to say some of our favorite sports in Croatian. You'll also learn along with the boys, how to count from 11 to 20! This Episodes Super Slatko Report will cover a traditional Croatian Sword Dance. DJ MOE will break it down for you and where to see it for yourself. Laugh and Learn with us! Enjoy! Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroatian.com...

Episode 26 - Croatian Sports and we take counting to the next level!

August 17, 2020 06:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MB

Halo! Welcome to E26, we are keeping the lessons coming, this Episode is a 2-fer! Uncle Mike will teach Tony D & DJ MOE how to say some of our favorite sports in Croatian. You'll also learn along with the boys, how to count from 11 to 20! This Episodes Super Slatko Report will cover a traditional Croatian Sword Dance. DJ MOE will break it down for you and where to see it for yourself. Laugh and Learn with us! Enjoy! Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroatian.com...

Episode 25 - Building on your Croatian conversational skills

August 03, 2020 06:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB

Halo! We made it to E25, wow! thanks for sticking with us.. In this episode Uncle Mike will help build out your conversational skills with a few pleasantries and a some quick questions you can use to find out whats going on. This was a fun lesson, hope you are able to slip these new phrases into what you have learned so far. In this Episodes Super Slatko Report, DJ Moe will introduce us to a sculptor that has a few very recognizable, prominently situated statues in Chicago. If you live in...

Episode 24 - Fruit is the best part of Summer!

July 20, 2020 06:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

Halo! In todays lesson Uncle Mike will teach the boys some of our favorite Croatian names for fruit. Nothing beats being outside in the Summer and biting into a chilled piece of fruit to cool you down. Let's learn fruit names! The Super Slatko Report is all about food. DJ MOE will talk some tasty Croatian dishes to get your belly rumbling. Tune in to find out what's making us hungry. Always appreciate you tuning in. Enjoy! Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroa...

Episode 23 - Let's Learn Croatian... Sentences!

July 06, 2020 06:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MB

Halo! In E23 Uncle Mike challenges Tony D and DJ Moe to build 3 Croatian Sentences. How did they do? How would you do? It's a fun listen and a great review! This episodes Super Slatko Report, DJ Moe talks about the Bura and Jugo, 2 incredibly strong winds that can be both destructive and tasty??? Tune in and find out what DJ Moe is talking about.. Thanks for sticking with us! Bog. Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroatian.com/ We have a YouTube channel: https...

Episode 22 - What day is it? It's the day after yesterday!

June 22, 2020 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MB

Hello LLC Friends Everywhere! We have a new Lesson for you! Uncle Mike finally tells us what day it is! Tony D. will try to keep up but these new words sound like tongue twisters! Will Tony D. live to learn another day? Let's find out! DJ MOE's Super Slatko Report takes us on a virtual get-away! Let's learn about Pula! We here at LLC feel that there is something for everyone in Pula, hopefully after this Super Slatko Report you'll feel the same way and want to visit one day. We hope you ...

Episode 21 - Live, Laugh, Lesson 21!

June 08, 2020 06:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MB

Hello LLC Friends, It's time for Episode 21! The LLC team is living it up! Ok well maybe not really, but we talk about living; more so how you say where you live... Uncle Mike and Tony D, take a lesson from a couple episodes ago and help you make a sentence! Something that's super helpful when you meet somebody new on your travels. DJ MOE and the boys talk about a very famous Croatian female who you may or may not know, Kolinda. So stick around after the lesson for the Super Slatko Report...

Episode 20 - We made it to 20 Episodes!!

May 25, 2020 06:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MB

Very excited to bring you our 20th episode of Let's Learn Croatian! Thanks for sticking with us and being a part of this. In this lesson, Uncle Mike and Tony D learn how to emote and express their love and adoration for the Croatian language. When you hear it, it'll make sense.. promise. This Super Slatko we shared a traditional Croatian meal in celebration of this special occasion. Mostly we tried not to talk with our mouths full, but we shared a few laughs, learned a couple things and T...

Episode 19 - Where are you from? and we interview our friend Anita!

May 11, 2020 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MB

Welcome to Episode 19! Our latest episode happens to be our longest ever! Get comfortable, laugh and learn with us as Uncle Mike teaches us how to say where we are from. This episodes Super Slatko is a gem! Our friend Anita, was kind enough to tell us her story of moving to Croatia for work. We receive emails about this exact subject so we thought we would asked Anita to tell us a little bit about what she experienced. E19 was fun to make, enjoy! -LLC Team Pod cast links: Visit our we...

Episode 18 - LLC Celebrates Earth Day

April 27, 2020 06:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

Hello Everybody! In honor of this amazing planet we live on, we decided to learn a little bit about some of our co inhabitants; Animals! In this episode Uncle Mike is taking Tony D to the Zoo to learn how to say animal names in Croatian, can't wait! DJ Moe is sticking with the animal theme and he will be teaching us about a very special animal native to Croatia that most people have seen, that many may not know a whole lot about. So come along and let's have some fun! Pod cast links: V...

Episode 17 - Medical professions, sentence building and Croatian Caves? Do tell...

April 13, 2020 06:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MB

Hey everyone, Thanks for sticking with us during theses crazy times, we hope that everyone is doing ok. In E17, Uncle Mike will cover a few medical professions job titles and work on build a few short sentences with Tony D's help! DJ Moe's Super Slatko will take you to a few Croatian Caves with rich history, who knew? Be safe, stay well. Enjoy! Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroatian.com/ We have a YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/LetsLearnCroatian ...

Episode 16 - New words to fill your Quarantine Vocabulary!

March 30, 2020 06:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MB

Hello Everybody! Hope this Episode finds you well, where ever you are in the world. We here at the LLC podcast are doing our tiny part to hopefully keep you busy, help you continue to build your vocabulary and best of all maybe coax a smile or a laugh out of you during these crazy times. In E16, Uncle Mike and Tony D will help you with some new vocab that you should find useful and DJ Moe will cover some history on Croatias Capitol. Enjoy! -LLC Team Pod cast links: Visit our website: ...

Episode 15 - To be or not to be, that is a Verb!

March 16, 2020 06:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

Hello and welcome to E15! We are so happy to be back with another great episode for your LLC Journey. Episode 15 offers you more of the building blocks you'll need to help you start making sentences. Our Super Slatko offers you a sing a long! We'll sing for you the beloved Croatian folk song, "Marijana". Don't worry, we'll set you up with the lyrics before hand so that you can join us. Hopefully it sticks in your head as long as it's been stuck in ours. Talk soon, see you there! Bog! - ...

Episode 14 - The Longest LLC Episode in LLC History... hopefully you're sitting down..

March 02, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MB

Hello LLC Friends! Thanks for tuning into E14! This is our longest episode to date! Uncle Mike takes our learning adventure to the wild wacky world of pronouns! A very important step in the right direction in developing our language skills. E14 also brings to you our very 1st LLC Quiz Show! Have the boys been paying attention? I don't know, let's find out. And you can play along too; let's see how well you do. So take a listen, it's going to be a long one, but it will be well worth it....

Episode 13 - Fancy Colors!

February 17, 2020 07:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MB

E13 for your listening pleasure.. In this episode, Uncle Mike will add some new vocabulary words so that you can make your new Croatian Language skills colorful! That's right.. our listeners will finally learn how to describe everyday items in color! Should be fun... In our Super Slatko Report!, DJ Moe will teach us a bit about one of Croatia’s most famous women! Janica Kostelić, a winter-sports athlete, she is one of the most decorated champions ever! Sound too good to be true? Well, you...

Episode 13 - Fancy Colors!

February 17, 2020 07:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MB

E13 for your listening pleasure.. In this episode, Uncle Mike will add some new vocabulary words so that you can make your new Croatian Language skills colorful! That's right.. our listeners will finally learn how to describe everyday items in color! Should be fun... In our Super Slatko Report!, DJ Moe will teach us a bit about one of Croatia’s most famous women! Janica Kostelić, a winter-sports athlete, she is one of the most decorated champions ever! Sound too good to be true? Well, you...

Episode 12 - City words and an Interview with our friend Marija!

February 03, 2020 19:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MB

Hello LLC friends! Thanks for stopping by and spending some time with us, we always appreciate it. In E12, we go over words you would normally hear when you talk about city living. As always, Uncle Mike and Tony D will go through the lesson with you, so you can learn along with Tony D! E12 Super Slatko has an interview for your listening pleasure. Our friend Marija spends a little time with us going over what it was like to grow up in a big Croatian city. We get to hear a little bit of w...

Episode 11 - The LLC Team scratches the surface of time and atomic theory!

January 20, 2020 07:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MB

Thats right, E11 promises that and then some. Uncle Mike is going to to teach Tony D all about some of the ways we gauge time, how to say day, today, week, month, etc.. worth a listen for sure and this episodes Super Slatko, DJ MOE will introduce to us a very smart man, from a long time ago who helped build the foundation of atomic theory and has a Moon crater named after him.. Sounds like a very interesting episode! As always, we appreciate you making the time for us.. -LLC Team Pod c...

Episode 10 - Family Time!

January 06, 2020 07:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

E10 is all about Family and wrapping up the holidays. Uncle Mike & Tony D, will go over the terms you would use to call your family. We'll talk parents, siblings and grandparents! Cant leave them out... The Super Slatko is all about wrapping up those holidays.. There's actually a whole lot we didn't cover on our last episode when it comes to the holiday season. Cant wait! See you there.. LLC Team Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroatian.com/ We have a YouTu...

Episode 9 - Happy Holidays from the LLC Crew!

December 23, 2019 07:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

Happy Holidays on this very special episode of Let's Learn Croatian. In E9 we have that holiday spirit! Time to learn a few key phrases to get you up to speed with Croatian holiday cheer. One more thing. We sing you a song! Happy Holidays from the LLC crew. Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroatian.com/ We have a YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/LetsLearnCroatian LLC Merch Store: https://www.letslearncroatian.com/llc-store Keep the content flowing, ...

Episode 8 - LLC does Pod Cast Theatre??

December 09, 2019 07:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MB

Halo Friends! E8 raises a bunch of questions: - What's Pod Cast Theatre? - Is it possible this episode can change Pod Casting as whole forever? - Will Uncle Mike continue to make Tony D laugh through another lesson? - WIll Tony D read the Posta that you sent? - Is DJ MOE going to pay attention to whatever Uncle Mike is teaching us? All great questions, you're going to have to tune into find out! -Bog! LLC Team.. Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroatian.com/ W...

Episode 8 - LLC does Pod Cast Theatre??

December 09, 2019 07:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MB

Halo Friends! E8 raises a bunch of questions: - What's Pod Cast Theatre? - Is it possible this episode can change Pod Casting as whole forever? - Will Uncle Mike continue to make Tony D laugh through another lesson? - WIll Tony D read the Posta that you sent? - Is DJ MOE going to pay attention to whatever Uncle Mike is teaching us? All great questions, you're going to have to tune into find out! -Bog! LLC Team.. Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroatian.com/ W...

Episode 7 - We interview our good friend Matea! and we ask for directions..

November 25, 2019 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

Its Episode 7! Its a new day, and we have a new lesson for you... and an interview! In this episodes lesson, Uncle Mike and the team want to help you find the bathroom.. and maybe a few other places you may need to get to. And as promised, we have our 2nd interview ready for your listening pleasure.. Good friend of the show, Matea, schools us on what it was like growing up in Croatia, growing and harvesting your own food and the importance of family. So excited to share this one. Enjoy...

Episode 6 - Let's learn our Croatian 1-2-3's!

November 11, 2019 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MB

Hello and welcome to Episode 6! We have another fun lesson in store for you... Today Uncle Mike teaches you to count from 1-10. And the Super Slatko Report tackles the Economy? Whats was DJ MOE thinking?! This episode will make you laugh and it will make you cry.. We leave it up to you to decide in what order. As always, thanks for tuning in and we'll see you there! Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroatian.com/ We have a YouTube channel: https://youtube.c...

Episode 5- Kako se kaze? New fun stuff to learn!

October 28, 2019 06:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MB

Hello and welcome to Episode 5! We are so happy to be here and even happier you stuck with us for the ride thus far. In this episode we give a big shout to you, the listeners around the WORLD!!! Tony D has some new Posta for us from email & instagram... Uncle Mike has an excellent lesson where we add on a few more phrases to help with explanations; maybe you're in conversation with someone who knows more than you, and you need help finding the right word or maybe you'd like them to slow...

Episode 4 - How to let folks know your new at this and an interview with Catherine Kapphahn!

October 14, 2019 06:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB

Thanks for coming back for Episode 4! Todays episode goes over how to tell a native speaker that you are learning the language and that you only speak a little. Very helpful when speaking to someone new or when you're traveling. And the Super Slatko Report has our very 1st interview! Award winning author, Catherine Kapphahn talks ancestry, learning the language and her new book: Immigrant Daughter: Stories You Never Told Me. This episodes has it all, can't wait! See you there! Pod cast...

Episode 3 - What's your name? and Island Living, and more!

September 30, 2019 06:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

Episode 3 picks up where episode 2 left off, mainly because numerically it just makes sense. We also continue to learn how to express how we feel when saying, how are you? in basic conversation. Episode 3 also introduces name introduction, when introducing yourself during introductions. Sorry had to do it... The Super Slatko report goes over Islands, boats and dolphins! Your day just got better, thanks for giving us a listen. Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letslearnc...

Episode 2 - Hello's / Goodbyes, and few ways to express how you feel, wow!

September 16, 2019 07:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB

Welcome to Episode 2! Thanks for coming back for our latest and greatest! In this episode, we go over a few more ways to say hello and few more ways to say goodbye. We also discuss a few options you could use to express how you are feeling. The Super Slatko Report goes over a few of the finer details about Croatia as a country as well as the climate, can't wait! Wow! Sounds like episode 2 is going to be a blast, see you there... Pod cast links: Visit our website: https://www.letsle...

Episode 1 - the basics of saying hello.

September 01, 2019 17:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

Hello & Welcome! This is our first episode where we laugh and learn our way through learning the Croatian language and its culture Each episode will have: Basic Introductory Lesson & Super Slatko Report Thanks for tuning in. Visit our website: https://www.letslearncroatian.com/ We have a YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/LetsLearnCroatian LLC Merch Store: https://www.letslearncroatian.com/llc-store Keep the content flowing, donate to the LLC: https://www.letslearncroatian.com...