I can speak English and Croatian, although I am not 100% fluent in Croatian. If I take a minute to construct the sentence in my mind, I can get by pretty good. If I'm listening to the radio or watching Croatian television, sometimes I miss what is being said because it goes too fast. If someone talks slow enough, I can understand most of what is being said. Also, this is only for the Shtokavian dialect. It is the "official" dialect in Croatia (and Bosnia/Serbia I believe), but is really only spoken as the preferred dialect by about 40% of the population in Croatia from what I understand.. although many people will switch to the Shto dialect if you ask. When I went to Istria, I had real trouble communicating because of dialect differences.
Kind of sad actually. Up until I started Kindergarten, I pretty much only spoke Croatian.
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