Bosnian for travellers

										
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Bosnian alphabet and table of pronunciation:

 

Aa a in apple: dan (dan)-day
Bb as English B
Cc ts in cats: crn (tsrn)- black
Cc ch in church: itati (chitati)- to read
as in chin, chimney, future, Dutch: no (noch)- night
Dd as English D, drive, drop
D J in John, jibe,pledge: d ep (dzhep)- pocket
roughly dj,dy or George, judge, jacket: meu(medju)-among
Ee e in net, trek, emit: pet (pet)-five
Ff as English F, fault, fury
Gg as English G, glowing, guide: grad (grad)-city
Hh ch in loch, hand : hvala (hvala) -thank you
Ii e in he, deed: imati (eemati) - to have
Jj y in yes, yellow : Ja (Ya) -I
Kk as English K, candle,car, cat, clock
Ll as English L, floor, lion, love
Lj ll in million: haljina (halyina)- dress
Mm as English M, mine
Nn as English N, nice, never
Nj n in news, onion: knjiga (knyeega)-book
Oo in not, hold, over: molim (moleem) -please
Pp as English P, piano, people
Rr rolled, river, roof
Ss in bless, sea, gossip
sh in shy, slushy, wish, shirt: est (shest)- six
Tt as English T
Uu oo in food, roof: put (poot)- road
Vv as English V, vivid
Zz as English Z, plausible, noise
s in pleasure, profusion, ceisure: ivjeti(zheevyetee)-to live

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