015 Tri, četiri, sad!

Miscellaneous items #015

Tri, četiri, sad!

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​Of course, learning Croatian involves more than just learning the grammar and vocabulary, and so on. It means being able to participate in conversations, to be able to watch a Croatian movie, to be able to understand the newspapers, and to know characteristic Croatian ways.

Important things, such as how to start a race ....

What do we Aussies say to start a race? In my experience, it has always been "Get ready! Set! GO!" or occasionally "One, two THREE!" But not in Croatia. Oh no. Here's how it is done in Croatia ....

Tri, četiri, .... SAD!
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Yes, if you are starting a race for your kids at a picnic, you'll need to call out "Tri, četiri, SAD! "

How on earth did "Three, four, NOW!" come about? What happened to one and two?! I could hardly believe my ears the first time I heard it!

But of course we all have evolved in our own ways. So interesting!

I suppose it might have been stranger. It might have been "Sedamdeset i osam, sedamdeset i devet, .... SAD!"



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