Useful Bosnian phrases

A collection of useful phrases in Bosnian for almost every occasion.

Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, >f = said to women, >m = said to men.

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English	Bosanski (Bosnian)
Welcome	Dobrodošli
Hello	Dobar dan (frm) Zdravo / Merhaba (inf) Halo / Molim (on phone)
How are you? I'm fine, thanks. And you?	Kako si? (inf) Kako ste? (frm)
How are you? I'm fine, thanks. And you?	Ja sam dobro, hvala. A vi?
Long time no see	Dugo se nismo vidjeli
What's your name? My name is ...	Kako se zoveš? (inf) Kako se zovete? (frm)
What's your name? My name is ...	Zovem se ... / Ja sam ....
Where are you from? I'm from ...	Odakle dolazite?
Where are you from? I'm from ...	Ja sam iz ...
Pleased to meet you	Drago mi je / Drago mi je da sam vas upoznala/o
Good morning	Dobro jutro
Good afternoon	Dobar dan
Good evening	Dobro veče / Akšem Hajrula
Good night	Laku noć
Goodbye	Alahimanet / Zbogom / Do viđenja / Ćao / Zdravo
Good luck	Sa srećom
Cheers/Good health!	Živjeli! Na zdravlje!
Have a nice day	Zelim ti ugodan dan (inf) / Zelim vam ugodan dan (frm)
Bon appetit	Prijatno!
Bon voyage	Srećan put!
I don't understand	Ne razumijem
Please speak more slowly	Molim te malo sporije (inf) Molim vas malo sporije (frm)
Please write it down	Molim te napisite to na papir (inf) Molim vas napisite to na papir (frm)
Do you speak Bosnian? Yes, a little	Govorite li Bosanski?
Do you speak Bosnian? Yes, a little	Da, malo
How do you say ... in Bosnian?	Kako se na Bosanskom kaže ...?
Excuse me	Oprosite! Izvinite!
How much is this?	Koliko je ovo?
Sorry	Oprostite / Žao mi je
Thank you Response	Hvala / Hvala lijepa
Thank you Response	Nema na čemu!
Where's the toilet?	Gdje je toalet/WC?
This gentleman/lady will pay for everything	Ovaj gospodin ce sve platiti (gentleman) Ova gospodja ce sve platiti (lady)
Would you like to dance with me?	Dali bi elila plesati sa mnom? (>f) Dali bi elio plesati sa mnom? (>m)
I love you	Volim te
Get well soon	Ozdravi brzo! (inf) Ozdravite brzo! (frm)
Leave me alone!	Pusti me na miru!
Help! Fire! Stop!	Upomoć! Požar! Stanite!
Call the police!	Pozovite policiju!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year	Sretan Bozic i sretna nova godina
Happy Easter	Sretan Uskrs! / Sretan Vaskrs!
Happy Birthday	Sretan rođendan
One language is never enough	Jedan jezik nije nikad dosta
My hovercraft is full of eels	Moj lebdjelica je pun jegulja