Plitvička jezera
Plitvice Lakes
Plitvice Lakes, Croatia's oldest national park and a UNESCO site since 1979: sixteen crystal blue-green lakes linked by hundreds of waterfalls, wooden walkways over the water, and bears and wolves in the surrounding forests.
You will practice: The passive (upisan je, povezana su), comparatives and superlatives (najstariji, najviši), and the present adverb (hodajući, stvarajući).
Words to know
Skim these before you read — they carry the story. Tap the star to add one to your saved words.
- jezerolake
- parkpark
- ljepotabeauty
- baštinaheritage
- obalacoast
- slapwaterfall
- bojacolour
- vodawater
- stazapath, trail
- mostićlittle bridge
- snijegsnow
- medvjedbear
- vukwolf
- pticabird
Did you get it?
3 quick questions — no grades, just a comprehension check.
1. When was Plitvice inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list?
2. How are the sixteen lakes connected?
3. What happens to the waterfalls in winter?
Too hard? Pick an easier text in the Croatian reading library. Understanding most of a text without translations is the goal — struggling through is not.