Episode 70

Halo, fellow-croatian learners!

We’ve got a great dialogue to follow along with today.

It’s a lover’s tiff, that does not end in tragedy!

Very Rom-Com!

We’ll learn new words and see how well we understand our performers.

Enjoy!

Lesson - Ljubavi

all/entire - cjel…cijeli /cijelo /cijelu 

I would/ I wouldn’t - Ja bih/ Ja ne bih…or… Ne bih

well (exclamation word) - pa

if - da (conjunction)

to tell - reći 

already - već

here (as in…here you go) - evo

only - samo

Dialogue

Mia: Ljubavi, žašto si ljut danas cijeli dan?

Ante: A što ti mislis žašto? 

Mia: Pa da znam, ne bih ti postavila pitanje. Ne, stvarno. Žašto si ljut?

Ante: Reci mi, koj je danas dan?

Mia: Sad sam već nervozna. A joj! Tebi je danas rođendan, ljubavi! 

Oprosti mi. Zaboravila sam. Sretan ti rođendan!

Ante: A gdje mi je poklon?

Mia: Evo jedan veliki poljubac, samo za tebe!

Ante: Bravo!

Super Slatko Report

Diocletian was a Roman emperor who reigned from 284 to 305 and who was born to a family from Dalmatia, then a Roman province. Dalmatia was much larger back then encompassing the northern part of present-day Albania, much of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia; very different than today’s Dalmatia. Diocletian was a much celebrated Emperor who had his palace built at the turn of the 4th century for his personal use as a retirement residence. Resembling more a fortress than a palace, with half the compound claimed as Diocletian’s living space and the other as a military garrison for his soldiers.

What does a 1/2 palace, 1/2 military garrison look like?

The entirety of the palace is in the shape of an irregular rectangle, totaling 30,000 square meters or approximately 4.2 football pitches (soccer fields). Built from white stone transported from the island of Brač, it’s construction took 10 years to complete. Diocletian also imported marble from Italy & Greece as well as columns and 12 Sphinxes from Egypt. 

The Palace has 4 gates named after certain types of metal.

The Northern Gate - Golden Gate

The Southern Gate - Bronze Gate

The Eastern Gate - Silver Gate

The Western Gate - Iron Gate

The Bronze gate actually used to be a water entrance where ships would unload straight into the palace basements, but now is the main entrance from the Riva. The basements are definitely worth a look for those Game of Thrones fans out there, as they shot part of the show here. From the pictures these basements look untouched from pictures I viewed online.

It’s said that Emperor Diocletian had a wish to enter his palace by ship, without leaving it’s deck. Most of that former water space today is covered with shops, bars & restaurants. Even today you can see in the lower rooms that there are windows located near the ceilings to prevent water entering during high tides. Over time that water reseeded, which allowed room for the city of Split to develop.

Today the city of Split revolves around the palace, most calling in the heart of the city itself. Split spreading its roots throughout the palaces streets and walkways and the palace taking it in and becoming one with the city. As mentioned before, shops, restaurants and bars weave their way through the palace streets and alleyways.

Today the remains of the palace are part of the historic core of Split, which in 1979 was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

There’s so much to cover here, so this topic will be revisited on a future Super Slatko Report.

So let’s just call this one is To be continued….

And that’s it for my super slatko report.