core40 words
Core frequency I
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| u | in; into |
| na | on; at; onto, to (a place, an event); for (a planned length: for a week) |
| za | for; in (of time: in five minutes, in an hour); behind (where: + Instr.; where to: + Acc.); at (a table); after, following (+ Instr.); by (of a difference: + Acc.) |
| sa | with (+ Instr.; also s); off, from (+ Gen.: off the roof) |
| ȍd | from; of; than (+ Gen.: bigger than me) |
| dȍ | to; until |
| o | about (a topic: + Loc.); against (hitting something: + Acc.) |
| pȍ | along, per; all over (a place); in (the rain); according to (the law); to fetch (+ Acc.); apiece, each (+ Acc.); and a half (numeral; after a number and i); upon (+ Loc.: po dolasku, on arrival) |
| ȉz | out of; from (a place of origin: from Serbia) |
| kȍd | at (someone’s); by, near; to (someone’s: to the doctor’s) |
| i | and; as a particle, even or too (I ja to znam) |
| a | and (in contrast), whereas; but (a mild contrast) |
| ȉli | or |
| jȅr | because; since (giving the reason) |
| nȅgo | but rather (after a negative); than (bigger than I am; opening a turn: anyway, by the way: Nego, kako je prošao razgovor?) |
| jȃ | I |
| tȋ | you (singular); to you (short form) |
| ȏn | he |
| òna | she |
| mȋ | we; me, to me (short form) |
| vȋ | you (plural/formal) |
| òni | they |
| òvāj | this (also a filler, um, er, while you search for a word: Treba mi… ovaj… potvrda) |
| tȃj | that; this (the one just mentioned, by you) |
| svȁkī | each; every |
| svȅ | everything; all; ever more (+ comparative) |
| svȉ | everyone; all (plural) |
| nȅkī | some |
| bȉti | to be; (sȃm, with a long accent, is the adjective «alone»: Ja sam sȃm) |
| ìmati | to have (ima, there is, there are: Ima vremena) |
| htȅti | to want |
| mòći | can; to be able; may (asking permission) |
| znȁti | to know (a fact; a person is poznavati); to know how; znati da + present, would, used to, tended to (Znao je da svrati bez najave); can be (Zna da bude neprijatan) |
| vȑlo | very |
| tàkō | like that, that way; so (to such a degree) |
| sȁmo | only; just |
| vȅć | already; but rather (after a negative) |
| jȍš | still, yet; more (as in one more); even (+ comparative) |
| tàkođe | also; too; likewise (in reply to a courtesy) |
| kȁo | like, as (comparing); as, in the role of (kao student, as a student; colloquial filler “like, sort of”: Bilo je kao čudno) |
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