A1 — beginnercore50 words
Core frequency II
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ráditi | to work; to do (imperfective; also radi + Gen., a preposition: for the sake of: radi posla) |
| ìći | to go; (of things) to go: Kako ti ide?, how are things going for you? |
| dóći | to come; doći do, to arrive at; to come about (Došlo je do greške) |
| rȅći | to say, to tell |
| kázati | to tell, to say (something to someone) (perfective and imperfective) |
| dȁti | to give (perfective) |
| ùzēti | to take |
| vȉdeti | to see (to watch deliberately is gledati) |
| čȕti | to hear (to listen deliberately is slušati) |
| vòleti | to love; to like |
| žíveti | to live |
| písati | to write (imperfective) |
| kúpiti | to buy (perfective; kȕpiti, to gather, is another word) |
| pròdati | to sell |
| trážiti | to look for; to ask for; to demand (Tražim da dođeš); to ask for someone (on the phone: Ko ga traži?) |
| náći | to find |
| pítati | to ask; pitati se: to wonder (Pitam se…); (pita is also a noun, a pie: pita sa sirom) |
| odgovóriti | to answer, to reply |
| pòčēti | to begin |
| zavŕšiti | to finish; to graduate (from a school) |
| òstati | to stay; to remain (ostati pri svom, to stand one’s ground) |
| čȅkati | to wait |
| trȅbati | to be needed (by someone: + Dat.); should, ought to |
| óvde | here |
| tȁmo | there |
| sȁda | now |
| tàdā | then (at that time) |
| ȕskoro | soon |
| ȍdmāh | right away, immediately; at once |
| bȓzo | quickly, fast |
| poláko | slowly; take it easy |
| zȁjedno | together |
| ȍpēt | again |
| vȉšē | more; no longer, not any more (više ne) |
| mȁnje | less |
| mnȍgo | a lot; much, many; very much (with a verb), far (before a comparative) |
| dȍsta | enough; quite a lot; quite (quite good) |
| ovàkō | like this, this way |
| ȁli | but |
| zàtō | that’s why, so; therefore |
| zbȍg | because of (+ Gen.; neutral, good reasons too; in speech also for a purpose) |
| bèz | without |
| prȅ | before (in time, + Gen.); ago (two days ago); earlier, sooner (adverb) |
| pȍsle | after (in time, + Gen.; behind is iza); afterwards, later (adverb) |
| krȍz | through; in (of time: in a week’s time) |
| prȅko | over, across; via; more than (of numbers); during (preko nedelje, on weekdays) |
| pȍred | next to, beside; in addition to (+ Gen.) |
| ȉzmeđu | between (+ Gen.) |
| ȉspod | below, under (+ Gen.) |
| ȉznad | above, over (+ Gen.) |
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