B2 — upper-intermediateculture35 words
Literature & books
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| knjȉga | book |
| písac | writer |
| ròmān | a novel |
| čìtalac | reader (person) |
| àutor | author |
| pȅsma | song; poem |
| pȅsnīk | poet |
| knjȉžēvnōst | literature (the art form; a reading list is literatura) |
| prȉpovētka | short story (a story or tale in general is priča) |
| pòēzija | poetry |
| próza | prose |
| stȉh | line of verse (a whole poem is pesma) |
| žȁnr | genre |
| náslov | headline; title (of a book or film) |
| strána | a page; a side |
| pòglāvlje | chapter |
| lȋk | a character (in fiction); a guy (colloquial); a figure, appearance (bookish) |
| jùnāk | hero; protagonist |
| rádnja | a shop; a workshop (zanatska radnja); action, plot (of a book or play) |
| zàplet | plot, storyline |
| dòpadā mi se | I like it |
| dȍsādan | boring; annoying (of a person) |
| nȁpēt | tense; gripping |
| preporúčiti | to recommend |
| tȅško se čìtā | it’s a hard read, it’s hard to read |
| bibliotéka | library |
| knjìžara | bookshop (not a library — that is biblioteka) |
| pozájmiti | to lend (to someone); to borrow (from someone) |
| izdàvāč | publisher |
| izdánje | an edition; an issue (of a paper, a magazine) |
| prevodílac | translator, interpreter |
| kȍrice | book cover (plural-only noun) |
| òdlomak | excerpt, passage |
| bèleška | a note; an annotation; a footnote (in a book) |
| knjìžēvnīk | a man of letters, a literary author (bookish) |
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