C2 — proficientgrammar35 words
Near-synonym precision
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rȅći | to say |
| kázati | to tell |
| govòriti | to speak |
| vèliti | to say — archaic and folk; alive mainly as veli, 'he says' |
| napoménuti | to note in passing, to point out an important qualification |
| spoménuti | to mention in passing (also pomenuti); to stress is naglasiti |
| vȉdeti | to see; to watch deliberately is gledati |
| glȅdati | to watch, to look at; to see is videti |
| posmátrati | to observe, to watch |
| zúriti | to stare (often impolite; zuriti u + accusative) |
| mòtriti | to keep watch over (bookish; motriti na + accusative) |
| lȇp | beautiful; handsome |
| krȃsan | lovely, splendid — stronger than lep and slightly elevated |
| dȋvan | lovely, wonderful (syn. lep, stronger) |
| prȅlep | very beautiful (the prefix pre- intensifies: prevelik, prejak) |
| bȓz | fast (opp. spor) |
| hȉtar | nimble, quick-moving (brz is fast in general; hitan is urgent) |
| nágao | abrupt, impetuous (of a movement or a temperament) |
| vèlik | big |
| gòlem | huge (bookish or southern; the neutral word is ogroman) |
| znȁtan | considerable, substantial |
| nȅznātan | negligible, slight |
| hódati | to walk (imperfective; to stride is koračati) |
| koràčati | to stride (korak — a step; hodati is simply to walk) |
| júriti | to race, to rush; also to chase someone |
| hȉtati | to hurry (bookish; the everyday word is žuriti) |
| žèleti | to wish, to want (žudeti is stronger; hteti is the commoner word) |
| žúdeti | to yearn for (žudeti za + instrumental; stronger than želeti) |
| bòjati se | to be afraid (+ genitive); strahovati is the reasoned fear |
| strahòvati | to fear (of a serious, reasoned fear; more formal than bojati se) |
| zazírati | to shy away from (zazirati od + genitive) |
| dȁti | to give |
| urúčiti | to hand over formally and in person (from ruka, hand) |
| dȅlovati | to act, to have an effect; also to come across as (deluje umorno) |
| postúpati | to act towards, to treat someone (postupak — an act; also a procedure) |
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