C2 — proficientgrammar35 words
Near-synonym precision
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rȅći | to say, to tell |
| kázati | to tell, to say (something to someone) (perfective and imperfective) |
| govòriti | to speak, to talk; to say (imperfective) |
| vèliti | to say (archaic and folk; alive mainly in the 3rd person: ‘he says’) |
| napoménuti | to note, to remark (in passing, as a qualification; perfective; imperfective napominjati) |
| spoménuti | to mention (in passing; 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 (closely) |
| zúriti | to stare (zuriti, at: u + Acc.); to hurry (žuriti) |
| mòtriti | to keep watch, to keep an eye on (bookish; on: na + Acc.) |
| lȇp | beautiful, pretty; handsome; nice (of the weather, a day) |
| krȃsan | lovely, splendid (stronger than lep, slightly elevated) |
| dȋvan | lovely, wonderful (stronger than lep) |
| prȅlep | very beautiful, gorgeous (here pre- intensifies praise) |
| bȓz | fast (opposite of spor) |
| hȉtar | nimble, swift; fast (in movement; brz is fast in general, hitan is urgent) |
| nágao | abrupt, impetuous; sudden (of a change); rash, hot-tempered (of a person) |
| vèlik | big |
| gòlem | huge; enormous (bookish or southern; the neutral word is ogroman) |
| znȁtan | considerable, substantial |
| nȅznātan | negligible, slight |
| hódati | to walk (on foot; imperfective; “I go to work” is idem na posao) |
| koràčati | to stride, to pace (hodati is simply to walk) |
| júriti | to race, to rush; to chase (someone) |
| hȉtati | to hurry (bookish; the everyday word is žuriti) |
| žèleti | to wish, to want (more polite than hteti) |
| žúdeti | to yearn, to long (for: za + Instr.; stronger than želeti) |
| bòjati se | to be afraid (of: + Gen.; a reasoned fear is strahovati) |
| strahòvati | to fear, to dread (a serious fear; of: od + Gen.; more formal than bojati se) |
| zazírati | to shy away from, to be wary of (od + Gen.) |
| dȁti | to give (perfective) |
| urúčiti | to hand over formally; to present (an award); to serve (a summons) |
| dȅlovati | to act, to have an effect; to come across as, to seem (tired, simple) |
| postúpati | to treat (someone: prema + Dat.); to act (in a certain way) |
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