B2 — upper-intermediategrammar25 words
Colloquial particles
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mȁ | oh come on; nah (dismissal, disagreement; clause-initial only: Ma nije tako) |
| bȁš | exactly, just; really (intensifier) |
| vàljda | presumably, I suppose |
| brȅ | emphatic particle (very colloquial; informal only) |
| ȅto | there you go; so (clause-initial, sums up: Eto, to je sve; the trio: evo 'here', eto 'so there', eno 'over there') |
| jȁo | ouch!; oh no! (pain, alarm, sympathy; clause-initial: Jao, izvini!) |
| zȁr | really?; surely not |
| dȅ | come on; go on (coaxing; placed before an imperative: De, reci mi!; in the south de also means gde 'where') |
| ȅno | there (pointing at something distant, + genitive: Eno ga! — 'There he is!'; cf. evo 'here', eto 'so there') |
| čȕj | listen; hey (attention-getter, clause-initial; Čuj njega! — 'Listen to him!', indignant) |
| ìzgledā | it seems; apparently (parenthetical, usually clause-initial: Izgleda da neće doći; neutral register) |
| bȍgami | by God; honestly (emphatic assertion; colloquial but not rude; also bogme) |
| jȍk | nope; no way (blunt colloquial 'no', used as a standalone reply; Turkism from yok; informal only) |
| ionàkō | anyway; in any case (before the predicate: Ionako neću ići — 'I'm not going anyway') |
| vȉdi | look at that!; well well! (surprise, clause-initial: Vidi ti njega! — 'Would you look at him!') |
| bȁ | hey; come on (familiar emphatic particle, softer than bre; follows the addressed word: Šta radiš, ba?; especially characteristic of Bosnia; informal only) |
| mȁ kàkvi | no way!; nothing of the sort! (standalone reply denying what was just said) |
| nȉkāko | no way; by no means (flat refusal; nikako ne — 'absolutely not') |
| vȁla | honestly; I swear (colloquial emphasis, often clause-initial; Turkism from vallah; familiar — not for the workplace) |
| mȏre | hey you! (rough familiar address, clause-initial; southern colloquial; rude to a stranger or at work; homograph of the noun more 'sea') |
| štȁ znȃm | I dunno; who knows (hedging filler, usually clause-final: Pa, šta ja znam…) |
| čȉk | go on, I dare you (challenge; placed before the verb: Čik pogodi! — 'Go on, guess!') |
| tàman pòsla | no way!; the very idea! (standalone indignant refusal; literally 'just the job') |
| dȅ dȅ | there, there; easy now (soothing, standalone: De, de, nemoj plakati) |
| mȃjke mi | I swear (on my mother) (familiar oath; among friends only, not at work) |
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