B2 — upper-intermediategrammar24 words
Colloquial particles
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mȁ | oh come on; nah (dismissing, disagreeing; only at the start of a reply) |
| bȁš | exactly, just (so); really (intensifier); not really, not exactly (with a negative: nisam baš siguran) |
| vàljda | presumably, I suppose; hopefully |
| brȅ | mate, man (emphatic particle; very colloquial, friends only) |
| ȅto | there it is (by you); there you go; so (summing up) |
| jȁo | ouch!; oh no! (pain, alarm, sympathy); oh! (annoyance, delight) |
| zȁr | really? (doubting); surely not |
| dȅ | come on; go on (coaxing, before an imperative; colloquially also gde, ‘where’) |
| ȅno | over there, there (pointing far off; + Gen.; compare evo, ‘here’) |
| čȕj | listen; hey (to get attention, at the start of a reply) |
| ìzgledā | it seems; apparently (usually at the start of a sentence; neutral) |
| bȍgami | honestly, by God (emphatic; colloquial but not rude; also bogme) |
| jȍk | nope; no way (a blunt no on its own; a Turkism; informal only) |
| ionàkō | anyway; in any case (before the verb) |
| vȉdi | look at that!; well I never! (surprise, at the start of a reply; in references, see: Vidi str. 12) |
| bȁ | hey; man (a particle like bre and bolan, in Bosnia; friends only) |
| mȁ kàkvi | nothing of the sort!; as if!; no way! (denying what was said) |
| nȉkāko | no way; by no means (a flat refusal) |
| vȁla | honestly; I swear (colloquial emphasis; a Turkism; not for work) |
| štȁ znȃm | I dunno; who knows (hedging) |
| čȉk | go on, I dare you (a challenge, before the verb) |
| tàman pòsla | no way!; the very idea!; certainly not! (indignant refusal) |
| dȅ dȅ | there there; easy now (soothing) |
| mȃjke mi | I swear on my mother, on my mother’s life (a solemn oath; not at work) |
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