B2 — upper-intermediategrammar25 words
Similes & comparisons
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kȁo | like; as |
| nȅgo | but rather; than |
| ȍd | from; of; than (in comparisons: veći od mene) |
| pȍpūt | like, resembling (+ genitive; more bookish than kao) |
| nȅgo štȍ | than (before a clause: skuplje je nego što sam mislio; od cannot be used here) |
| slȉčan | similar (na + acc.) |
| rázlikovati se | to differ, to be different (od + genitive) |
| za rȁzliku od | unlike, in contrast to (+ genitive) |
| ȉsto kȁo | the same as, just like (isto kao i pre — same as before) |
| vȉšē nȅgo | more than (više nego dovoljno — more than enough) |
| mȁnje nȅgo | less than, fewer than |
| štȍ vȉše, tȏ bȍlje | the more the better (pattern što… to… = the more… the more…) |
| gládan kȁo vȗk | ravenous (same image: hungry as a wolf) |
| zdrȁv kȁo drȇn | in perfect health (lit. “healthy as a cornel tree”) |
| jȁk kȁo bȉk | very strong (same image: strong as a bull) |
| rȃdī kȁo kȍnj | works extremely hard (same image: works like a horse) |
| spȃvā kȁo tȍp | sleeps like a log (lit. “sleeps like a cannon”) |
| hládan kȁo lȇd | ice-cold (same image; also of a person) |
| cr̀ven kȁo pàprika | red as a beetroot, with embarrassment (lit. “as a pepper”) |
| bȅo kȁo snȇg | white as snow (same image) |
| pìjan kȁo lȅtva | blind drunk (lit. “drunk as a lath”) |
| pȉjē kȁo smȕk | drinks heavily (lit. “drinks like a whip snake”) |
| pȕšī kȁo Tȕrčin | smokes like a chimney (lit. “smokes like a Turk”) |
| ćútī kȁo zàliven | stays stubbornly silent (lit. “silent as if sealed shut”) |
| glȗv kȁo tȍp | stone deaf (lit. “deaf as a cannon”) |
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