B2 — upper-intermediategrammar25 words
Similes & comparisons
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kȁo | like, as (comparing); as, in the role of (kao student, as a student; colloquial filler “like, sort of”: Bilo je kao čudno) |
| nȅgo | but rather (after a negative); than (bigger than I am; opening a turn: anyway, by the way: Nego, kako je prošao razgovor?) |
| ȍd | from; of; than (+ Gen.: bigger than me) |
| pȍpūt | like, resembling (+ Gen.; more bookish than kao) |
| nȅgo štȍ | than (before a clause; od cannot be used here) |
| slȉčan | similar (na + Acc.) |
| rázlikovati se | to differ, to be different (od + Gen.) |
| za rȁzliku od | unlike, in contrast to (+ genitive) |
| ȉsto kȁo | the same as, just like (same as before) |
| vȉšē nȅgo | more than (more than enough) |
| mȁnje nȅgo | less than, fewer than |
| štȍ vȉše, tȏ bȍlje | the more the better (pattern: the more… the more…) |
| gládan kȁo vȗk | hungry as a wolf, ravenous, starving |
| zdrȁv kȁo drȇn | fit as a fiddle, in perfect health (literally ‘as a cornelian cherry’) |
| jȁk kȁo bȉk | strong as an ox, very strong (literally ‘as a bull’) |
| rȃdī kȁo kȍnj | works like a horse, works like a Trojan, works extremely hard |
| spȃvā kȁo tȍp | sleeps like a log (literally ‘like a cannon’) |
| hládan kȁo lȇd | cold as ice, ice-cold (also of a person) |
| cr̀ven kȁo pàprika | red as a beetroot (with embarrassment; literally ‘as a pepper’) |
| bȅo kȁo snȇg | white as snow (same image) |
| pìjan kȁo lȅtva | blind drunk, drunk as a lord (literally ‘drunk as a lath’) |
| pȉjē kȁo smȕk | drinks like a fish, drinks heavily (literally ‘like a whip snake’) |
| pȕšī kȁo Tȕrčin | smokes like a chimney (literally ‘like a Turk’) |
| ćútī kȁo zàliven | keeps mum, stays stubbornly silent (literally ‘as if sealed shut’) |
| glȗv kȁo tȍp | stone deaf, deaf as a post (literally ‘as a cannon’) |
Other phrasebooks at this level