Serbian Nouns

Welcome to the third Serbian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Serbian to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

potatoes кромпир [krompir]

tomatoes парадајз [paradaјz]

onions лук [look]

carrots шаргарепа [sharguaryepa]

fruits воће [voćye]

apples јабуке [јabookye]

bananas банане [bananye]

oranges поморанџе [pomorandʒye]

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Serbian + Pronunciation
do you have milk? [verb + noun] да ли имате млеко? [da li imatye mlyeko?]
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] имам млеко и кафу [imam mlyeko i kafoo]
he has three apples [number + plural noun] он има три јабуке [on ima tri јabookye]
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] она има само једну јабуку [ona ima samo јyednoo јabookoo]
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] ми живимо у једној малој кући [mi ʐivimo oo јyednoј maloј kooći]
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] волим наш доручак [volim nash doroochak]

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread хлеб [khlyeb]

milk млеко [mlyeko]

butter путер [pootyer]

cheese сир [sir]

coffee кафа [kafa]

sandwich сендвич [syendvich]

meat месо [myeso]

chicken пилетина [pilyetina]

fish риба [riba]

breakfast доручак [doroochak]

lunch ручак [roochak]

dinner вечера [vyechyera]

Conversation in Serbian

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Serbian - Pronunciation
Do you speak (English/ Serbian)? да ли говориш (енглески/српски)? [da li guovorish (yengulyeski/srpski)?]
Just a little помало [pomalo]
I like Serbian свиђа ми се српски [svidʑa mi sye srpski]
Can I practice with you? да ли могу да вежбам са тобом? [da li moguoo da vyeʐbam sa tobom?]
How old are you? колико имаш година? [koliko imash guodina?]
I'm thirty three years old ја имам тридесет три године [јa imam tridyesyet tri guodinye]
It was nice talking to you драго ми је да смо попричали! [draguo mi јye da smo poprichali!]

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