This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in Bosnian. Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Bosnian“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Colors

Colors

EnglishBosnianPronunciation
(Audio)
light / clearsvijetlo
darkmrak
tamno

colorcolor [Sg]boja
colors [Pl]boje
coloredcoloredobojeno
whitewhitebijela
blackblackcrna
yellowyellowžuta
orangeorangenarandžasta
redredcrvena
pinkpinkroza
violetvioletljubičasta
blueblueplava
greengreenzelena
brownbrownsmeđa
greygreysiva

Appearance & attributes

EnglishBosnianPronunciation
(Audio)
newnovo
oldstaro
smallmalo
large / bigveliko
youngmlado
kind / pleasantljubazno
prijatno

unkind / unpleasantneljubazno
patientstrpljivo
tall (When talking about people)visok
middle sized (When talking about people)srednjeg rasta
small (When talking about people)nizak
fatdebeo
thin / slimtanak
mršav

nice / prettylijepo
beautifulprelijepo
uglyružno
ill / sickbolesno
healthyzdravo
happy / cheerfulsretno
razdragano

sadtužno
nesretno

sportysportski
ambitionedambiciozan
intelligentinteligentno
creativekreativno
activeaktivno
sentimentalsentimentalno
rationalracionalno
emotionalemocionalno
naturalprirodno
romanticromantično
nice / amiableprijatan
spontaneousspontano
energeticenergično
stressed (out)pod stresom
relaxedopušteno
frustratedfrustrirano
talentedtalentovano

Questions & phrases

EnglishBosnianPronunciation
(Audio)
What does he look like?Kako on izgleda?
What does she look like?Kako ona izgleda?
What is he like?Kakav je?
What is she like?Kakva je?

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