Basic Serbian Verbs

Verbs describe movement or action. You’ll need them whenever you want to talk about what you, somebody or something else does, did or wants to do. Essential stuff. Memorize the verbs below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic Serbian conversations.

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Important verbs
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Important verbs

English	Serbian	Serbian (Romanization)
(to) be	бити	biti
(to) have	имати	imati
(to) do / (to) make	радити правити	raditi praviti
can / (to) know how to	моћи знати	moći znati
(to) know (how)	знати (како)	znati (kako)
(to) know / (to) be acquainted with	знати познавати	znati poznavati
(to) understand	разумети	razumeti
(to) speak / (to) talk	причати говорити	pričati govoriti
(to) listen to	слушати	slušati
(to) hear	чути	čuti
(to) see	видети	videti
(to) feel	осетити	osetiti
(to) live	живети	živeti
(to) want	хтети жeлети	hteti želeti
(to) need	требати	trebati
(to) like	свиђати се	sviđati se
(to) love	волети	voleti
(to) give	дати давати	dati davati
(to) take	узети узимати	uzeti uzimati
(to) play	играти (се) свирати	igrati (se) svirati
(to) laugh	смејати се	smejati se
(to) come	доћи стићи	doći stići
(to) go	ићи	ići
(to) go by […] (e.g. by car)	путовати	pratiti
(to) write	писати	pisati
(to) read	читати	čitati
(to) count	бројати	brojati
(to) pronounce	изговорити	izgovoriti
(to) spell	спеловати	spelovati
(to) conjugate	конјугирати	konjugirati
(to) remember	сетити се запамтити	setiti se zapamtiti
(to) forget	заборавити	zaboraviti
(to) eat	јести	jesti
(to) try	покушати пробати	pokušati probati
(to) use	користити употребити	koristiti upotrebiti
(to) open	отворити	otvoriti
(to) close	затворити	zatvoriti
(to) greet / (to) welcome	поздравити пожелети добродошлицу	pozdraviti poželeti dobrodošlicu
(to) begin	почети	početi
(to) end	завршити	završiti

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