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.

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

Basic Words & Phrases: Verbs

Important verbs

EnglishSerbianSerbian
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
(to) beбитиbitisr-sing_to-be
(to) haveиматиimatisr-sing_to-have
(to) do / (to) makeрадити
правити
raditi
praviti
sr-sing_to-doto-make
sr-sing_to-doto-make-2
can / (to) know how toмоћи
знати
moći
znati
sr-sing_canto-know-how-to
sr-sing_canto-know-how-to-2
(to) know (how)знати (како)znati (kako)sr-sing_to-know-how
(to) know / (to) be acquainted withзнати
познавати
znati
poznavati
sr-sing_to-knowto-be-acquainted-with
sr-sing_to-knowto-be-acquainted-with-2
(to) understandразуметиrazumetisr-sing_to-understand
(to) speak / (to) talkпричати
говорити
pričati
govoriti
sr-sing_to-speakto-talk
sr-sing_to-speakto-talk-2
(to) listen toслушатиslušatisr-sing_to-listen-to
(to) hearчутиčutisr-sing_to-hear
(to) seeвидетиvidetisr-sing_to-see
(to) feelосетитиosetitisr-sing_to-feel
(to) liveживетиživetisr-sing_to-live
(to) wantхтети
жeлети
hteti
želeti
sr-sing_to-want
sr-sing_to-want-2
(to) needтребатиtrebatisr-sing_to-need
(to) likeсвиђати сеsviđati sesr-sing_to-like
(to) loveволетиvoletisr-sing_to-love
(to) giveдати
давати
dati
davati
sr-sing_to-give
sr-sing_to-give-2
(to) takeузети
узимати
uzeti
uzimati
sr-sing_to-take
sr-sing_to-take-2
(to) playиграти (се)
свирати
igrati (se)
svirati
sr-sing_to-play
sr-sing_to-play-2
(to) laughсмејати сеsmejati sesr-sing_to-laugh
(to) comeдоћи
стићи
doći
stići
sr-sing_to-come
sr-sing_to-come-2
(to) goићиićisr-sing_to-go
(to) go by […]путоватиpratitisr-sing_to-go-by-
(to) writeписатиpisatisr-sing_to-write
(to) readчитатиčitatisr-sing_to-read
(to) countбројатиbrojatisr-sing_to-count
(to) pronounceизговоритиizgovoritisr-sing_to-pronounce
(to) spellспеловатиspelovatisr-sing_to-spell
(to) conjugateконјугиратиkonjugiratisr-sing_to-conjugate
(to) rememberсетити се
запамтити
setiti se
zapamtiti
sr-sing_to-remember
sr-sing_to-remember-2
(to) forgetзаборавитиzaboravitisr-sing_to-forget
(to) eatјестиjestisr-sing_to-eat
(to) tryпокушати
пробати
pokušati
probati
sr-sing_to-try
sr-sing_to-try-2
(to) useкористити
употребити
koristiti
upotrebiti
sr-sing_to-use
sr-sing_to-use-2
(to) openотворитиotvoritisr-sing_to-open
(to) closeзатворитиzatvoritisr-sing_to-close
(to) greet / (to) welcomeпоздравити
пожелети добродошлицу
pozdraviti
poželeti dobrodošlicu
sr-sing_to-greetto-welcome
sr-sing_to-greetto-welcome-2
(to) beginпочетиpočetisr-sing_to-begin
(to) endзавршитиzavršitisr-sing_to-end

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