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

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

Basic Words & Phrases: Colors

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Colors

EnglishSerbianSerbian
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
light / clearсветлоsvetlo
darkмрак
тамно		mrak
tamno
colorcolor [Sg]бојаboja
colors [Pl]бојеboje
coloredcoloredобојеноobojeno
whitewhiteбелabelo
blackblackцрнacrno
yellowyellowжутažuto
orangeorangeнаранџастanarandžasto
redredцрвенacrveno
pinkpinkружичастaružičasto
violetvioletљубичастaljubičasto
blueblueплавaplavo
greengreenзеленazeleno
brownbrownсмеђasmeđe
greygreyсивasivo

Appearance & attributes

EnglishSerbianSerbian
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
newновоnovo
oldстароstaro
smallмалоmalo
large / bigвеликоveliko
youngмладоmlado
kind / pleasantљубазно
пријатно		ljubazno
prijatno
unkind / unpleasantнељубазноneljubazno
patientстрпљивоstrpljivo
tall (When talking about people)високvisok
middle sized (When talking about people)средњег растаsrednjeg rasta
small (When talking about people)низакnizak
fatдебеоdebeo
thin / slimтанак
мршав		tanak
mršav
nice / prettyлепоlepo
beautifulпрелепоprelepo
uglyружноružno
ill / sickболесноbolesno
healthyздравоzdravo
happy / cheerfulсрећно
раздрагано		srećno
razdragano
sadтужно
несрећно		tužno
nesrećno
sportyспортскиsportski
ambitionedамбициозанambiciozan
intelligentинтелигентноinteligentno
creativeкреативноkreativno
activeактивноaktivno
sentimentalсентименталноsentimentalno
rationalрационалноracionalno
emotionalосећајноosećajno
naturalприродноprirodno
romanticромантичноromantično
nice / amiableпријатанprijatan
spontaneousспонтаноspontano
energeticенергичноenergično
stressed (out)под стресомpod stresom
relaxedопуштеноopušteno
frustratedфрустрираноfrustrirano
talentedнадареноnadareno

Questions & phrases

EnglishSerbianSerbian
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
What does he look like?Како он изгледа?Kako on izgleda?
What does she look like?Како она изгледа?Kako ona izgleda?
What is he like?Какав је?Kakav je?
What is she like?Каква је?Kakva je?

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