Core verbs: doing things
The two verbs you cannot speak without, бити and имати, and the verbs that take an object after them - reading, writing, buying, giving and taking: the ones the accusative is built around.
biti
to be · verb
Ja sam student.
imati
to have · verb
Imam dva brata.
voleti
to love, to like · verb
Volim kafu.
učiti
to learn, to study · verb
Učim srpski svaki dan.
čitati
to read · verb
Čitam knjigu pre spavanja.
pisati
to write · verb
Pišem poruku prijatelju.
kupiti
to buy · verb
Kupio sam novi telefon.
prodavati
to sell · verb
Ona prodaje stare knjige.
dati
to give · verb
Daj mi olovku, molim te.
uzeti
to take · verb
Uzmi kišobran, pada kiša.
doneti
to bring · verb
Donesi mi čašu vode.
nositi
to carry, to wear · verb
Nosim toplu jaknu zimi.
menjati
to change · verb
Menjam plan za večeras.
pripremati
to prepare · verb
Pripremam ručak za goste.
uraditi
to do (perfective) · verb
Danas moram sve da uradim sam.
staviti
to put, to place (perfective) · verb
Stavi tanjire na sto, molim te.
stavljati
to put, to place (imperfective) · verb
Uvek stavljam ključeve na isto mesto.
pročitati
to read (perfective, to finish reading) · verb
Pročitala sam celu knjigu za jedan dan.
pokazivati
to show (imperfective) · verb
Uvek mi pokazuje nove fotografije.
proveravati
to check, to verify (imperfective) · verb
Svako jutro proveravam poštu.
napraviti
to make (perfective) · verb
Napravila sam kolač za rođendan.
ponavljati
to repeat (imperfective) · verb
Nastavnik uvek ponavlja isto pitanje.
nuditi
to offer (imperfective) · verb
Ova firma nudi dobre uslove.
koristiti
to use · verb
Svaki dan koristim rečnik.
primetiti
to notice · verb
Odmah sam primetio da nešto nije u redu.
spustiti
to lower, to put down (perfective) · verb
Spusti torbu ovde.
poznavati
to know, to be acquainted with (a person or place) · verb
Poznajem ovaj grad veoma dobro.
popravljati
to fix, to repair (imperfective) · verb
Radnici popravljaju put već nedelju dana.
piti
to drink (imperfective) · verb
Svako jutro pijem čaj.
popiti
to drink (perfective) · verb
Popili smo kafu i krenuli u šetnju.
fotografisati
to photograph · verb
On rado fotografiše stare kuće.
ostati
to stay, to remain · verb
Juče sam ostao kod kuće.
dobiti
to get, to receive · verb
Dobila sam pismo od brata.
otvoriti
to open · verb
Možeš li da otvoriš prozor?
zatvoriti
to close, to shut · verb
Zatvori vrata, molim te.
slati
to send · verb
Šaljem pismo bratu.