Vocabulary

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.

The ordinary words of an ordinary day - the routine from getting up and showering to cooking dinner and going out, the habits in between, and the people you share it with.

The people closest to you: parents, siblings, grandparents and spouses - the words every introduction of yourself starts with.

What you order at a café and buy for breakfast - bread, milk, cheese, coffee and tea, the basics on every table and a few sweets to go with the coffee.

Buying things by the number - money and prices, cash or card, the receipt, a discount, and how much or how little you want.

How to talk about getting around - buses, trains, cars and the words for buying a ticket.

The buildings and places a town is made of - the post office, the square, the bridge - plus the words that say exactly where they are: left, right, here, there, and the small prepositions that pin one place to another.

Rooms, parts of the house and the big pieces of furniture in it - masculine, feminine and neuter nouns side by side, on purpose: this is the list to practice он, она, оно on.

What you carry, wear and can say you have - from a passport and a wallet to a dog, a job and a good excuse. Built around имам: everything on this list slots straight after it.

The verbs and small words that carry a short exchange between two people - ask, answer, understand, wait, remember - plus yes, no, maybe and always.

Professions, nationalities and a handful of everyday adjectives - everything you reach for the moment somebody asks who you are.

The everyday adjectives you reach for once nouns aren't enough - size, speed, temperature, feel, mood and color, all the words that make сто into велик нов сто.

The fixed phrases that open and close every conversation - hellos, goodbyes, thanks and small courtesies, the words you reach for before you can build a sentence of your own.

The everyday objects and signs you meet the moment you start reading Serbian - letters, doors, keys, a phone on the table.

The nouns, adverbs and verbs a schedule runs on - hours and minutes, early and late, arriving, postponing - everything you need to talk about when something happens, not just what it is.

The calendar words every other list assumed you already had: the weekdays, the twelve months and the weekend they frame, plus the day itself - morning, noon, afternoon, evening and night.

What a host puts in front of you and you may politely turn down - meat and rice, tomatoes and onions, apples and strawberries, cake and chocolate, juice and wine, and the three words for how it tastes: сладак, слан and љут.

Where you shop and what you choose between - the bakery, the butcher's and the pharmacy, the seller behind the counter, and the size, colour and quality that decide between this one and that one.

The small things a home is full of - plates, glasses, spoons and forks, pillows, towels and curtains - everyday nouns you rarely need just one of.

The verbs a sentence turns on - моћи, хтети, желети and морати, which pass the action on with да, the verbs of going and coming, and the handful of reflexive verbs conversation runs on.