Word of the day
Dunja [doonya]
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a type of fruit, called quince in English. It has a shape of an apple and a pear, it's yellow (when ripe) and very tough to eat, but it has a very delicious taste. Serbs use it for making jams or for brandy (called dunjevača).
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Accents paradigm in Serbian
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Use these as the basis for checking the accent on new
words and remember these facts:
- Both long and short falling accents occur on the
first syllable of the word.
- Rising accent cannot occur on the word that has one
syllable.
- Rising accent occurs on any syllable but the last.
Long rising
(Dugi uzlazni) |
Long falling
(Dugi silazni) |
Short rising
(Kratki uzlazni) |
Short
falling
(kratki silazni) |
| narod
(people) |
majka
(mother) |
akcenat
(accent) |
alkohol
(alcohol) |
| razgovarati
(talk) |
radio
(radio) |
kapija
(gate) |
kapa
‘hat’ |
| teta
(aunt) |
telo
(hay) |
pevačica
(female singer) |
pesma
(song) |
| pismo
(letter) |
pišem
(write) |
igra
(dance, play) |
istina
(truth) |
| ovca
(sheep) |
most
(bridge) |
noga
(leg) |
novine
(newspaper) |
| ruka
(hand) |
sunce
(sun) |
učiti
(study) |
ugao
(corner) |
| duvati
(to blow) |
duvam
(I blow) |
duvan
(tobacco) |
kuhinja
(kitchen) |
monosyllabic words:
none
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monosyllabic words:
lep (beautiful)
luk (arch, bow) |
monosyllabic words:
none
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monosyllabic words:
zet (son-in-law)
luk (onion) |
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