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Most Common Bosnian Words
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Essential Bosnian vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| kuća | house | KU-cha |
| voda | water | VO-da |
| čovjek | man | CHO-vjek |
| žena | woman | ZHE-na |
| dijete | child | di-YE-te |
| prijatelj | friend | pri-YA-telj |
| vrijeme | time / weather | VRI-je-me |
| dan | day | DAN |
| život | life | ZHI-vot |
| svijet | world | SVI-yet |
| zemlja | country / earth | ZEM-lja |
| grad | city | GRAD |
| posao | work / job | PO-sao |
| novac | money | NO-vac |
| hrana | food | HRA-na |
| porodica | family | po-RO-di-ca |
| auto | car | AU-to |
| knjiga | book | KNJIGA |
| škola | school | SHKO-la |
| ulica | street | U-li-ca |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| biti | to be | BI-ti |
| imati | to have | I-ma-ti |
| raditi | to do / work | RA-di-ti |
| ići | to go | I-chi |
| doći | to come | DO-chi |
| reći | to say | RE-chi |
| vidjeti | to see | VI-dje-ti |
| znati | to know | ZNA-ti |
| moći | to be able to | MO-chi |
| htjeti | to want | HTJE-ti |
| govoriti | to speak | go-VO-ri-ti |
| jesti | to eat | JES-ti |
| piti | to drink | PI-ti |
| spavati | to sleep | SPA-va-ti |
| misliti | to think | MIS-li-ti |
| voljeti | to love | VO-lje-ti |
| uzeti | to take | U-ze-ti |
| dati | to give | DA-ti |
| razumjeti | to understand | ra-ZUM-je-ti |
| čitati | to read | CHI-ta-ti |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| velik | big | VE-lik |
| mali | small | MA-li |
| dobar | good | DO-bar |
| loš | bad | LOSH |
| lijep | beautiful | LI-jep |
| nov | new | NOV |
| star | old | STAR |
| mlad | young | MLAD |
| sretan | happy | SRE-tan |
| tužan | sad | TU-zhan |
| jak | strong | YAK |
| brz | fast | BRZ |
| spor | slow | SPOR |
| vruć | hot | VRUCH |
| hladan | cold | HLA-dan |
| lak | easy | LAK |
| težak | difficult | TE-zhak |
| važan | important | VA-zhan |
| slobodan | free | slo-BO-dan |
| istinit | true | IS-ti-nit |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| jako | very | YA-ko |
| također | also / too | TAK-o-đer |
| uvijek | always | U-vi-jek |
| nikad | never | NI-kad |
| često | often | CHES-to |
| sada | now | SA-da |
| već | already | VECH |
| opet | again | O-pet |
| možda | maybe | MOZH-da |
| dobro | well | DO-bro |
| brzo | quickly | BR-zo |
| ovdje | here | OV-dje |
| tamo | there | TA-mo |
| zajedno | together | za-YED-no |
| samo | only | SA-mo |
| zaista | really | ZA-is-ta |
| mnogo | a lot | MNO-go |
| malo | a little | MA-lo |
| previše | too much | PRE-vi-she |
| još | still / yet | YOSH |