Lesson 19. Food and drinks
On the table
hleb (хлеб)
— bread
mleko (млеко)
— milk
sir (сир)
— cheese
puter (путер)
— butter
meso (месо)
— meat
riba (риба)
— fish
supa (супа)
— soup
salata (салата)
— salad
Sweets
sladoled (сладолед)
— ice cream
torta (торта)
— cake
kolač (колач)
— cookie, pastry
džem (џем)
— jam
šećer (шећер)
— sugar
med (мед)
— honey
Fruit
jabuka (јабука)
— apple
kruška (крушка)
— pear
banana (банана)
— banana
grožđe (грожђе)
— grapes
To drink
voda (вода)
— water
sok (сок)
— juice
čaj (чај)
— tea
kafa (кафа)
— coffee
mleko (млеко)
— milk
Asking at the table
Molim vodu. (Молим воду.)
— Water, please.
Dajte mi, molim vas, hleb. (Дајте ми, молим вас, хлеб.)
— Please give me some bread.
Hoću sladoled. (Хоћу сладолед.)
— I want ice cream.
Ne hoću supu. (Не хоћу супу.)
— I don't want soup.
hoću means “I want”. ne hoću means “I don’t want”.
Exercises
Exercise 1
What does «kafa» mean?
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kafa means coffee. A “cafe” is kafić or kafana.
Exercise 2
Find the odd one out:
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kuća means house — the others are food.
Exercise 3
Ask in Serbian: “Ice cream, please.”
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Molim sladoled. Or more politely: Molim vas, sladoled. (Молим вас, сладолед.)
Exercise 4
Say in Serbian: “I like milk and cheese, but I don’t like soup.”
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Volim mleko i sir, ali ne volim supu.
ali means “but”.
Exercise 5
What will the child order at the cafe? “One …, one …, a big …, please!” (fill in with your own words)
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For example: Jedan sok, jedan kolač, veliki sladoled, molim vas!
Lesson vocabulary
- hleb (хлеб)
- — bread
- sir (сир)
- — cheese
- puter (путер)
- — butter
- meso (месо)
- — meat
- supa (супа)
- — soup
- sladoled (сладолед)
- — ice cream
- torta (торта)
- — cake
- kolač (колач)
- — cookie
- med (мед)
- — honey
- kruška (крушка)
- — pear
- banana (банана)
- — banana
- grožđe (грожђе)
- — grapes
- sok (сок)
- — juice
- kafa (кафа)
- — coffee
- hoću (хоћу)
- — I want
- ne hoću (не хоћу)
- — I don't want
- ali (али)
- — but