Lesson 20. House, room, school
House and apartment
kuća (кућа)
— house (a detached one)
stan (стан)
— apartment
zgrada (зграда)
— building, apartment block
Rooms
soba (соба)
— room
kuhinja (кухиња)
— kitchen
kupatilo (купатило)
— bathroom
spavaća soba (спаваћа соба)
— bedroom (lit. “sleeping room”)
dnevna soba (дневна соба)
— living room (lit. “day room”)
Furniture
sto (сто)
— table
stolica (столица)
— chair
krevet (кревет)
— bed
orman (орман)
— wardrobe
polica (полица)
— shelf
Window and door
prozor (прозор)
— window
vrata (врата)
— door (always plural in Serbian)
School
škola (школа)
— school
učitelj (учитељ)
— teacher (male)
učiteljica (учитељица)
— teacher (female)
učenik (ученик)
— pupil (male)
učenica (ученица)
— pupil (female)
tabla (табла)
— (class)board
sveska (свеска)
— notebook
olovka (оловка)
— pen, pencil
“At home,” “at school”
To say “in the house” or “in the room,” Serbians add the word u and change the ending:
u kući (у кући)
— at home, in the house
u školi (у школи)
— at school
u sobi (у соби)
— in the room
For now just memorize these three forms. We’ll cover the rule (the locative case) in Part 5.
Exercises
Exercise 1
What does “stolica” mean?
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stolica means chair. A classic false friend!
Exercise 2
What does “učiteljica” mean?
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učitelj is a male teacher, učiteljica is a female teacher.
Exercise 3
Say in Serbian: “I’m at home.”
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Ja sam kod kuće. or Ja sam u kući. (kod kuće means “at home” and is more colloquial.)
Exercise 4
Translate: Moja sestra je u školi.
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“My sister is at school.”
Exercise 5
Name what you have in your room (3–4 items in Serbian).
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For example: U sobi imam krevet, sto, stolicu i prozor. (“In my room I have a bed, a table, a chair, and a window.”)
Lesson vocabulary
- stan (стан)
- — apartment
- zgrada (зграда)
- — building
- soba (соба)
- — room
- kuhinja (кухиња)
- — kitchen
- kupatilo (купатило)
- — bathroom
- sto (сто)
- — table
- stolica (столица)
- — chair
- krevet (кревет)
- — bed
- orman (орман)
- — wardrobe
- prozor (прозор)
- — window
- vrata (врата)
- — door
- učitelj (учитељ)
- — teacher
- učenik (ученик)
- — pupil
- tabla (табла)
- — (class)board
- sveska (свеска)
- — notebook
- olovka (оловка)
- — pen, pencil