Lesson 178 · Part 13

Lesson 178. False friends: part 3

  • život (живот) — life. Not “belly” (belly = stomak).
  • stomak (стомак) — belly, stomach.
  • sat (сат) — hour; clock, watch. (Russian “сад” = garden is bašta.)
  • bašta (башта) — garden.
  • kolo (коло) — circle; round dance. (Not “wheel” — that’s točak.)
  • točak (точак) — wheel.
  • nedelja (недеља) — Sunday or “week”.
  • jutro (јутро) — morning. Don’t confuse it with anything else.
  • laž (лаж) — a lie.
  • hleb (хлеб) — bread. (Same as Russian! But easy to mix up with other short words.)
Život je lep. (Живот је леп.)
— Life is beautiful.
Boli me stomak. (Боли ме стомак.)
— My stomach hurts.
Idemo u baštu. (Идемо у башту.)
— We're going to the garden.