442 Serbian words of level A1
Below is a complete, categorized list of Serbian vocabulary at the A1 level. Learn common verbs, nouns, and adjectives with transcription, articles, and English translations.
What is A1? Beginner
A1 is the first step. You learn the most frequent words and set phrases for everyday situations — greetings, numbers, family, food and simple questions.
What you can do at A1
- ✓Introduce yourself and ask people basic questions about themselves
- ✓Understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases
- ✓Handle simple, routine situations like shopping or ordering food
- ✓Understand basic numbers, times, and dates in simple announcements
- ✓Fill in simple forms with personal details like name, nationality, and address
Adjectives
/veliki/
big, large
/mali/
small, little
/dobar/
good
/loʃ/
bad, poor
/nov/
new
/star/
old
/lep/
beautiful, nice
/prvi/
first
/drugi/
second, other
/tretɕi/
third
/normalan/
normal, regular
/siguran/
safe, sure
/slobodan/
free, available
/spreman/
ready, prepared
/zanimljiv/
interesting
/vaʒan/
important
/potreban/
necessary, needed
/teʒak/
heavy, difficult
/lak/
light, easy
/topao/
warm
/xladan/
cold
/tʃist/
clean, pure
/pun/
full
/prazan/
empty
/brz/
fast, quick
/spor/
slow
/skup/
expensive
/jeftin/
cheap
/mlad/
young
/visok/
tall, high
/nizak/
short, low
/ʃirok/
wide, broad
/uzak/
narrow, tight
/kratak/
short, brief
/umoran/
tired
/zdrav/
healthy
/bolestan/
sick, ill
/sretʃan/
happy
/tuʒan/
sad
/ljubazan/
kind, polite
/miran/
calm, peaceful
/glasan/
loud
/tix/
quiet, silent
/svetao/
bright, light
/taman/
dark, just right
/tsrven/
red
/plav/
blue, blond
/zelen/
green
/ʒut/
yellow
/beo/
white
/tsrn/
black
/siv/
grey, gray
/bel/
white
/jak/
strong
/slab/
weak
/prljav/
dirty
/drag/
dear
/isti/
same
/razlitɕit/
different
/opasan/
dangerous
/zauzet/
busy
/otvoren/
open
/super/
super
/gladan/
hungry
/žedan/
thirsty
Adverbs
/samo/
only, just
/kako/
how
/tako/
so, like that
/gde/
where
/ovde/
here
/tamo/
there
/sad/
now
/vetɕ/
already
/joʃ/
still, yet, more
/dobro/
well, fine
/mnogo/
much, a lot
/malo/
a little, few
/uvek/
always
/nikad/
never
/tʃesto/
often
/ponekad/
sometimes
/radno/
working
/brzo/
quickly, fast
/sporo/
slowly
/normalno/
normally
/sigurno/
certainly, surely
/tatʃno/
exactly, correctly
/verovatno/
probably
/moʒda/
maybe, perhaps
/zajedno/
together
/posebno/
especially, particularly
/ukupno/
in total
/uvetʃe/
in the evening
/ujutru/
in the morning
/danas/
today
/sutra/
tomorrow
/jutʃe/
yesterday
/takodje/
also, too
/zaʃto/
why
/gore/
above, upstairs
/dole/
below, downstairs
/levo/
left, to the left
/desno/
right, to the right
/napred/
forward, ahead
/nazad/
back, backward
/blizu/
near, close to
/daleko/
far, far away
/rano/
early
/kasno/
late
/lako/
easily
/teʃko/
hard, with difficulty
/toplo/
warmly
/xladno/
coldly
/gladno/
hungrily
/loʃe/
badly
/sada/
now
/tada/
then
/naravno/
of course
/polako/
slowly
/sunčano/
sunny
/stvarno/
really
/baš/
exactly/really
Conjunctions
Nouns
/tʃovek/
man, person
/dan/
day
/godina/
year
/vreme/
time, weather
/ʒivot/
life
/grad/
city, town
/kutɕa/
house, home
/ʒena/
woman, wife
/otats/
father
/majka/
mother
/dete/
child
/put/
road, way, trip
/ruka/
hand, arm
/oko/
eye
/glava/
head
/retʃ/
word
/posao/
job, work
/svet/
world
/mesto/
place, spot
/stvar/
thing, matter
/voda/
water
/novats/
money
/prijatelj/
friend
/ljubav/
love
/zemlja/
earth, land, country
/narod/
people, nation
/rad/
work, labor
/problem/
problem
/pitanje/
question
/odgovor/
answer, reply
/ime/
name
/poroditsa/
family
/ʃkola/
school
/sto/
table
/soba/
room
/vrata/
door
/notɕ/
night
/jutro/
morning
/vetʃe/
evening
/sat/
hour, clock
/minut/
minute
/telo/
body
/litse/
face
/srtse/
heart
/glas/
voice, vote
/pritʃa/
story
/istina/
truth
/pravo/
right, law
/red/
order, row, queue
/kraj/
end, region
/deo/
part, portion
/hiljada/
thousand
/milion/
million
/xleb/
bread
/mleko/
milk
/kafa/
coffee
/tʃaj/
tea
/jabuka/
apple
/stolitsa/
chair, capital
/krevet/
bed
/prozor/
window
/papir/
paper
/olovka/
pencil, pen
/pasi/
dogs
/matʃka/
cat
/auto/
car, automobile
/autobus/
bus
/voz/
train
/stantsija/
bus stop
/ulitsa/
street
/park/
park
/prodavnitsa/
shop, store
/restoran/
restaurant
/hotel/
hotel
/bolnitsa/
hospital
/lekar/
doctor
/nastavnik/
teacher
/student/
student
/novtʃanik/
wallet, purse
/dug/
debt
/sito/
sieve, strainer
/brat/
brother
/sestra/
sister
/sin/
son
/tɕerka/
daughter
/detɕak/
boy
/devojtɕitsa/
girl
/beba/
baby
/deda/
grandfather
/baba/
grandmother
/komʃija/
neighbor
/radnik/
worker
/vozatɕ/
driver
/kuvar/
cook
/politsajats/
policeman
/noga/
leg
/uvo/
ear
/kosa/
hair
/zub/
tooth
/koʃulja/
shirt
/pantalone/
trousers
/tsipele/
shoes
/jakna/
jacket
/haljina/
dress
/kaput/
coat
/kapa/
cap
/dʒep/
/sapun/
soap
/knjiga/
book
/stan/
apartment
/selo/
village
/most/
bridge
/trg/
square
/more/
sea
/reka/
river
/planina/
mountain
/ʃuma/
forest
/jezero/
lake
/plaʒa/
beach
/hrana/
food
/meso/
meat
/rutɕak/
lunch
/vetɕera/
dinner
/dorutɕak/
breakfast
/sir/
cheese
/votɕe/
fruit
/povrtɕe/
vegetables
/sok/
juice
/supa/
soup
/kolatɕ/
cake
/pitɕe/
drink
/so/
salt
/ʃetɕer/
sugar
/mesets/
month
/nedelja/
week
/suntse/
sun
/kiʃa/
rain
/sneg/
snow
/vetar/
wind
/drvo/
tree
/tsvet/
flower
/nebo/
sky
/vatra/
fire
/zvezda/
star
/pismo/
letter
/telefon/
phone
/avion/
airplane
/bitsikl/
bicycle
/karta/
ticket
/torba/
bag
/kljutɕ/
key
/slika/
picture
/odetʃa/
clothing
/oblak/
cloud
/pasoʃ/
passport
/ratʃunar/
computer
/internet/
internet
/poruka/
message
/kupovina/
shopping
/tsena/
price
/kuhinja/
kitchen
/broj/
number
/jaje/
egg
/majica/
T-shirt
/učenik/
student
/fudbal/
football
/film/
film
/lična karta/
ID card
/kartica/
card
/životinja/
animal
/pas/
dog
/ptica/
bird
/muzika/
music
/ogledalo/
mirror
/lampa/
lamp
/orman/
wardrobe
/čaša/
glass (cup)
/tanjir/
plate
/nož/
knife
/putovanje/
travel/trip
/mapa/
map
/vikend/
weekend
/televizor/
television
/radio/
radio
/novine/
newspaper
/igra/
game/dance
/prodavac/
seller/salesperson
/kupac/
buyer/customer
/centar grada/
city center
/struja/
electricity
/parking/
parking lot
/zgrada/
building
/sprat/
floor (of a building)
Numerals
Other Words
Prepositions
Pronouns
/se/
oneself, self
/to/
that, it
/koji/
which, who, that
/on/
he
/sve/
everything, all
/ja/
I
/ona/
she
/mi/
we
/ti/
you
/vi/
you
/oni/
they
/ovo/
this
/ʃta/
what
/ko/
who
/svaki/
every / each
/niko/
nobody
/neʃto/
something
/niʃta/
nothing
/neko/
someone
/svako/
everyone
Verbs
/biti/
to be
/imati/
to have
/retɕi/
to say, to tell
/motɕi/
can, to be able to
/dolaziti/
to come, to arrive
/itɕi/
to go, to walk
/videti/
to see
/znati/
to know
/ʒeleti/
to want, to wish
/raditi/
to work, to do
/misliti/
to think
/ʒiveti/
to live, to reside
/uzimati/
to take
/dati/
to give
/razumeti/
to understand
/pitati/
to ask
/odgovoriti/
to answer, to reply
/voleti/
to love, to like
/utʃiti/
to learn, to study
/pisati/
to write
/tʃitati/
to read
/sluʃati/
to listen
/gledati/
to watch, to look
/kupiti/
to buy
/jesti/
to eat
/piti/
to drink
/spavati/
to sleep
/xteti/
to want
/dotɕi/
come
/govoriti/
speak
/tɕuti/
hear
/morati/
must
/kupovati/
buy
/prodavati/
sell
/uzeti/
take
/otvoriti/
open
/zatvoriti/
close
/traʒiti/
search
/natɕi/
find
/pomotɕi/
help
/tɕekati/
wait
/putovati/
travel
/trtɕati/
run
/hodati/
walk
/sedeti/
sit
/stajati/
stand
/smejati/
laugh
/plakati/
cry
/pevati/
sing
/igrati/
play
/kuvati/
cook
/prati/
wash
/tɕistiti/
clean
/platiti/
pay
/poslati/
send
/dobiti/
receive
/potɕeti/
start
/zavrʃiti/
finish
/utɕi/
enter
/izatɕi/
exit
/pasti/
fall
/nositi/
wear
/doneti/
bring
/zaboraviti/
forget
/stiti/
remember
/uraditi/
to do
/koristiti/
to use
/razgovarati/
to talk
/odmarati se/
to rest
/ležati/
to lie
/pričati/
to talk
/ustati/
to get up
/buditi se/
to wake up
How to learn A1 vocabulary
- 1.Start with the highest-frequency words — the first few hundred cover most everyday speech.
- 2.Learn nouns together with their article and a short example sentence.
- 3.Review daily in short sessions; spaced repetition beats long cramming.
- 4.Listen to slow, clear recordings and repeat phrases out loud to practice pronunciation.
Frequently asked questions
How many words do I need at A1?+
Around 500–600 core words are enough to handle basic everyday situations at A1.
How long does it take to reach A1?+
With regular study most learners reach A1 in about 60–100 hours.
What comes after A1?+
A2, where you expand everyday vocabulary and start linking simple sentences.
Should I focus on grammar or vocabulary at A1?+
Focus primarily on vocabulary and simple phrase structures. Basic grammar is helpful, but communicating meaning is more important at the start.