Serbian Adverbs
Learning the Serbian Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Serbian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Serbian.
Serbian adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Serbian Adverbs |
| adverbs | prilozi - прилози |
| I read a book sometimes | Prochitala sam ponekad kњigu - Прочитала сам понекад књигу |
| I will never smoke | Nikada neћu pushiti - Никада нећу пушити |
| are you alone? | Јeste li sami? - Јесте ли сами? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adverbs in Serbian has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Serbian.
List of Adverbs in Serbian
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Serbian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Serbian vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Serbian Adverbs |
| adverbs of time | prilozi za vreme - прилози за време |
| yesterday | јuche - јуче |
| today | danas - данас |
| tomorrow | sutra - сутра |
| now | sada - сада |
| then | onda - онда |
| later | kasniјe - касније |
| tonight | vecheras - вечерас |
| right now | momentalno - моментално |
| last night | sinoћ - синоћ |
| this morning | јutros - јутрос |
| next week | sledeћe nedeљe - следеће недеље |
| already | veћ - већ |
| recently | nedavno / skoro - недавно / скоро |
| lately | nedavno / skoro - недавно / скоро |
| soon | uskoro - ускоро |
| immediately | odmah - одмах |
| still | јosh - још |
| yet | јosh - још |
| ago | pre - пре |
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| adverbs of place | prilozi mesta - прилози места |
| here | ovde - овде |
| there | tamo - тамо |
| over there | tamo - тамо |
| everywhere | svuda - свуда |
| anywhere | bilo gde - било где |
| nowhere | nigde - нигде |
| home | dom - дом |
| away | daleko - далеко |
| out | van - ван |
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| adverbs of manner | prilozi za nachin - прилози за начин |
| very | veoma - веома |
| quite | sasvim - сасвим |
| pretty | prilichno - прилично |
| really | stvarno - стварно |
| fast | brzo - брзо |
| well | dobro - добро |
| hard | tvrdo - тврдо |
| quickly | brzo - брзо |
| slowly | polako - полако |
| carefully | pazhљivo - пажљиво |
| hardly | јedva - једва |
| barely | јedva - једва |
| mostly | uglavnom - углавном |
| almost | skoro - скоро |
| absolutely | apsolutno - апсолутно |
| together | zaјedno - заједно |
| alone | sam / sama / samo - сам / сама / само |
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| adverbs of frequency | prilozi uchestalosti - прилози учесталости |
| always | uvek - увек |
| frequently | chesto - често |
| usually | obichno - обично |
| sometimes | ponekad - понекад |
| occasionally | povremeno - повремено |
| seldom | retko - ретко |
| rarely | retko - ретко |
| never | nikada - никада |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Serbian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Serbian Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Serbian lessons here: Learn Serbian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.