Serbian 801 — noise, and the handful of words Serbian allows next to it.
A collocation is a partnership between words that native speakers keep and learners break. Nothing is grammatically wrong with jaka buka; it is simply not the phrase, and a Serbian ear notices.
| Kolokacija | Engleski |
|---|---|
| praviti buku | to make noise |
| zaglušujuća buka | deafening noise |
| buka u pozadini | background noise |
| zaštita od buke | noise protection |
| izložen buci | exposed to noise (dativ) |
Note the case in the last one. Izložen takes the dative — izložen buci, not buku. Collocations carry their case with them, and that is half of what you are actually learning here.
Serbian has a fine-grained set of words for sound, and they are not interchangeable: buka is unwanted noise, zvuk is neutral sound, šum is a low rustle or hiss, galama is people shouting, and larma is a boisterous racket, usually children. Choosing between them tells a listener quite a lot about what you actually heard.
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