Serbian 401 — the words for a job that doesn't let you sit down.
This set is built around one profession, and around a family of words that keeps reappearing once you notice it.
| Word | Meaning | Same root |
|---|---|---|
| veština | skill | vešt- — knowing how |
| vešt | skillful | |
| veštak | expert — sudski veštak, a court expert |
And a word that carries two lives at once: poziv is a phone call — dobiti poziv, to get a call — but it's also a calling, a profession. Koji je vaš poziv? asks what you do for a living. Fitting, for an exercise about a job that calls you in at three in the morning.
Three little connectors are worth separating carefully, because they are not interchangeable. Iako joins two halves of one sentence — iako je umoran, radi dalje. Međutim opens a new sentence and turns it around — Međutim, sutra je slobodan. And čak is emphasis, not contrast: čak i vikendom, even at weekends.
Dežurati has no single English word. It means to be the one on duty — on call, covering the shift, the person they ring when something happens.
1. anesthesiologist →
2. court expert →
3. ward / theatre →
4. brain →
5. to be on duty →
1. a call →
2. to get a call →
3. skill →
4. skillful →
5. to practice / to train →
6. demanding →
7. to take a holiday →
1. however →
2. even though →
3. even →
4. in the meantime →
5. without a break →
SR (lat): Može latinicom ili ćirilicom; dijakritici su opcioni, a đ se može otkucati i kao dj.
СР (ћир): Може латиницом или ћирилицом; дијакритици су опциони, а ђ се може откуцати и као dj.
EN: Latin or Cyrillic, diacritics optional — đ may also be typed as dj.
Seven pronouns again — this time after od, which means the genitive.
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