Expressing opinion... Can you tell me some useful phrases for expressing opinion or thoughts in Serbian? So far, I have thought of Što se mene tiče Po mom mišljenju How do you say "I would say th

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Expressing opinion... Can you tell me some useful phrases for expressing opinion or thoughts in Serbian? So far, I have thought of Što se mene tiče Po mom mišljenju How do you say "I would say that..."? (Ja bih rekao da...????) If you can think of any other cool, useful conversational phrases, that would be good too! Thank you! Hvala vam!

Apr 8, 2014 10:43 AM

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Ha ha ha… You nailed a very Serbian topic right on the head: expressing opinions. That's the only thing that Serbs like more than drinking coffee and smoking! You better get your magic vocabulary powers on for sparring in that game !!! :) Here are some off top of my head. You can (or should) usually add "da..." to the end as in "that..." in order to continue the sentence: I would say that... - Rekao bih da... I think - Ja mislim I am convinced - Ubedjen sam I agree - Slažem se (rarely used as they find it hard to agree :) I disagree - Ne slažem se (you're a Brit, it's expected to be polite :) I can't say I agree (with you) - Ne mogu reći da se slažem (s tobom / sa vama) The ones that you will most often hear from them are: Da ti objasnim ja nešto - Let me explain something to you Sad ću ja da ti objasnim - I'll explain it to you right now Da ti kažem ja nešto - Let me tell you something Slušaj, brate, nemaju oni pojma - Listen, buddy, they have no clue Ma šta oni znaju - What do they know Ma šta lupaš? - What are you blabbing about? (lupati - talking nonsense) Slušaj ti mene - Listen to me Ma kakvi - No way (not correct, not true) Nije istina - Not true To nije istina - That's not true Šta, bre? Ma jok! - What? No way! (with Turkish seasoning) Šta znaju Ameri? - What do the Americans know? (meaning nothing) The best ones use some juicy curse words but I'm afraid this site is not an appropriate place to share them! Hope these help and they don't get you in any fights you wouldn't otherwise be in :)

April 8, 2014

I took the German/Serbian list that Sina posted a link to and I've translated it into English. This should be pretty comprehensive as far as the opinions and general conversations go. I think that - Mislim da I believe that - Verujem da My stand is that - Stojim na stanovištu da My opinion is - Moje mišljenje je I say - Ja kažem / Po meni That's what I think, too - I ja mislim tako I want to say that - Hoću reći da I would say that - Rekao/rekla bih da I just wanted to say that - Želim samo da kažem da... Can I say something? - Mogu li nešto reći? I would like to add - Dodao bih još... I'd like to clarify something - Hoću nešto razjasniti If I understand correctly - Ako dobro razumem If I understood correctly - Ako sam dobro shvatio/la Sorry for interrupting but - Izvinite što te/Vas prekidam, ali... I agree - Slažem se That's what I think - Tako mislim That's what I believe - U to verujem That I believe - To verujem That I can believe - To mogu da verujem I am sure about that - Siguran/sigurna sam o tome I am sure that - Siguran/sigurna sam da... Definitely - Sigurno That's very important to me - To je vrlo važno ZA mene I'm sorry, I didn't hear that - Izvinite, ali nisam čuo/čula I'm sorry but I'm in a hurry - Izvinite, ali žurim Can you repeat that, please - Ponovite još jednom, molim The problem is that - Problem je to da That's all I wanted to say about that - To je sve što sam o tome hteo/htela reći That's all I could say you about that - To je sve što o tome mogu reći That's all I know about that - To je sve što znam o tome As far as ... is concerned - Što se tiče... Regarding... - U vezi...

April 8, 2014