Bosnian Adjectives
Learning the Bosnian Adjectives 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 Bosnian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Bosnian.
Bosnian Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Bosnian Adjectives |
| adjectives | pridjevi |
| a green tree | zelena stabla |
| a tall building | visokih zgrada |
| a very old man | vrlo star čovjek |
| the old red house | stara crvena kuća |
| a very nice friend | jako lijepo prijatelju |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Bosnian has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Bosniac.
List of Adjectives in Bosnian
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Bosnian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Bosnian vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Bosnian Adjectives |
| colors | boje |
| black | crnac |
| blue | plava boja |
| brown | smeđa |
| gray | siv |
| green | zelen |
| orange | naranča |
| purple | purple |
| red | crven |
| white | bijel |
| yellow | žut |
| |
| sizes | Veličine |
| big | velik |
| deep | duboko |
| long | dug |
| narrow | uzak |
| short | kratak |
| small | mali |
| tall | visok |
| thick | debeo |
| thin | tanak |
| wide | širok |
| |
| shapes | oblike |
| circular | kružni |
| straight | ravno |
| square | trg |
| triangular | trokutasti |
| |
| tastes | okusa |
| bitter | gorak |
| fresh | svjež |
| salty | slan |
| sour | kiseo |
| spicy | začinjen |
| sweet | sladak |
| |
| qualities | kvalitete |
| bad | loš |
| clean | čist |
| dark | crn |
| difficult | težak |
| dirty | prljav |
| dry | suho |
| easy | lako |
| empty | prazan |
| expensive | skup |
| fast | brzo |
| foreign | inozemni |
| full | pun |
| good | dobro |
| hard | tvrd |
| heavy | težak |
| inexpensive | jeftin |
| light | svjetlo |
| local | lokalne |
| new | novo |
| noisy | bučan |
| old | star |
| powerful | snažan |
| quiet | tiho |
| correct | ispravan |
| slow | trom |
| soft | mekan |
| very | vrlo |
| weak | slab |
| wet | mokar |
| wrong | nepravda |
| young | mlad |
| |
| quantities | količinama |
| few | nekoliko |
| little | malo |
| many | mnogi |
| much | puno |
| part | dio |
| some | neki |
| a few | nekoliko |
| whole | čitav |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Bosnian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Bosniac Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Bosnian lessons here: Learn Bosnian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.