Bosnian Questions
Learning the Bosnian Questions 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 Questions is in the structure of the grammar in Bosnian.
Bosnian questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when ... Here are some examples:
| English Questions | Bosnian Questions |
| Questions | Pitanja |
| how? | kako? |
| what? | što? |
| who? | tko? |
| why? | zašto? |
| where? | gdje? |
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| where is he? | gdje je on? |
| what is this? | Što je to? |
| why are you sad? | Zašto si tužna? |
| how do you want to pay? | Kako želite da platite? |
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| can I come? | Mogu li doći? |
| is he sleeping? | on spava? |
| do you know me? | Odakle me poznaješ? |
| do you have my book? | imate moje knjige? |
| how big is it? | koliko je velik je to? |
| can I help you? | mogu li vam pomoći? |
| can you help me? | Možete li mi pomoći? |
| do you speak English? | Govorite li engleski? |
| how far is this? | koliko je ovo? |
| what time is it? | Koliko je sati? |
| how much is this? | koliko je to? |
| what is your name? | Kako se zovete? |
| where do you live? | gdje živite? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Questions in Bosnian has a logical pattern. Locate the Questions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Bosniac.
List of Questions in Bosnian
Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Bosnian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Bosnian vocabulary.
| English Questions | Bosnian Questions |
| Vocabulary | Rječnik |
| Countries | Zemlje |
| Australia | Australija |
| Cambodia | Kambodža |
| Canada | Kanada |
| China | Kina |
| Egypt | Egipat |
| England | Engleska |
| France | Francuska |
| Germany | Njemačka |
| Greece | Grčka |
| India | Indija |
| Indonesia | Indonezija |
| Italy | Italija |
| Japan | Japan |
| Mexico | Meksiko |
| Morocco | Maroko |
| Peru | Peru |
| Spain | Španjolska |
| Thailand | Tajland |
| USA | SAD |
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| Languages | Jezici |
| Arabic | Arapski |
| Chinese | Kineski |
| English | Engleski |
| French | Francuski |
| German | Njemački |
| Greek | Grčki |
| Hebrew | Hebrejski |
| Hindi | Hindski |
| Italian | Talijanski |
| Japanese | Japanski |
| Korean | Korejski |
| Latin | Latin |
| Russian | Ruski |
| Spanish | Španjolski |
| Urdu | Urdu |
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| Days | Dani |
| Monday | Ponedjeljak |
| Tuesday | Utorak |
| Wednesday | Srijeda |
| Thursday | Četvrtak |
| Friday | Petak |
| Saturday | Subota |
| Sunday | Nedjelja |
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| time | vrijeme |
| hour | sat |
| minute | minuta |
| second | drugi |
Questions and interrogative expressions have a very important role in Bosnian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Bosniac Questions, you might want to check the rest of our Bosnian lessons here: Learn Bosnian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.