LingoflyTransport in Serbian
13 words in Serbian on the topic “transport”: аутобус (autobus) — bus, такси (taksi) — taxi, станица (stanica) — station, стајалиште (stajalište) — stop. 13 words can be played from recordings.
13 words on the topic
- аутобусautobusbusThrough au, not av — Serbian reads every letter it writes: AU-to-bus. The spelling tells you exactly how to say it.
- таксиtaksitaxiUnlike the English noun, it declines: čekam taksi — "I am waiting for a taxi", but idem taksijem — "I am going by taxi". The case does the work.
- станицаstanicastationOne word for the railway station and the bus stop; the adjective in front decides: železnička stanica, autobuska stanica.
- стајалиштеstajalištestopStanica is the station; the place where a bus stands for a minute is stajalište, from stajati, "to stand".
- путникputnikpassengerFrom put, "road". One word for the passenger and the traveler — Serbian does not split them.
- седиштеsedišteseatEkavian sedište; ijekavian sjedište. A second meaning: the headquarters of a firm.
- рукохватrukohvathandrailRuka plus hvatati: the thing you grab with a hand. Stress on the first syllable.
- контролорkontrolorticket inspectorEnds in the Latin suffix -or, like the international word. The feminine is kontrolorka.
- цена вожњеcena vožnjefareLiterally "the price of the ride". Vožnja comes from voziti with the z softening to zh. Ijekavian: cijena vožnje.
- пренатрпанprenatrpanpackedTwo prefixes on trpati, "to stuff": pre- and na-. Feminine: prenatrpana.
- слободно местоslobodno mestofree seatSlobodan drops its fleeting a in the neuter: slobodno. Ekavian mesto; ijekavian mjesto.
- аутомат за картеautomat za karteticket machineZa plus the plural object form: karte. The machine itself is automat, no extra suffixes.
- кашњењеkašnjenjedelayFrom kasniti, with s turning into š and n into nj. Both the transport delay and your own lateness.
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How it sounds in a sentence
A word list is a blank. Conversation is made of sentences, and these are the ones the words fit into most often.
What is worth knowing about these words
аутобус (autobus) — bus. Through au, not av — Serbian reads every letter it writes: AU-to-bus. The spelling tells you exactly how to say it.
такси (taksi) — taxi. Unlike the English noun, it declines: čekam taksi — "I am waiting for a taxi", but idem taksijem — "I am going by taxi". The case does the work.
станица (stanica) — station. One word for the railway station and the bus stop; the adjective in front decides: železnička stanica, autobuska stanica.
стајалиште (stajalište) — stop. Stanica is the station; the place where a bus stands for a minute is stajalište, from stajati, "to stand".
Test yourself
First by ear — the way you will meet the word in conversation. Click the speaker and pick the translation.
- What is this word?
It is аутобус (autobus) — bus.
- What is this word?
It is контролор (kontrolor) — ticket inspector.
- What is this word?
It is такси (taksi) — taxi.
- What is this word?
It is цена вожње (cena vožnje) — fare.
- What is this word?
It is станица (stanica) — station.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “bus” in Serbian?
Through au, not av — Serbian reads every letter it writes: AU-to-bus. The spelling tells you exactly how to say it.
- How do you say “ticket inspector” in Serbian?
Ends in the Latin suffix -or, like the international word. The feminine is kontrolorka.
- How do you say “taxi” in Serbian?
Unlike the English noun, it declines: čekam taksi — "I am waiting for a taxi", but idem taksijem — "I am going by taxi". The case does the work.
- How do you say “fare” in Serbian?
Literally "the price of the ride". Vožnja comes from voziti with the z softening to zh. Ijekavian: cijena vožnje.
- How do you say “station” in Serbian?
One word for the railway station and the bus stop; the adjective in front decides: železnička stanica, autobuska stanica.
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Bus, metro, taxi, stop, station. These are words you need to recognize in writing — off a departure board and off a sign.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “bus” in Serbian?
«аутобус» (autobus), read “autobus”. Through au, not av — Serbian reads every letter it writes: AU-to-bus. The spelling tells you exactly how to say it. It is one of 13 words in the set “transport” — the rest are in the table above.
How many transport words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 13 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.
Is there audio?
Yes, 13 words on this page can be played — click the speaker next to the word. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.