The Butcher Shop
A butcher shop is mesnica. When stating you are going to the butcher shop, use the preposition u (in/into) with the accusative case (u mesnicu). To provide a reason or context for an action, you can use the phrase s obzirom na to da (considering that).
The person behind the counter is the butcher (mesar).
Veal, Beef, and Pork
The names for specific types of meat often end in -ina. Beef is junetina, pork is svinjetina, and veal is teletina. When buying a specific amount, such as a kilogram (kilogram), the noun that follows must be in the genitive case (junetine).
To express that a trait is "increasingly" something over time, use the word sve followed by a comparative adjective, such as sve skuplja (increasingly expensive).
Minced Meat and Steaks
The adjective for minced is mljeven. Because meat (meso) is a neuter noun, the adjective takes the neuter ending to become mljeveno meso.
A steak is odrezak. Remember that after the numbers two, three, and four, nouns take the genitive singular (paucal) form: dva odreska.
When referring to multiple steaks as the subject of a sentence, the plural form undergoes a consonant change, becoming odresci.
Ribs and Bacon
A rib is rebro. Because it is a neuter noun, its plural form ends in -a, making ribs rebra.
Another staple you can pick up at the butcher is bacon (slanina).
Slicing the Meat
When you need the butcher to slice your meat, use the verb narezati.
To specify what you want the meat sliced into, use the preposition na followed by the accusative case. For example, slicing veal into steaks is narezati teletinu na odreske.