Čovek čeka autobus.

The man is waiting for the bus.

Breakdown of Čovek čeka autobus.

• čekati: to wait for
• autobus: bus
• čovek: a man or human being

Questions & Answers about Čovek čeka autobus.

How do you pronounce Čovek čeka autobus?

A simple English-friendly pronunciation is:

• Čovek ≈ CHO-vek
• čeka ≈ CHE-ka
• autobus ≈ OW-to-boos

A few useful notes:

• č is like ch in chocolate
• e is usually like e in met
• Serbian spelling is very phonetic, so words are usually pronounced as written

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

CHO-vek CHE-ka OW-to-boos

What does čovek mean exactly?

Čovek means man or sometimes human being/person, depending on context.

In this sentence, it is usually understood as a man or the man.

Grammatically, čovek is:

• masculine
• singular
• in the nominative case, because it is the subject of the sentence

Why is there no word for a or the?

Serbian does not normally use articles like English a/an and the.

So Čovek čeka autobus can mean: