| first | prvo |
| chapter | poglavlje |
| first chapter | prvo poglavlje |
| birth | rođenje |
| my (m -fem-neuter -pl) | moj - moja - moje - moji |
| my birth | moje rođenje |
| family (p) (Bosnia/Serbia) | porodica |
| my family | moja porodica |
| and | i |
| my birth and family | Moje rođenje i porodica |
| to run away | pobjeći |
| I run away | pobjegnem |
| to leave/part/go away | otići |
| I go away | odem |
| sea (neutr. Nom = Acc) | more |
| to /onto (+acc.) | na |
| to the sea | na more |
| I go to the sea | odem na more |
| I run away and go to the sea | pobjegnem I odem na more |
| friend | drug |
| school | škola |
| school- (adj) | školski |
| school friend | školski drug |
| (together) with + instrumental case | s |
| friend (instrumental case) | drugom |
| together with a school friend | s školskim drugom |
| I run away with a school friend | pobjegnem s školskim drugom |
| I run away with a school friend and go to the sea | pobjegnem s školskim drugom i odem na more |
| school- (adj) instrumental case | školskim |
| one (m-fem-neutr sg) | jedan - jedna -jedno |
| one school friend | jedan školski drug |
| one (instrumental case) (m/neutr - fem) | jednim - jednom |
| with one school friend | s jednim školskim drugom |
| year | godina |
| with. (Alternative form of s; used instead of s when the following word or group of words start with sibilants s, z, š or ž and before instrumental form of first-person pronoun ja) | sa |
| nine | devet |
| nineteen | devetnaest |
| with nineteen years | sa devetnaest godina |
| With nineteen years I run away with a school friend and I go to the sea | sa devetnaest godina pobjegnem s jednim školskim drugom i odem na more |
| ship | brod |
| to sink | potunuti |
| it sinks | potone |
| the ship sinks | brod potone |
| crew | posada |
| to land /disembark | iskrcati se |
| near /close (+gen) | blizu |
| near Yarmouth | blizu Yarmoutha |
| the crew disembarks near Yarmouth | posada se iskrca blizu Yarmoutha |
| is saved | spasi se |
| the crew is saved | posada se spasi |
| the crew is saved and disembarks near Yarmouth | posada se spasi i iskrca blizu Yarmoutha |