In Montenegro, official language is Montenegrin (very similar to Serbian language).
Many experts say, that our language is not easy to learn, but that language is very “rich” and beautiful. We will help you to learn some basic words and phrases. Anyway, very soon, you will discover how our language is nice and interesting.
Maybe next time when you arrive in Montenegro, you will make your first order in some restaurant on Montenegrin language, why not.
Letters
Montenegrin language has 32 letters: 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u and sometimes as a vowel letter r can be used) and 27 consonants.
In Montenegrin phonetic every letter is pronounced exactly in the way that it is written (it does not change depending on the neighbouring letters)
- A
- B
- C
- Č
- Ć
- D
- Dž
- Đ
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- Lj
- M
- N
- Nj
- O
- P
- R
- S
- Š
- Ś
- T
- U
- V
- Z
- Ž
- Ź
Numbers
- 1 - jedan
- 2 - dva
- 3 - tri
- 4 - četiri
- 5 - pet
- 6 - šest
- 7 - sedam
- 8 - osam
- 9 - devet
- 10 - deset
- 11 - jedanaest
- 12 - dvanaest
- 13 - trinaest
- 14 - četrnaest
- 15 - petnaest
- 16 - šesnaest
- 17 - sedamnaest
- 18 - osamnast
- 19 - dvetnaest
- 20 - dvadeset
- 21 - dvadeset jedan
- 22 - dvadeset dva
- 30 - trideset
- 31 - trideset jedan
- 40 - četrdeset
- 50 - pedeset
- 60 - šezdeset
- 70 - sedamdeset
- 80 - osamdeset
- 90 - devedeset
- 100 - sto
Time expressions
- Juče – Yesterday
- Danas – Today
- Sjutra – Tomorrow
- Noćas (Večeras) – Tonight
- Sinoć – Last night
- Ujutro – In the morning
- Popodne – In the afternoon
- Uveče – In the evening
- U podne – At noon
- U ponoć – At midnight
- U zoru – At dawn
- Prije dva dana – Two days ago
- U toku dana – During the day
- Za dva dana – In two days
- Sjutra ujutro – tomorrow morning
- Sjutra veče – tomorrow evening
- Juče ujutro – Yestrday morning
- Sinoć – Last night
Days in a week
- Ponedjeljak – Monday
- Utorak – Tuesday
- Srijeda – Wednesday
- Četvrtak – Thursday
- Petak – Friday
- Subota – Saturday
- Nedjalja – Sunday
Months in a year
- Januar – January
- Februar – February
- Mart – March
- April – April
- Maj – May
- Jun – June
- Jul – July
- Avgust – August
- Septembar – September
- Oktobar – October
- Novembar – November
- Decembar – December
Seasons of the year
- Proljeće – Spring
- Ljeto – Summer
- Jesen – Autumn / Fall
- Zima – Winter