Moja soba
1.10aRadimlja necropolis near Stolac
Lesson goals
Vocabulary
- Name soba, kuća, stan, vrata, and prozor
- Name krevet, sto, stolica, and lampa
- Use velik, mala, lijepa, and udoban for size and comfort
Grammar
- Use imam and imaš for have
- Match short adjectives to room words
- Reuse present-tense patterns from earlier lessons.
Culture
- Living above a café is a classic small-city arrangement
- Visit Stolac and Radimlja as a stone-house postcard from Herzegovina
Watch the companion video
Watch when you can, then come back for words, dialogue, and practice on this page.
How to speak Bosnian (YouTube). Companion video for Lesson 10
A room upstairs, and stone houses in Stolac
Ana’s new address is a simple one, a small soba above Amira’s café. The window looks over the street, and the door never quite keeps Mrvica out. Emir widens the idea of home with postcards from Stolac in Herzegovina. Stone houses climb below the old town walls there, and the Radimlja stećci necropolis sits in open light nearby. Ana starts her home vocabulary in one rented room, and Emir’s postcards remind her that people across Herzegovina have lived in stone houses on this land for a very long time.
Lesson vocabulary
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Grammar
Imam / imaš
Imati means to have. Learn imam for I have and imaš for you have. Say Imam sobu. Say Imam krevet. Ask Imaš lampu? Add the object right after the verb, no extra words needed.
- Imam sobu.: I have a room.
- Imam krevet.: I have a bed.
- Imaš sto?: Do you have a table?
Moja soba
Soba is feminine, so moja soba is the natural pairing. Use it with short descriptions. Say Moja soba je mala. Say Moja soba je lijepa.
- Moja soba je mala.: My room is small.
- Moja soba je lijepa.: My room is beautiful.
Adjective agreement intro
Match the adjective shape to the noun you see. Feminine soba and kuća often take -a forms such as mala and lijepa. Masculine prozor and krevet take forms like velik and udoban. Learn the pairs by ear for now, and save the full agreement rules for later.
- Prozor je velik.: The window is big.
- Krevet je udoban.: The bed is comfortable.
- Kuća je lijepa.: The house is beautiful.
Say again
Warm up with four lines you already know.
- Želim jabuku, molim.: I want an apple, please.
- Koliko košta?: How much does it cost?
- Hvala!: Thank you!
- Volim burek.: I love burek.
Lesson A. Name the room
Walk the space and name what you see. Learn soba, vrata, prozor, krevet, sto, stolica, and lampa. Add kuća and stan for the wider home map. Ana touches each object and says the word twice. Emir refuses English escape hatches. If you live above a café, you still need Bosnian for the furniture.
- Soba is a room. Stan is an apartment. Kuća is a house.
- Point and name before you make long sentences
Match home words
Match Bosnian to English.
Lesson B. Imam and short descriptions
Build short ownership sentences. Say Imam sobu. Say Imam krevet. Say Moja soba je mala. Say Prozor je velik. Say Krevet je udoban. Ana hangs a tiny Livno cheese postcard next to a Stolac photo, then discovers Mrvica already claimed the pillow. Ownership is a spectrum.
- Keep Imam, Moja soba je, and short adjective endings ready
- Match mala and lijepa to feminine soba and kuća
Iznad kafića
Ana’s room above Amira’s. Soft street noise, one suitcase, one judgmental cat.
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Speak Check listens to your recording and sends back short tips.
Speak Check listens to your recording and sends back short tips.
Practice
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Write I have a room (object form).
Hint: Imam sobu
Write My room is small.
Hint: Moja soba je…
Write The window is big.
Hint: Prozor je…
Write The bed is comfortable.
Hint: Krevet je…
Write Do you have a table?
Hint: Imaš…
Write the word for chair.
Hint: sto-
Write The house is beautiful.
Hint: Kuća je…
Write I have a lamp (object with -u).
Hint: Imam lampu
Fun facts
Upstairs from the kahva
Living above a café is a practical city pattern in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The commute is short, the coffee smell is strong, and neighbors already know your order. Ana’s soba above Amira’s puts her inside that everyday arrangement. Home vocabulary in this lesson starts in a real upstairs room rather than a textbook floor plan.
Stećci near Stolac
Radimlja near Stolac is one of Herzegovina’s clearest outdoor history classrooms. Medieval stećci tombstones stand in open light among stone-house country. Emir uses the place as a postcard that widens Ana’s idea of home beyond one rented room. When you learn soba and kuća today, Stolac reminds you that home also has deep local roots.
Stan vs kuća
Bosnian separates apartment living from house living with clear everyday words. Stan means apartment, and kuća means house. Ana has a soba, a room, inside Amira’s world either way. Keep the three terms straight so you can describe where someone actually lives.
Cat property law
Mrvica follows a simple property rule. If she sits on a pillow, the pillow has a new owner. Ana can claim the room with imam, but the cat still claims the soft furniture. In this lesson, home vocabulary includes negotiating space with one very confident mačka.
Čuj Bosnu. Living-room furniture words
Hear furniture and room vocabulary from the How to speak Bosnian channel.
Speaker · How to speak Bosnian · Home / living room · focus ~45-90 seconds
Watch & listen
How to speak Bosnian on YouTube (YouTube Terms of Service (embed))
Listen for furniture names you can point to in Ana’s room.
Press play on the video above. After you have listened, show the gist question.
Bosnia today
Return and property claims are still unfinished
Housing return after the war remains an unfinished national task in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced from their homes. Annex 7 of the Dayton Peace Agreement promised the right to return and reclaim property, but many restitution cases, damaged apartments, and contested ownership claims stayed unresolved for years. Even now, some families are still waiting for permanent housing solutions that the peace settlement said should arrive much sooner.
Wikipedia. Annex 7 of the Dayton Agreement
Practice game
True or false. Room talk
Mark each sentence true or false for this lesson.
Imam means I have.
Moja soba is a natural feminine pairing.
Kuća means window.
Stolac appears as a Herzegovina postcard place.
Quick review
A few words from this lesson, plus ones you missed before. Flip the card, then mark how it went.
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More resources
- How to speak Bosnian (YouTube). Companion video for Lesson 10
- How to speak Bosnian. Living room furniture. Extra furniture listening
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- Book 1 curriculum. See all lessons
Lesson quiz
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Lesson 10 section quiz
1. What does soba mean?
2. Imam krevet means…
3. Which phrase fits a feminine room?
4. Prozor means…
5. Stolac / Radimlja appears as…
6. Ana says her room is…
7. Which word means chair?
8. Krevet je udoban means…
9. The furniture listen resource helps you…
