Bedeutung
Cleaning kitchenware.
Kultureller Hintergrund
Washing dishes by hand is still very common in Serbia, even in households with dishwashers, as many believe the machine doesn't clean as well as a human. A guest offering to wash dishes is a standard polite gesture. The host's refusal is equally standard. It's a social ritual of mutual respect. In student 'domovi' (dorms), the sink is a communal area where 'pranje sudova' becomes a social event or a source of conflict. In villages, 'sudovi' might refer to large metal cauldrons used for making ajvar or rakija, which require heavy-duty scrubbing.
Aspect Matters
Use 'prati' for the activity and 'oprati' when you want to emphasize that the job is done.
Not for Clothes
Never say 'prati sudove' for laundry. Use 'prati veš'.
Bedeutung
Cleaning kitchenware.
Aspect Matters
Use 'prati' for the activity and 'oprati' when you want to emphasize that the job is done.
Not for Clothes
Never say 'prati sudove' for laundry. Use 'prati veš'.
The Guest Rule
If you want to impress a Serbian host, offer to wash the dishes. They will say no, but they will love you for it.
Teste dich selbst
Fill in the correct form of the verb 'prati' in the present tense.
Ja ______ sudove u kuhinji.
The first person singular of 'prati' is 'perem'.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
Choose the correct way to say 'He washed the dishes'.
'Oprao' is the masculine past tense, and 'sudove' is the correct accusative plural.
Match the Serbian phrase with its English meaning.
Match the following:
Each phrase uses 'prati' but with a different object.
Complete the dialogue between two roommates.
A: Ko će danas da ______ sudove? B: Ja ću, ti si juče kuvao.
After 'da', we use the present tense form 'pere' for the third person (or infinitive in some dialects, but 'da pere' is standard).
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Visuelle Lernhilfen
Things you 'Prati'
Kitchen
- • Sudove
- • Tanjire
- • Čaše
Body
- • Kosu
- • Ruke
- • Noge
Objects
- • Auto
- • Prozore
- • Veš
Aufgabensammlung
4 AufgabenJa ______ sudove u kuhinji.
The first person singular of 'prati' is 'perem'.
Choose the correct way to say 'He washed the dishes'.
'Oprao' is the masculine past tense, and 'sudove' is the correct accusative plural.
Ordne jedem Element links seinen Partner rechts zu:
Each phrase uses 'prati' but with a different object.
A: Ko će danas da ______ sudove? B: Ja ću, ti si juče kuvao.
After 'da', we use the present tense form 'pere' for the third person (or infinitive in some dialects, but 'da pere' is standard).
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Häufig gestellte Fragen
10 FragenYes, but 'perem sudove' is more common as it covers everything (plates, cups, pots).
It is neutral. You can use it with your boss or your best friend.
It is 'mašina za sudove' or sometimes 'sudomašina'.
'Sudovi' is plural and very common in speech. 'Posuđe' is a collective noun and sounds slightly more formal.
It is an irregular verb conjugation pattern common in Slavic languages.
Yes, 'prati auto' is perfectly correct.
In Serbian, you don't 'do' them, you 'wash' them: 'Perem sudove'.
Not a specific word, but people might say 'rešavam sudoperu' (I'm solving the sink).
You would say 'oprao sam čašu'.
Yes, increasingly so in modern households, though traditional roles still exist in some areas.
Verwandte Redewendungen
Prati veš
similarTo wash laundry
Brisati sudove
builds onTo dry the dishes
Spremati kuhinju
specialized formTo clean/tidy the kitchen
Mašina za sudove
specialized formDishwasher
