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Monday, July 12, 2021

Serbian 701 - Epizoda 2

 Ako vam se svidela prva lekcija kursa Serbian 701, vreme je da nastavimo dalje. Hajde da odgledamo drugu epizodu bez slušanja i pretpostavimo šta se dešava i o čemu pričaju :)


Serbian 701 uz Državni posao

Opisati šta PRETPOSTAVLJAŠ da se dešava na samom kraju i šta jedni drugom kažu

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Na samom KRAJU vidimo Boškića i Čvarkova koji sede u kancelariji. 

Serbian 701 - vežbe uz drugu epizodu

Odgovoriti na specifična pitanja o tekstu


  1. Ko se sve nalazi u kancelariji?

  2. Ko hoće da ode sa posla ranije?

  3. Kako njegov šef reaguje na to?

  4. Zašto Boškić mora da ode sa posla ranije?

  5. Zašto mu šef to dozvoljava?

  6. Koga Čvarkov pozdravlja?

  7. Da li se Boškić zahvaljuje šefu?


Serbian 701 - vežbamo redosled reči



Thursday, May 27, 2021

Serbian 501 - Listening Comprehension

Lazy City can be a great source of teaching materials for learning Serbian. If you are at higher levels of Serbian, I am sure you will enjoy watching the first episode of "Lenji grad" with Stefani and her friends and doing exercises I prepared for you :)

Serbian 501 - Listening Comprehension 


Serbian 501 - Listening Comprehension - Word Order Exercises 

Let's practice word order in Serbian - postaviti pravilna pitanja i odgovoriti na njih:

  
 Drugi deo 

Tuesday, February 02, 2021

Serbian 701 - Redosled reči u pitanjima

 Ako ste na naprednom nivou učenja srpskog, sigurno već uživate prateći vesti iz Srbije i čitajući knjige na srpskom. Danas želim da podelim sa vama jedan zabavan video intervju sa sve popularnijom spisateljicom Lanom. 


Kada odslušate video, pokušajte da uradite vežbu redosleda reči (word order exercise) odgovorite na sledeća pitanja

Monday, December 14, 2020

Serbian 301 - Word Order with SE




From the very first lesson, one gets to learn that funny "se" in the sentence: "Zovem se... " (My name is...). Often times it doesn't mean anything, or simply isn't translated into English. That's why you need to do a lot of exercises to get accustomed to this form. 

Serbian 301 - Word Order with SE

Let's start with the first exercise where you simply need to say how much these sentences are true for you. Try using the following phrases:

  • Takođe
  • Isto
  • Ponekad
  • Uglavnom 
  • Nikada 


Exercise with Word Order with SE

Now, that you are familiar with these sentences, you can easily do the following exercise - putting the words in order. Have fun!


Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Serbian 201 - Zvati SE in Past Tense

In the previous post we practiced the phrase "what's your name" or "how are you called" = "kako se zoveš" in Present Tense. Today we are practicing the same phrase but in the past tense with the family vocabulary :)

Zvati se in Past Tense - MATCH



Learning Zvati se in Past  



Test with zvati se in Past


Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Word Order with Past Tense of To Be

If you liked the video and the follow-up exercises I recently published, it's time for you to do revise it and practice pronunciation:





Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Word Order in Serbian - Negation in Present, Part 1.3

If you are following the Word Order in Serbian series of blog posts, you surely remember that the first one was about simple verbs (not -se verbs) in the Present Simple tense. This time, I'll cover the same set of sentences in the same tense, but with their negative forms:

One word verb: NE pevati (not sing)Present tense OF "I sing / I'm singing."

Subject (S) + predicate (P)
  • Ne pevam. N
  • Ja ne pevam
  • Ti igraš, a ja ne pevam. N 
  • Ti ne igraš i ja ne pevam. N 
  • Profesor je čuo kako ne pevam i dao mi je jedinicu ! N
  • Priznajem da ne znam da pevam. N
S + P +  direct object (dO)
  • Ne pevam pesmu. N
  • Ja ne pevam pesmu.
  • Vidiš li  da ne pevam tu pesmu ?  N
  • Svi čuju da ja ne pevam pesmu. 

S  + P + dO + adverb of time (AoT)

  • Ne pevam pesmu svaki dan. N
  • Svaki dan ne pevam pesmu.
  • Moji profesori svaki dan vide kada ne uradim domaći. N

    S + P + dO + AoT + AoP (adverb of place)

    • Ne pevam pesmu svaki dan  kod kuće.  N
    • Ne pevam pesmu kod kuće svaki dan. N
    • Svaki dan ne pevam pesmu kod kuće. N
    • Kod kuće obično ne pevam pesmu. N
    • Moje komšije ponekad ne čuju kada kod kuće pevam pesmu. N
    • Moje komšije obično ne čuju kada  pevam pesmu kod kuće. N
    • Moje komšije ne igraju uz iks-boks dok ja pevam pesme kod kuće svaki dan. N

    I admit that this was pretty boring, but it's good to have lots of similar examples in one place :) I promise the next part with questions, short answers and negations will be real fun !

    Thursday, September 12, 2013

    Word Order in Serbian - Part 5

    This part is preparing you to practise word order with the words with the reflexive/impersonal pronoun "se". This time I've chosen only the verbs which are widely used when you talking about important life phases, so all the sentences in the videos will be in the Simple Past:
    • roditi se = to be born
    • školovati se = to be schooled
    • upisati se (u školu / na fakultet) = to enrol (a school / university)
    • zaposliti se = to start working / to get a job
    • preseliti se = to move (to another city / country)
    • kvalifikovati se (za) = to get qualified (for)
    • venčati se = to get married
    After practising telling a story about yourself with these phrases:

    ...you can try to do the similar one based on my false biography, so you have to make all the sentences in the exercise negative :)

    Thursday, September 05, 2013

    Word Order in Serbian - Part 4.5

    Now that you've learnt the introductory song by heart (napamet), you are ready for more examples with the word order of the sentences with reflexive or impersonal "se". This time I'll cover the word order in the Simple Present tense with all three forms, affirmative, negative and questions. So, let's start :

    Reflexive -se: oblačiti se  (to get dressed) Present tense of OBLAČITI SE is :


    Affirmative sentences : Subject (S) + predicate (P)

    • Oblačim se. N
    • Ja se  oblačim. 
    • Ti se igraš, a ja se oblačim. N 
    • Sedi i gledaj TV dok se ja oblačim. N 
    • Komšije su videle kako se (ja) oblačim u kuhinji. N 
    • Priznajem da se oblačim u kuhinji. N

    Negations: Subject (S) + NE + predicate (P)
    • Ne oblačim se. N
    • Ja se ne  oblačim. 
    • Ti se ne igraš, a ja se ne oblačim. N 
    • Sedi i gledaj TV dok se ja ne oblačem. N 
    • Tvrdila sam da se ne oblačim u kuhinji. N 
    • Priznajem da se ne oblačim u kuhinji. N

    Questions: Subject (S) +  predicate (P)
    • Da li se oblačiš ? N
    • Da li se ti oblačiš ? 
    • Oblačiš li se
    • Jel' se oblačiš ? N
    • Kada se oblačiš ? N
    • Kada se ti oblačiš ? N

    S + P + AoT(adverb of time) + AoP (adverb of place)

    • Oblačim se svaki dan u kuhinji. N
    • Svaki dan se oblačim u kuhinji. N
    • (I'm not listing all the other combinations as they are not neutral)
    • Moje komšije su čule da se oblačim u kuhinji svaki dan. N
    • Moje komšije su čule da se svaki dan oblačim u kuhinji. N
    • (I'm not listing all the other combinations as they are not neutral)

    Wednesday, August 28, 2013

    Word Order with "se" in Serbian

    Here comes a gentle introduction to the fourth part of the series of blog posts about the word order in Serbian. Why introduction in the middle of the story ? Because I'm about to write about the verbs with (reflexive) -se: "vratiti se " = "to come back", for example.

    Listen to this beautiful song and try to figure out which word is missing in the following lines:


    Od Banata prema Sremu nisko oblaci,
    noć __ spustila, pa ___ ne vidi...
    samo moje misli po ravnici putuju -
    ja ih pošaljem al ___ vraćaju...
    A ti, a ti ___ nećeš vratiti....
    To je bilo davno, pa ___  niko ne seća -
    rode nestale jednog proleća...
    vratiće __ , kažu ljudi, ove godine...
    ove godine il dogodine...
    A ti, a ti ___ nećeš vratiti....

    REFREN:
    Ravno, nigde brda, sve je ravno - ravno mi je sve,
    jer u tvome srcu već odavno drugi stanuje...
    Ej,kad bi znala ti...(kad bi samo znala ti)
    koliko trebaš mi!

    Hajde noći tiho, tiše, sitni tonovi,
    da ____  nikome to ne ponovi...
    bruje zice, srce trne, grom te pogodi-
    to ___  dogodi il ne (__) dogodi....
    A ti na belom perju zaspi mi...

    REFREN

    Tuesday, August 20, 2013

    Word Order in Serbian - Future Tense

    This is the third part of the series of  blog posts about the word order or  "red reči" in a Serbian sentence. I covered the word order in the present tense and past tense and today's topic is the future tense. If you find the letter  N next to the sentence, it means that it is the most neutral / natural sounding sentence:





    One word verb: pevati (to sing)

    Future tense of PEVATI (to sing):   "I'll sing."

    Subject (S) + predicate (P)

    • Pevaću. N
    • Ja ću pevati
    • Ti ćeš igrati, a ja ću pevati. N 
    • Sedećeš i slušaćeš, a ja ću pevati. N 
    • Prijatelji su čuli kako ću pevati na koncertu. N 
    • Priznajem da ću  pevati na koncertu. N

    S + P +  direct object (dO)
    • Pevaću pesmu. N
    • Ja ću pevati  pesmu.
    • Čuće oni kako ću im otpevati  pesmu.  N (im= njima= to them, indirect object)
    • Svi su čuli da ću  pevati tu pesmu. N

    S  + P + dO + adverb of time (AoT)

    • Pevaću pesme svaki dan. N
    • Svaki dan ću pevati pesmu. N
    • Moji prijatelji su pitali kada ću pevati pesmu sledeći put. N

    S + P + dO + AoT + AoP (adverb of place)
    • Pevaću  pesmu svaki dan  kod kuće.  N
    • Pevaću pesmu kod kuće svaki dan. n
    • Svaki dan ću pevati pesmu kod kuće. N
    • Kod kuće svaki dan ću pevati pesmu. 
    • Moje komšije će sutra čuti zašto ću kod kuće pevati pesmu. N
    • Moje komšije će čuti zašto ću  pevati pesmu za nedelju dana kod kuće. N
    • Moje komšije će igrati uz iks-boks dok ću ja pevati pesme uz xbox kod kuće za nedelju dana. N

    Wednesday, August 14, 2013

    Word order in Serbian Sentences in the Simple Past

    In one of the previous blog posts about the "red reči" in a Serbian sentence, I covered the word order in the present tense and it's time to talk about the past simple. Don't forget that the letter  N is used for the most neutral / natural sounding sentence:

    One word verb: pevati (to sing)

    Past tense OF "I sang / I was singing."

    Subject (S) + predicate (P)

    • Pevao / pevala sam. N
    • Ja sam pevao/pevala
    • Ti si igrao, a ja sam pevala. N 
    • Ti si igrao i ja sam pevala. N 
    • Komšije su čule kako sam pevala. N
    • Priznajem da sam pevala. N






















    S + P +  direct object (dO)
    • Pevala sam pesmu. N
    • Ja sam pevala pesmu.
    • (not neutral, but rather poetic word order would be: Pesmu sam pevala / Ja sam pesmu pevala. / pesmu pevala sam ja (reminded me of "zaboravio sam jutros pesmu jednu ja" - watch the video)
    • Čuješ da sam otpevala  pesmu.  N
    • Svi su čuli da sam pevala pesmu. 

    S  + P + dO + adverb of time (AoT)

    • Pevala sam pesmu svaki dan. N
    • Svaki dan sam pevala pesmu. N
    • Moji prijatelji su juče čuli kada sam pevala pesmu. N


      S + P + dO + AoT + AoP (adverb of place)
      • Pevala sam  pesmu svaki dan  kod kuće.  N
      • Pevala sam pesmu kod kuće svaki dan. N
      • Svaki dan sam pevala pesmu kod kuće. N
      • Kod kuće svaki dan sam pevala pesmu. N
      • Moje komšije su juče čule kada sam kod kuće pevala pesmu. N
      • Moje komšije su čule  kada sam  pevala pesmu pre nedelju dana kod kuće. N
      • Moje komšije su igrale uz iks-boks dok sam pevala pesme kod kuće pre nedelju dana. N

      Monday, August 12, 2013

      Word order in Serbian

      Although there's this widespread view (uvreženo mišljenje) that the word order in Serbian is "free", in order to form sentences which sound natural, there are lots of rules to follow... which doesn't make it free at all ! But don't panic! The more you listen  to the Serbian language, the easier it'll be for you to make sentences in the most natural way. Learning the set of rules, can only inhibit you if you don't learn / listen to the target language on a daily basis. That's why I'll simply give you lots of examples with different verb patterns through different tenses, but today I'll just focus on the Simple Present  affirmative in simple and compound sentences. I'll add the letter N for the most neutral / natural sounding sentence:

      One word verb: pevati (to sing)

      Present tense OF "I sing / I'm singing."

      Subject (S) + predicate (P)

      • Pevam. N
      • Ja pevam
      • Ti igraš, a ja pevam. N 
      • Ti igraš i ja pevam. N 
      • Komšije su čule kako pevam. N
      • Priznajem da pevam. N
      S + P +  direct object (dO)
      • Pevam pesmu. N
      • Ja pevam pesmu.
      • (not neutral, but rather poetic word order would be: Pesmu pevam / Ja pesmu pevam. / pesmu pevam ja - I'll skip adding all these specific / emphasis based but not commonly used word orders in the future and stick with N(neutral) and OK (when I don't add any comment))
      • Čuješ da pevam pesmu.  N
      • Svi čuju da ja pevam pesmu. 

      S  + P + dO + adverb of time (AoT)

      • Pevam pesmu svaki dan. N
      • Svaki dan pevam pesmu. N
      • Moji prijatelji svaki dan čuju kada pevam pesme. N


        S + P + dO + AoT + AoP (adverb of place)
        • Pevam pesmu svaki dan  kod kuće.  N
        • Pevam pesmu kod kuće svaki dan. N
        • Svaki dan pevam pesmu kod kuće. N
        • Kod kuće svaki dan pevam pesmu. N
        • Moje komšije svaki dan čuju kada kod kuće pevam pesmu. N
        • Moje komšije svaki dan čuju kada  pevam pesmu kod kuće. N
        • Moje komšije igraju uz iks-boks dok ja pevam pesme kod kuće svaki dan. N

        Friday, February 12, 2010

        Adverbs, Adjectives and Nouns in Serbian - Word Order

        The Serbian language has fairly free word order because of its numerous suffixes for various categories. Let's see how to rephrase the sentences from the post on Adjectives and Nouns introducing an Adverb 'zaista', which means ''really''.

        Formula:
        This + BE + (article which doesn't exist in Serbian) really + Adj + Noun
        Noun + BE + really + Adj

        adjectives: LEP / JAK / VISOK / VELIK / SKUP
        a.
        Ovo je zaista lepa knjiga = Ovo je lepa knjiga zaista = Zaista ovo je lepa knjiga = Zaista lepa je knjiga ovo.*

        b. Knjiga je
        zaista lepa = Knjiga je lepa zaista = Zaista knjiga je lepa = Zaista lepa je knjiga.*
        *less common word orders
        1. ___________ momak. (young man)
        2. ___________ automobil. (car)
        3. ___________ nos. (nose)
        4. ___________ zgrada. (building)
        5. ___________ kuća. (house)
        6. ___________ sto. (table)
        7. ___________ torba. (bag)
        8. ___________ dete. (child)
        9. ___________ zrno. (grain)

        Thursday, January 15, 2009

        Let's practise asking questions in Serbian

        Advanced Serbian - Srpski kao drugi jezik

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