I have already written about a special relationship between adjectives and nouns in Serbian. Just to remind you, adjectives not only change according to Sg/Pl, but also according to gender and case. Therefore, I'll continue with my exercises for different categories. I hope Ivan will be willing to record the answers for you, when he comes back from school (I'll post the link here).
Adjectives + Singular Nouns in Nominative (from the previous post)
adjectives: LEP / JAK / VISOK / VELIK / SKUP
  1. ___________ knjiga. (book)
  2. ___________ momak. (young man)
  3. ___________ automobil. (car)
  4. ___________ nos. (nose)
  5. ___________ zgrada. (building)
  6. ___________ kuća. (house)
  7. ___________ sto. (table)
  8. ___________ torba. (bag)
  9. ___________ dete. (child)
  10. ___________ zrno. (grain)
Adjectives + Plural Nouns in Nominative:
adjectives: LEP / JAK / VISOK / VELIK / SKUP
(beautiful/strong/tall/big, large/expensive)
*Try to use all the adjectives that collocate with the nouns as follows:
For example: lepE / velikE / skupE knjigE:
  1. ___________ momCI.
  2. ___________ automobilI.
  3. ___________ nosEVI.
  4. ___________ zgradE.
  5. ___________ kućE.
  6. ___________ stoLOVI.
  7. ___________ torbE.
  8. ___________ deCA.
  9. ___________ zrnA.
  10. ___________ devojke. (young girls)
Audio answer (make sure you are logged in as a guest, if you want to hear the MP3 file)

Serbian adjectives follow the noun through gender, number and case without losing the quality they express. Begin with Topao vetar stiže sa juga.; its scene gives the new language somewhere concrete to stand.

Turn over a speaking bridge in how to use adjectives in serbian

Serbian adjectives follow the noun through gender, number and case without losing the quality they express. Compare the five examples for meaning before analysing their forms. In U daljini se vidi visoko brdo., identify the word that carries the central idea; then notice how the remaining words make its person, place or time precise.

Five sentences that belong only to how to use adjectives in serbian

LatinicaĆirilicaEnglish
Topao vetar stiže sa juga.Топао ветар стиже са југа.A warm wind is coming from the south.
Kupila je meku vunenu kapu.Купила је меку вунену капу.She bought a soft woollen hat.
U daljini se vidi visoko brdo.У даљини се види високо брдо.A high hill can be seen in the distance.
Razgovaramo sa mladim lekarima.Разговарамо са младим лекарима.We are talking with young doctors.
Na policama nema debelih knjiga.На полицама нема дебелих књига.There are no thick books on the shelves.

From Kupila je meku vunenu kapu. to independent speech

Read Na policama nema debelih knjiga. once as a statement with real intention. Next, change the subject or time phrase and repair every form affected by that choice. Finish by linking your new sentence to Kupila je meku vunenu kapu. in a two-line exchange that could genuinely happen.

A five-step challenge shaped by U daljini se vidi visoko brdo.

  1. Give the English meaning of Topao vetar stiže sa juga..
  2. Reconstruct in Serbian: “She bought a soft woollen hat.”
  3. Write U daljini se vidi visoko brdo. in Cyrillic.
  4. Change one grammatical detail in Razgovaramo sa mladim lekarima..
  5. Ask a natural question that could produce Na policama nema debelih knjiga. as an answer.

Answers waiting beyond Razgovaramo sa mladim lekarima.

  1. A warm wind is coming from the south.
  2. Kupila je meku vunenu kapu. / Купила је меку вунену капу.
  3. У даљини се види високо брдо.
  4. More than one answer is possible; all connected forms must remain in agreement.
  5. Questions vary, but the final Serbian sentence must answer them naturally.