Here is a link to a lovely video clip of a choir singing an Easter song:

Uskršnje Jutro (Easter Morning)

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Uskršnje jutro kada se javi
Svakom na licu osmeh zablista.
Danas je praznik, danas se slavi
Dan vaskrsenja Isusa Hrista.

Šarena jaja na stolu stoje
U ispletenoj korpi od pruća.
Svako od nas će dobiti svoje
Ostaće jedno naš čuvar kuća.

Chorus (x2)
Pozdravimo Spasitelja
Njegova je bila želja
Da nas vodi ljubav, vera, nada.
Čovečanstvo neka celo
Isusovo sledi delo
Hristos Vaskrs!
Mir Božiji neka vlada!

Šarena jaja na stolu stoje
U ispletenoj korpi od pruća.
Svako od nas će dobiti svoje
Ostaće jedno naš čuvar kuća.

Pozdravimo Spasitelja
Njegova je bila želja
Da nas vodi ljubav, vera, nada.
Čovečanstvo neka celo
Isusovo sledi delo
Hristos Vaskrs!
Mir Božiji neka vlada!

Easter morning combines spring images with ritual greetings and verbs of gathering, carrying and sharing. Begin with Rano sunce pada preko crkvenog dvorišta.; its scene gives the new language somewhere concrete to stand.

Build around the hidden rhythm in uskrsnje jutro

Easter morning combines spring images with ritual greetings and verbs of gathering, carrying and sharing. Compare the five examples for meaning before analysing their forms. In Za stolom lomimo toplu pogaču., 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 uskrsnje jutro

LatinicaĆirilicaEnglish
Rano sunce pada preko crkvenog dvorišta.Рано сунце пада преко црквеног дворишта.The early sun falls across the churchyard.
Devojčica pažljivo nosi ukrašenu korpu.Девојчица пажљиво носи украшену корпу.The girl carefully carries a decorated basket.
Za stolom lomimo toplu pogaču.За столом ломимо топлу погачу.At the table we break the warm festive bread.
Prvo jaje čuvamo do sledeće godine.Прво јаје чувамо до следеће године.We keep the first egg until the following year.
Radosni glasovi bude uspavanu ulicu.Радосни гласови буде успавану улицу.Joyful voices wake the sleepy street.

From Devojčica pažljivo nosi ukrašenu korpu. to independent speech

Read Radosni glasovi bude uspavanu ulicu. 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 Devojčica pažljivo nosi ukrašenu korpu. in a two-line exchange that could genuinely happen.

A five-step challenge shaped by Za stolom lomimo toplu pogaču.

  1. Give the English meaning of Rano sunce pada preko crkvenog dvorišta..
  2. Reconstruct in Serbian: “The girl carefully carries a decorated basket.”
  3. Write Za stolom lomimo toplu pogaču. in Cyrillic.
  4. Change one grammatical detail in Prvo jaje čuvamo do sledeće godine..
  5. Ask a natural question that could produce Radosni glasovi bude uspavanu ulicu. as an answer.

Answers waiting beyond Prvo jaje čuvamo do sledeće godine.

  1. The early sun falls across the churchyard.
  2. Devojčica pažljivo nosi ukrašenu korpu. / Девојчица пажљиво носи украшену корпу.
  3. За столом ломимо топлу погачу.
  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.