Where the final eggs were hiding
The hunt turns location into a real question: Where is the egg, and where is the prize now? After u or na answers gde, a noun normally takes the locative: u korpi, na polici, u dvorištu. Ova nagrada agrees with the feminine noun nagrada, while ovo jaje agrees with neuter jaje.
The unclaimed prizes also give useful result language: pobednik, osvojiti, pronaći and čestitke. Read the announcements as clues rather than as a list. Each sentence tells you who searched, what was found and where the reward went.
Rebuild the hunt with household objects
| Latinica | Ћирилица | English |
|---|---|---|
| Zlatno jaje je sakriveno u velikoj korpi. | Златно јаје је сакривено у великој корпи. | The golden egg is hidden in a large basket. |
| Ova nagrada ide najupornijoj takmičarki. | Ова награда иде најупорнијој такмичарки. | This prize goes to the most persistent female contestant. |
| Niko nije pronašao trag ispod stepenica. | Нико није пронашао траг испод степеница. | Nobody found the clue under the stairs. |
| Pobednici su odgovor snimili na srpskom. | Победници су одговор снимили на српском. | The winners recorded their answer in Serbian. |
| Čestitamo svima koji su učestvovali u potrazi! | Честитамо свима који су учествовали у потрази! | Congratulations to everyone who took part in the hunt! |
A prize ceremony in five clues
Hide a coloured object and give three Serbian clues, moving from broad to precise. Your partner must answer with a full location sentence, then announce the imaginary prize using Ova nagrada je…
- Complete: Jaje je u ______. (korpa)
- Change to plural: Ovo je nagrada.
- Translate: Nobody found the clue.
- Write pobednici in Cyrillic.
- Say: Congratulations to the winner!
The winners’ list decoded
- korpi
- Ovo su nagrade. / Ово су награде.
- Niko nije pronašao trag. / Нико није пронашао траг.
- победници
- Čestitamo pobedniku! / Честитамо победнику!
A good hiding-place game makes u, na and the locative useful before anyone has time to call them grammar.
Marina Petrović