Prvi deo


Drugi deo


Treći deo

A dream told in three doors

A story divided into three parts gives you a natural reason to predict. After each section, ask who wants something, what prevents it and which detail may change the outcome.

Narratives become easier when you collect time markers: prvo, zatim, odjednom, posle toga and na kraju. They hold the sequence together even when some vocabulary is unfamiliar.

Five moments between hope and reality

LatinicaЋирилицаEnglish
Godinama je sanjala da otputuje preko okeana.Годинама је сањала да отпутује преко океана.For years, she dreamed of travelling across the ocean.
Jednog jutra stiglo je neočekivano pismo.Једног јутра стигло је неочекивано писмо.One morning, an unexpected letter arrived.
Nije odmah poverovala dobrim vestima.Није одмах поверовала добрим вестима.She did not immediately believe the good news.
Na aerodromu je čvrsto držala staru fotografiju.На аеродрому је чврсто држала стару фотографију.At the airport, she held an old photograph tightly.
Na kraju se njen najvažniji san ostvario.На крају се њен најважнији сан остварио.In the end, her most important dream came true.

Predict the next part before opening it

Read only the first part and record a thirty-second prediction in Serbian. After the second part, keep one idea and reject another with mislila sam da…, ali….

  1. Translate ostvariti san.
  2. Complete: Jednog jutra ______ je pismo. (stići)
  3. Write neočekivano in Cyrillic.
  4. Place na kraju in a sentence.
  5. Retell the story in three verbs.

The three pieces finally connect

  1. to make a dream come true
  2. stiglo
  3. неочекивано
  4. Answers vary.
  5. Possible answer: sanjala je—stiglo je—ostvario se.

Close all three links and rebuild the sequence from five keywords; memory will reveal which scene needs another reading.
Marina Petrović