1. Flick through this World Traveller magazine in Serbian and tell me which places you would visit this summer and why (make sure you add a reason from this online booklet ). Use the  conditional patterns:

Kad bih mogao/mogla da biram, posetio/posetila bih Egipat, zato što želim da vidim piramide.

2. Find the following info:

Open an imaginary passport with bih

The travel frame Kad bih mogao or mogla da biram… lets the speaker imagine a choice. The main clause then uses another conditional: posetio bih or posetila bih. Both participles reveal gender.

For polite plural or formal you, use biste: Kad biste putovali… When the subject is they, use bi: Kad bi oni otišli… Keep the auxiliary attached to the correct person.

Five journeys that depend on one condition

LatinicaЋирилицаEnglish
Kad bih imala više vremena, obišla bih manastire Fruške gore.Кад бих имала више времена, обишла бих манастире Фрушке горе.If I had more time, I would visit the monasteries of Fruška Gora.
Da imamo veći budžet, putovali bismo vozom kroz Švajcarsku.Да имамо већи буџет, путовали бисмо возом кроз Швајцарску.If we had a larger budget, we would travel by train through Switzerland.
Kad biste posetili Rim, gde biste prvo otišli?Кад бисте посетили Рим, где бисте прво отишли?If you visited Rome, where would you go first?
On bi izabrao Egipat zbog drevnih hramova.Он би изабрао Египат због древних храмова.He would choose Egypt because of the ancient temples.
Da ne pada kiša, razgledale bi stari grad peške.Да не пада киша, разгледале би стари град пешке.If it were not raining, they would explore the old town on foot.

Let each destination demand a reason

Choose one destination from the magazine. Give a cultural reason, a practical condition and one obstacle, using three different conditional persons.

  1. Complete: Ja ______ putovala.
  2. Complete: Mi ______ posetili muzej.
  3. Female form of posetio bih?
  4. Write Kad biste mogli in Cyrillic.
  5. Translate: If they had a visa, they would travel.

The suitcase of conditional forms unpacked

  1. bih
  2. bismo
  3. posetila bih
  4. Кад бисте могли
  5. Da imaju vizu, putovali bi. / Да имају визу, путовали би.

A convincing imaginary trip needs more than a destination: make the Serbian condition explain why the journey can or cannot happen.
Marina Petrović