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:
Kad bih mogao/mogla da biram, posetio/posetila bih Egipat, zato što želim da vidim piramide.
2. Find the following info:
- Kad bi otišli na letovanje u Španiju, kada bi mogli da kupite markice za razglednice u pošti ?
- Da odete na letovanje u Egipat, u kom periodu ne bi mogli da promenite novac u menjačnici ?
- Kada bi putovali u Rim, da li bi Vam trebala viza ?
- Da odlučite da dođete u Srbiju, a ljubitelj ste dobrog vina, koja mesta bi vredelo posetiti ?
- Ako bi želeli da vidite Kraljevu vinariju u Srbiji, podignutu 1931. godine, u koje mesto bi se uputili?
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
| Latinica | Ћирилица | English |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Complete: Ja ______ putovala.
- Complete: Mi ______ posetili muzej.
- Female form of posetio bih?
- Write Kad biste mogli in Cyrillic.
- Translate: If they had a visa, they would travel.
The suitcase of conditional forms unpacked
- bih
- bismo
- posetila bih
- Кад бисте могли
- 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
