Listen carefully to this cartoon and try to guess what the following words mean:
1. oluja
2. munja
3. grom
4. idiom "ko me je vukao za jezik" ?
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What's the plural of
5. munja ?
6. grom ?
Thunder, lightning and one talkative idiom
Oluja is a storm, munja lightning and grom thunder. The plurals are oluje, munje and gromovi; the expanded masculine ending in gromovi is worth hearing as a complete word.
Ko me je vukao za jezik? literally asks who pulled my tongue, but means “Why did I have to say that?” or “Who made me speak?” It often follows an unfortunate revelation.
Five cartoon reactions to bad weather
| Latinica | Ћирилица | English |
|---|---|---|
| Munja je osvetlila celo dvorište. | Муња је осветлила цело двориште. | Lightning lit up the entire yard. |
| Posle nekoliko sekundi začuo se snažan grom. | После неколико секунди зачуо се снажан гром. | A powerful clap of thunder was heard a few seconds later. |
| Junaci su se sakrili čim je počela oluja. | Јунаци су се сакрили чим је почела олуја. | The heroes hid as soon as the storm began. |
| Nisam hteo da otkrijem tajnu, ali vukli su me za jezik. | Нисам хтео да откријем тајну, али вукли су ме за језик. | I did not want to reveal the secret, but they drew me out. |
| Na nebu su se ukrstile dve blistave munje. | На небу су се укрстиле две блиставе муње. | Two brilliant bolts of lightning crossed in the sky. |
Do not let the characters pull your tongue
Pause before the idiom and predict what secret the character may reveal. Afterwards, retell the consequence with zato što.
- Plural of munja?
- Plural of grom?
- Translate oluja.
- Write vukao me je za jezik in Cyrillic.
- Complete: Čuo se snažan ______.
The storm vocabulary settles
- munje
- gromovi
- storm
- вукао ме је за језик
- grom
Wait for the flash, then the sound: munja and grom are easier to separate when their real-world order guides the words.
Marina Petrović