Ti si __________ (good), ti si ________ (gentle)
Ja trebam nježnost, tebi _________ snaga (need)
Ti si ____________ (quiet), ti si ________ (alone)
Ti sigurnost _________ (need), meni treba dom
O kako __________ (well) bi nam bilo mila
Kad svakog časa sa _________ (with me) ti bi bila
Jer _______ (your) ljubav __________ (never) ne bi dala
Da krivim putem krene život _________ (my)
Ne _______ biti tvoj, ne _______ biti tvoj (can)
Sve sto _________ dati vec sam dao njoj (can)
___ _______ biti tvoj, ___ _________ biti tvoj (can't)
I srce svakog dana bije isti boj.
Ne mogu biti _______, ne mogu biti _______ (yours)
Davno sam se dao __________ sreći zloj (my)
Ne mogu _______ tvoj, ne mogu _______ tvoj (to be)
Ja pripadaću ____________ samo ženi toj (always)
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For the complete conjugation of the Serbian verb "can" = moći, visit this link in the Cyrillic or this one in Latin script.
Moći changes its stem but keeps its promise
The present forms are mogu, možeš, može, možemo, možete, mogu. The first-person singular and third-person plural are identical, so the subject or context resolves the meaning.
Negation joins the verb: ne mogu, ne možeš, ne može. In conditional meaning, mogao or mogla bih expresses what someone could do under imagined circumstances.
Five abilities and limits outside the song
| Latinica | Ћирилица | English |
|---|---|---|
| Mogu da završim ovu knjigu do petka. | Могу да завршим ову књигу до петка. | I can finish this book by Friday. |
| Možeš li da podigneš tešku kutiju? | Можеш ли да подигнеш тешку кутију? | Can you lift the heavy box? |
| Bez mape ne možemo da pronađemo skriveni put. | Без мапе не можемо да пронађемо скривени пут. | Without a map, we cannot find the hidden path. |
| Moja baka još može da ispriča svaku porodičnu priču. | Моја бака још може да исприча сваку породичну причу. | My grandmother can still tell every family story. |
| Kad bih imao alat, mogao bih da popravim bicikl. | Кад бих имао алат, могао бих да поправим бицикл. | If I had the tools, I could repair the bicycle. |
Test each form against its subject
Say the six present forms as a rhythm, but immediately attach a different action to each. This prevents mogu from becoming an empty chant.
- Complete: Ja ______ da dođem.
- Complete: Vi ______ da sačekate.
- Make negative: Ona može.
- Female conditional of moći?
- Write ne možemo in Cyrillic.
What the singer can and cannot give
- mogu
- možete
- Ona ne može.
- mogla bih
- не можемо
Return to the line Ne mogu biti tvoj and hear how grammar carries the refusal before the rest of the sentence arrives.
Marina Petrović