Listen and fill in the gaps:


Ti si divlja _________
Ti si ____________
_____________ cica maca 
sa oštrim ___________


Oko tebe 
_________, 
puder, 
__________, 
lak
Dior,________, Kuros
Ti si sveta smak


Izazivaš_________
Koketa si mrak
Namiguješ _______
Tebe želi svak


Kad te __________ takvu
Meni stane dah
Spremna si za napad
Ljubav je_________ dah


refren x2
________ samo tebe
Za tebe samo ______
Reci mi šta _______
Sve ću da ti ______


Hodaš kao __________
Gladna kao _________
Imaš duge __________
I fatalan __________


Ti si kao _________
Požar, ___________
Kad te gledam duže
Obuzme me bes


Ti si ___________ diva
Pravi ___________ hit
Svako ti se nudi
Postala si ___________


Ljut sam grizem ________
__________, znojim se
Ti si ____________ mora
Za tebe daću sve

A chorus makes one desire impossible to miss

Serbian commonly expresses “want to do” with a conjugated form of želeti followed by da and the present tense: Želim da idem, želiš da vidiš, žele da ostanu. The second verb agrees with the person who will perform the action.

When the desired item is a noun, da is unnecessary and the noun becomes the object: Želim kafu; On želi novu gitaru. In the song, first use rhyme and surrounding meaning to restore each blank, then notice which forms describe the woman and which reveal the singer’s reaction.

After želeti, the next verb stays personal

LatinicaЋирилицаEnglish
Želim da čujem refren još jedanput.Желим да чујем рефрен још једанпут.I want to hear the chorus once more.
Ona želi crveni ruž i srebrnu narukvicu.Она жели црвени руж и сребрну наруквицу.She wants red lipstick and a silver bracelet.
Da li želiš da zajedno proverimo stihove?Да ли желиш да заједно проверимо стихове?Do you want us to check the lyrics together?
Muzičari žele da uspore poslednju strofu.Музичари желе да успоре последњу строфу.The musicians want to slow down the final verse.
Ne želimo da pogodimo reč bez slušanja.Не желимо да погодимо реч без слушања.We do not want to guess the word without listening.

Recover the missing words from rhyme and sense

Complete the gaps once without the key. Next, rewrite four chorus lines from ja to mi; every form of želeti and every following present-tense verb must change with the new speaker.

  1. Complete: Ja ______ da pevam.
  2. Write Ona želi ruž in Cyrillic.
  3. Do we use da in Želim kafu?
  4. Change to plural: On želi da čuje.
  5. Translate Ne želim da čekam.

Change the singer and reshape every verb

  1. želim
  2. Она жели руж
  3. no
  4. Oni žele da čuju.
  5. I do not want to wait.

Sing the repaired chorus, then speak one unscripted wish before the music restarts. That small move carries the pattern from recognition into conversation.
Marina Petrović