Once you know the present tense of biti (to be), you can immediately start saying where people and objects are. This pre-intermediate Serbian lesson connects biti with the Locative case and the prepositions u (in) and na (at/on).
Saying where something is in Serbian
Over the years, I have published many Serbian lessons and grammar explanations on this blog, on my Serbian Lessons YouTube channel, on the Learn Serbian YouTube channel and elsewhere online, including SerbianLesson.com. One reason for starting 365 Days of Serbian Language was to connect and organise these materials.
Since the previous post covered the verb TO BE in the Simple Present tense, I think that all the students who are either at elementary and pre-intermediate level can easily learn to use the same form with the Locative case, saying where you are:
At the end of each video lesson, let's revisit some of the previous posts covering the same, or similar topic:
- Clothes + in the wardrobe (with the ancient video ) - you can practise it by muting the terrible audio and focusing on JE or SU (Sg. or Pl. ) + u ormanu (both ormaN and ormaR are accepted forms in the Serbian language) - check the clothes 1 and clothes 2 post
- Gapped exercise about the Locative (really ancient - I must add the new link to the exercise with an instant feedback and translation)
- Prepositions with the Locative / Genitive
- A beautiful "April u Beogradu" song