Mama, tata, baka and deka are small words with enormous personal stories behind them.
- I hope you are enjoying learning with my video lessons and doing the follow up tasks, such as these ones:
Today, I am sharing a brand new explanation with you and exercise from the course which focuses on vocabulary describing family and friends.
Here are all the links to the exercises covering this video lesson:
Five easy family sentences
| Latin script | Cyrillic script | English |
|---|---|---|
| Mama i tata žive u istom gradu. | Мама и тата живе у истом граду. | Mum and dad live in the same city. |
| Imam mlađeg brata. | Имам млађег брата. | I have a younger brother. |
| Deda nas vodi u park. | Деда нас води у парк. | Grandad takes us to the park. |
| Sestra mi je u drugom razredu. | Сестра ми је у другом разреду. | My sister is in second grade. |
| Cela porodica gleda film zajedno. | Цела породица гледа филм заједно. | The whole family is watching a film together. |
Hear the family words in the video first
Treat Super Easy Serbian - Family Vocabulary with Exercises as spoken language before analysing it on the page. Read or play the original once for the main message, return for the key forms, and finish by producing one sentence without looking.
The simplest family vocabulary
Family vocabulary becomes useful when it is combined with possession, age, place and everyday actions. Serbian also distinguishes several relationships more precisely than English, so learn each noun through a small personal sentence. In this particular lesson, use that principle to interpret the examples connected with Super Easy Serbian - Family Vocabulary with Exercises.
Talk about your own household
Select the sentence closest to your life and make it true for you. Add a reason or time expression, ask another person a related question, and answer it without reading. For this post, keep your final version connected with the situation in Super Easy Serbian - Family Vocabulary with Exercises.
Alternate scripts from row to row instead of treating Cyrillic as an optional extra. The aim is one Serbian sentence, one pronunciation and two equally readable written forms. Apply that script strategy to the vocabulary in Super Easy Serbian - Family Vocabulary with Exercises.
Check your Serbian: Super Easy Serbian - Family Vocabulary with Exercises
Reconstruct these examples from the English prompts. Mark any corrected ending or letter when you compare your Latin and Cyrillic answers with the key. Keep every answer connected with Super Easy Serbian - Family Vocabulary with Exercises.
- My parents are coming on Sunday.
- I am meeting his large family.
- Their grandson is learning Serbian.
- My friend has two sisters.
- The family eats lunch together.
Answers for the family vocabulary
- Moji roditelji dolaze u nedelju.
Моји родитељи долазе у недељу. - Upoznajem njegovu veliku porodicu.
Упознајем његову велику породицу. - Njihov unuk uči srpski.
Њихов унук учи српски. - Moja drugarica ima dve sestre.
Моја другарица има две сестре. - Porodica ruča zajedno.
Породица руча заједно.