A direct object enters the scene whenever someone sees a friend, buys a book or visits a new city.
While adding new chapters and lessons to 5 Minute Serbian course 1, I started planning the next course which will be entirely dedicated to the verbs and prepositions which require a noun/pronoun in the Accusative case.Let me show one of these videos with which you can practice:
- Present / past tense of the following verbs: videti, tražiti, naći, uzeti (to see, to look for, to find, to take): deca vide / deca su videla - deca traže / deca su tražila - deca su našla ... - deca su uzela
- The Accusative with Sg. Masc of inanimate and animate category (brodić - vidim brodić, pas - vidim psa)
- The Accusative with Sg. Fem (lopta - tražim loptu)
See the Destination and the Direct Object
Five Minute Serbian - Course 2, Dedicated to Accusative is expanded here through Recognising what the Serbian accusative is doing. Start with the original post, then use the new material to notice form, meaning and the situation in which a Serbian speaker would naturally choose it.
| Latin script | Cyrillic script | English |
|---|---|---|
| Vidim staru tvrđavu sa mosta. | Видим стару тврђаву са моста. | I can see the old fortress from the bridge. |
| Nosimo domaću pitu prijateljima. | Носимо домаћу питу пријатељима. | We are taking homemade pie to our friends. |
| Sutra posećujem novu biblioteku. | Сутра посећујем нову библиотеку. | Tomorrow I am visiting the new library. |
| Petar kupuje veliki kišobran. | Петар купује велики кишобран. | Petar is buying a large umbrella. |
| Vodim mlađu sestru na predstavu. | Водим млађу сестру на представу. | I am taking my younger sister to a performance. |
An Accusative Lesson in Five Focused Minutes
Read these five sentences horizontally to compare Latin, Cyrillic and English. Then read only the Serbian columns vertically. Every example belongs specifically to the subject of Five Minute Serbian - Course 2, Dedicated to Accusative, so keep that context when you adapt it.
Five New Accusative Moves
For active practice, change one meaningful detail in each model while preserving the target structure. Say the altered line aloud, write it in the other Serbian script and explain what changed. This turns the focus of Five Minute Serbian - Course 2, Dedicated to Accusative into language you can retrieve independently.
Finish with the Correct Ending
Use these English cues to produce the Serbian practised in Five Minute Serbian - Course 2, Dedicated to Accusative. Supply both scripts, then read every checked answer aloud.
- I can see the old fortress from the bridge.
- We are taking homemade pie to our friends.
- Tomorrow I am visiting the new library.
- Petar is buying a large umbrella.
- I am taking my younger sister to a performance.
Answers for Five Minute Serbian - Course 2, Dedicated to Accusative
- Vidim staru tvrđavu sa mosta.
Видим стару тврђаву са моста. - Nosimo domaću pitu prijateljima.
Носимо домаћу питу пријатељима. - Sutra posećujem novu biblioteku.
Сутра посећујем нову библиотеку. - Petar kupuje veliki kišobran.
Петар купује велики кишобран. - Vodim mlađu sestru na predstavu.
Водим млађу сестру на представу.