Živim, živiš and žive turn one poster into a neighbourhood full of different Serbian speakers.

Serbian conjugations is essential for my students, so let me share one which can be downloaded and printed :)

Five Places Where People Live

Serbian Conjugation Posters - To Live is expanded here through Reading the verb živeti as a visual conjugation pattern. 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.

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 Serbian Conjugation Posters - To Live into language you can retrieve independently.

Let Živeti Live on the Poster

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 Serbian Conjugation Posters - To Live, so keep that context when you adapt it.

One Stem, Six Useful Forms

Latin scriptCyrillic scriptEnglish
Živim blizu Dunava.Живим близу Дунава.I live near the Danube.
Ti živiš u mirnoj ulici.Ти живиш у мирној улици.You live in a quiet street.
Milan živi iznad pekare.Милан живи изнад пекаре.Milan lives above the bakery.
Živimo između dva parka.Живимо између два парка.We live between two parks.
Moje tetke žive u inostranstvu.Моје тетке живе у иностранству.My aunts live abroad.

Recall the Conjugation from Memory

Translate each prompt as part of the situation explored in Serbian Conjugation Posters - To Live. Give the Latin and Cyrillic forms before comparing your work with the key.

  1. I live near the Danube.
  2. You live in a quiet street.
  3. Milan lives above the bakery.
  4. We live between two parks.
  5. My aunts live abroad.

Answers for Serbian Conjugation Posters - To Live

  1. Živim blizu Dunava.
    Живим близу Дунава.
  2. Ti živiš u mirnoj ulici.
    Ти живиш у мирној улици.
  3. Milan živi iznad pekare.
    Милан живи изнад пекаре.
  4. Živimo između dva parka.
    Живимо између два парка.
  5. Moje tetke žive u inostranstvu.
    Моје тетке живе у иностранству.