The clink of a cup and rustle of a menu create the perfect background for an A2 conversation about food.

Today's video lesson based on authentic listening material is all about food! Let's watch and listen to Miodrag Petrović Čkalja, one of the most famous Serbian actors in a short excerpt from Kamiondžije (always listed in top ten Serbian series).

The question is what was he eating = šta je jeo and why different cases in one sentence?


Exercise

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Taste the A2 Podcast Vocabulary

Podcast in Serbian Language - A2, Food is expanded here through Following an A2 food conversation from order to opinion. 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.

Five Food Lines for Careful Listening

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 Podcast in Serbian Language - A2, Food into language you can retrieve independently.

From Jelovnik to the Final Bill

Latin scriptCyrillic scriptEnglish
Za predjelo naručujem paradajz čorbu.За предјело наручујем парадајз чорбу.For a starter I order tomato soup.
Konobar preporučuje pastrmku sa krompirom.Конобар препоручује пастрмку са кромпиром.The waiter recommends trout with potatoes.
Moja prijateljica bira jelo bez mesa.Моја пријатељица бира јело без меса.My friend chooses a meat-free dish.
Molimo još jednu korpu svežeg hleba.Молимо још једну корпу свежег хлеба.We ask for another basket of fresh bread.
Na kraju delimo račun na tri dela.На крају делимо рачун на три дела.At the end we split the bill three ways.

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 Podcast in Serbian Language - A2, Food, so keep that context when you adapt it.

Order Your Own Meal in Serbian

Complete this active-recall test for Podcast in Serbian Language - A2, Food without copying the table. Accuracy of Serbian endings, Cyrillic letters and Latin diacritics all count.

  1. For a starter I order tomato soup.
  2. The waiter recommends trout with potatoes.
  3. My friend chooses a meat-free dish.
  4. We ask for another basket of fresh bread.
  5. At the end we split the bill three ways.

Answers for Podcast in Serbian Language - A2, Food

  1. Za predjelo naručujem paradajz čorbu.
    За предјело наручујем парадајз чорбу.
  2. Konobar preporučuje pastrmku sa krompirom.
    Конобар препоручује пастрмку са кромпиром.
  3. Moja prijateljica bira jelo bez mesa.
    Моја пријатељица бира јело без меса.
  4. Molimo još jednu korpu svežeg hleba.
    Молимо још једну корпу свежег хлеба.
  5. Na kraju delimo račun na tri dela.
    На крају делимо рачун на три дела.