To Go, Eat, Drink Conjugations

  • Kako se kaže TO GO na srpskom? Kaže se IĆI 
  • Kako se kaže TO EAT na srpskom? Kaže se JESTI
  • Kako se kaže TO DRINK na srpskom? Kaže se PITI


    • Let's see how we can use these three verbs in three different tenses in Serbian:


    Exercise with Serbian Verb Conjugations TO GO, EAT, DRINK


    Examples with Serbian Verb Conjugations TO GO, EAT, DRINK


    DANAS

    JUČE

    SUTRA

    IĆI 

    - Sada idem u prodavnicu.


    - Mama i ja obično idemo u bioskop petkom.

    - Išla sam u prodavnicu juče.


    - Išao sam sa mamom u bioskop prošlog petka.

    		- Ja ću ići u školu sutra u 8 ujutro.

    - Deca u Kanadi će ići u školu od septembra. 

    JESTI

    		 - Šta radiš sada? Jedem burek.A ti?
    - Sada ne jedem. I ja isto jedem burek, ali samo vikendom. 

    - Jeo sam juče burek. 

    - Juče sam jela picu. 

    		- Ja ću jesti sarmu sutra. 

    - Ješćemo sarmu sutra. 

    - Sutra ćete jesti sarmu.
    PITI- Hoćeš nešto da popiješ? Ne hvala, upravo pijem Fantu. 
    - Ljudi u Srbiji piju puno vode.    		- Pili smo mleko kad smo bili deca. 

    - Nisam pio mleko već šest godina.     		- Popiću kaficu kad stignem kući. 
     



     

    Three irregular verbs you cannot avoid

    Ići, jesti and piti are among the first verbs a learner needs and all three are irregular, which is bad luck but also good news: you meet them so often that the forms settle quickly. Notice that the stem changes and the infinitive is no guide — ići gives idem, jesti gives jedem, piti gives pijem.

    In the past tense all three behave regularly again, using the -o / -la / -lo participle with the auxiliary: išao sam, jela sam, pili smo. And for the future you keep the infinitive: ići ću, ješću, piću.

    Ići, jesti, piti across three tenses

    LatinicaЋирилицаEnglish
    Svakog jutra idem pešice na posao.Сваког јутра идем пешице на посао.Every morning I walk to work.
    Juče smo jeli ribu kod reke.Јуче смо јели рибу код реке.Yesterday we ate fish by the river.
    Piću kafu posle ručka.Пићу кафу после ручка.I will have coffee after lunch.
    Deca ne jedu dovoljno voća.Деца не једу довољно воћа.The children do not eat enough fruit.
    Kuda ideš u nedelju uveče?Куда идеш у недељу увече?Where are you going on Sunday evening?

    One verb, three times

    Take each verb and say one sentence in the present, one in the past and one in the future, about your own day. Three sentences per verb, nine in total. Doing it in that order — always present, past, future — is what stops you learning one tense and freezing there.

    Conjugation practice

    Translate these sentences and mark which tense each one uses before you check yourself. Both scripts, please.

    1. We are going to the market.
    2. She drank tea in the morning.
    3. I will eat later.
    4. Do you eat meat?
    5. They went to the cinema.
    Answers for the three verbs
    EnglishLatinicaЋирилица
    We are going to the market.Idemo na pijacu.Идемо на пијацу.
    She drank tea in the morning.Ona je pila čaj ujutru.Она је пила чај ујутру.
    I will eat later.Ješću kasnije.Јешћу касније.
    Do you eat meat?Da li jedeš meso?Да ли једеш месо?
    They went to the cinema.Oni su išli u bioskop.Они су ишли у биоскоп.