Today we are practicing how to say where you are in Serbian with the following words: 



Places in City in Serbian

  1. BANK: Banka - u banci 
  2. CHURCH: Crkva - u crkvi 
  3. BUILDING: Zgrada - u zgradi
  4. GALLERY: Galerija - u galeriji 
  5. PHARMACY: Apoteka - u apoteci 
  6. MUSEUM: Muzej - u muzeju
  7. PARKING: Parking - na parkingu
  8. AERODROM: Aerodrom - na aerodromu 

Gde ste? Where are you?

Time to practice pronunciation


Serbian 102 - Locative Exercises


What happens to the noun after u and na

Your list shows the pattern beautifully: banka → u banci, apoteka → u apoteci, crkva → u crkvi. Feminine nouns take -i in the locative, and where the stem ends in k, g or h, that consonant softens to c, z or s. That is why it is u banci and not u banki — the same change gives knjiga → u knjizi and Amerika → u Americi.

Masculine and neuter nouns take -u: muzej → u muzeju, parking → na parkingu, aerodrom → na aerodromu. And the choice between u and na has to be learned with each place, since there is no rule that covers all of them.

Places in the city, in the locative

LatinicaЋирилицаEnglish
Sada sam u apoteci, kupujem lekove.Сада сам у апотеци, купујем лекове.I am in the pharmacy now, buying medicine.
Sastanak je u zgradi pored parka.Састанак је у згради поред парка.The meeting is in the building next to the park.
Čekamo prijatelje na aerodromu.Чекамо пријатеље на аеродрому.We are waiting for friends at the airport.
Izložba je u galeriji na Trgu.Изложба је у галерији на Тргу.The exhibition is in the gallery on the square.
Auto je ostao na parkingu iza pijace.Ауто је остао на паркингу иза пијаце.The car stayed in the car park behind the market.

Answer Gde ste? ten times

Say where you are ten times, each time in a different place from the list, and each time as a full sentence rather than a single word. Then say where you were yesterday. The ending is the same in both, which makes the past tense a free extra round of locative practice.

Where are you?

Answer each one with a full sentence in Serbian, watching the softened consonant where it appears. Latin, then Cyrillic.

  1. I am at the bank.
  2. She is in the museum.
  3. We are at the airport.
  4. They are in the church.
  5. The car is in the car park.
Answers for the locative exercise
EnglishLatinicaЋирилица
I am at the bank.U banci sam.У банци сам.
She is in the museum.Ona je u muzeju.Она је у музеју.
We are at the airport.Na aerodromu smo.На аеродрому смо.
They are in the church.Oni su u crkvi.Они су у цркви.
The car is in the car park.Auto je na parkingu.Ауто је на паркингу.