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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Verb Biti in Serbian

Marina Biti in Serbian , Serbian language 365

Biti in Serbian

The verb "TO BE" in Serbian is something you should learn at the very beginning, because you'll need it not to express the most essential facts about yourself, but also because it is used as an auxiliary verb in the Simple Past tense.

That's why this post dedicated to the different conjugations, i.e. forms, of the verb to be can be useful both for the beginners and more advanced students.

A few short videos and exercises with the verb Biti in Serbian

Exercise 1

While watching this video say "This is a... These are ...s" using these structures:

Ovo je ... (+ nominative Sg)

Exercise 2:

Ovo su ...(+ nominative Pl)
Ovo je...(+ nominative Sg)

Exercise 3

While watching this video say what the photos are about (the locative case ) using the phrase: Ova slika je o... = This photo is about

Exercise 4

Using these full forms of the verb TO BE, give the positive and negative answers with

the full form of the verb to be:

Links to the previous posts about the verb Biti in Serbian

Verb Biti in Serbian - form and pronunciation
Verb Biti in Serbian - exercise
Serbian language exercise 1
Serbian language exercise 2

Saint Sava Holiday in Serbian

Marina Serbian holidays , St. Sava

Saint Sava Holiday in Serbia

Srećna slava Sveti Sava!

I wish you a happy St. Sava day with yet another version of the beautiful hymn dedicated to Saint Sava, sung by the Serbian men's choir "Kosovo" from Ohio.

While listening to this number, check out these useful links about this topic, shared on our blog in the course of the previous years:

Listening comprehension exercise
The lyrics of the song
An exercise based on the St. Sava hymn
a BBC video about St. Sava Slava (hvala D.)
About St. Sava by Istorijska Biblioteka site in Serbian
About Serbian Slava in English (hvala Baba Mimi)
About Serbian Orthodox faith in English

Christmas in Serbian

Marina Christmas in Serbian ,

Merry Christmas in Serbian

I am sure you are enjoying these festive days and moments with your family and friends, wherever you are! Let me wish you a peaceful and merry Christmas with this newest version of my favourite Christmas song "Oj Badnjače, Badnjače":

Learning more about Christmas in Serbian

I also want to share with you a list of great links which will help you learn more about Serbian tradition and Christmas in Serbian:

About Ortodox Chrismas
How to pronounce the greetings for Christmas in Serbian
Beautiful Christmas songs - Anđeli pevaju & Zvezda se zasja

Greetings in Serbian Pronounced

Marina Greetings in Serbian ,

Greetings in Serbian with Pronunciation

After trying to record the pronunciation for the basic Serbian lesson greetings with my computer running on Ubunty, it hasn't occurred to me to try switching to Windows. Once I did it, I saw how simple it was to make these little Quizlets even more useful!

Let's learn the greetings by simply listening to the pronunciation of the following words for saying hello and goodbye:

dobar dan - good afternoon

dobro veče - good evening

dobro jutro - good morning

kako ste? - how are You?

kako si? - how are you?

dobro, hvala! - well, thanks!

doviđenja - goodbye

ćao - hi / goodbye

zdravo - bye bye / goodbye

zdravo - hello

laku noć - good night

Exercises with Greetings in Serbian

Now, let's do a dictation!

Games with Greetings in Serbian

The aim of the first game is to connect the Serbian word or words with its English counterpart.

In the second game, which is real fun, you have to type the word in Serbian until its English translation reaches the end of the screen.... so the bigger the screen, the easier, haha!

Genitive in Serbian - Exercise with Adjectives

Marina genitive in Serbian ,

Genitive in Serbian

Let me announce a series of blog posts about the Genitive in Serbian with exercises. Theory can be easy to learn, but what's more difficult is to actually produce correct sentences and phrases.

That's why I want to encourage you to play with the Quizlets I make for you and keep saying the words in Serbian out loud, especially while playing the SpaceRace :)

Practising Genitive in Serbian

Here comes the answer key:

od čistog zlata - of pure gold
prljave šolje - (of a) dirty mug
od tamnog odela - of dark suit
od svetlih gradova - of light cities
prijatnih žena - (of) pleasant women
od neprijatane dece - (of) unpleasant children
širokog osmeha - (of) broad smile
iz uske ulice - out of narrow street
od visokog čoveka - from the tall man
od niske žene - from the short woman
iz lepog sela - from the beautiful village
od ružnih pasa - of ugly dogs
od pametnih - from smart friends
od glupih političara - from stupid politicians
od duge suknje - of the long skirt
kratkih rukava - (of) short sleeves
od vrednih ljudi - from hardworking people
od lenje dece - from lazy kids
od dobrih roditelja - of good parents
lošeg uticaja - (of) bad influence
jasnih uputstava - (of) clear directions
nejasnih misli - (of) unclear thought
omiljenih kolača - (of) favorite cookies
udobnog kreveta - (of) comfortable bed
prazne kese - (of) empty bag
pune šake - (of a) full hand
srećne žene - (of a) happy woman
prostranih soba - (of) spacious rooms
nesrećnih kolega - (of) unhappy colleagues
bogatog muža - (of a) rich husband

Test with Genitive in Serbian

So you can try to do the test now :)

Conjugations in Serbian - to Shave

Marina Conjugations , serbian conjugations

Why Conjugations of Brijati - To Shave

While I was watching RTS1 today I saw a very interesting and insightful story about a very old "brica", a barber who works in "berbernica". I looked it up on Youtube, but couldn't find it on RTS1 Channel. However, there was a similar story which can be turned in another interesting lesson at an upper-intermediate or advanced level.

How to use this video and introduce relevant verb conjugations?

As usual, it's always great to elicit the vocabulary based on watching the video, without the audio:

BRICA - barber
BRIJATI Present (brijem / brijes/ brije // brijemo / brijete/ briju) -to shave (impf)
BRIJATI Past (brijao / brijala / brijalo // brijali/ brijale/ brijala) - shaved (past)
BRIJANJE - shaving
OBRIJAN - shaved
OBRIJATI - to shave (perf)
IZBRIJATI/IZBRIJVATI/IZBRIJAVANJE - to clean shave
BERBERNICA
Collocations: brijati + bradu/glavu, savladati brijanje, brijanje glave/brade, ucenje brijanja, vezbanje brijanja, oblikovanje brade

Now, let's watch the video with audio this time and simply encircle the words, conjugations and collocations as you hear them.
The last step is vocabulary practice, which is soon to be uploaded onto Serbian School website with videos and exercises.

Short Serbian History - Part One

Marina Serbian History ,

This year I have discovered three real gems for learning Serbian at higher levels:

As I have already written about Naša Snajka and Državni Posao, let me introduce you to "Mala istorija Srbije" series which present Serbian tradition and history in a didactic and lively manner. For example, while watching the first episode you can learn:

until what time it is safe to greet someone saying "dobro jutro"
what "stalni gosti" usually drink
what "srpski političar" looks like
the connotation of the word "stoka"
who can save you on February 24th

Now, how can you learn Serbian while watching these videos?

At first turn off the audio and describe what's going on
When watching the video for the second time, do listen to it and ask as many questions as possible (of course, press pause in order to manage this!). So, the aim is to understand what's going on!
Retell the story using the phrases and vocabulary used by Milena, Lane, Vlasta, Vasić and Žika

Have fun!

Passive Participle Verb Form Exercises

Marina Passive in Serbian , Passive Participle

Passive Participle Verb Forms

The Passive Voice in Serbian is not that hard, but the main problem is the verb form called "trpni glagolski pridev", or passive participle in English. Although I have already written about it, it can be useful to mention how to form it:

*VERB STEM + -N/-NA/-NO // -NI/-NE/-NA

Example: NAPISA+TI --- napisaN, napisaNA, napisaNO // napisaNI, napisaNE, napisaNA (to write --- written)

*VERB STEM + -N/-NA/-NO // -NI/-NE/-NA

Example: NAPISA+TI --- napisaN, napisaNA, napisaNO // napisaNI, napisaNE, napisaNA (to write --- written)

*VERB STEM + -T/-TA/-TO // -TI/-TE/-TA

Example: PRODA+TI --- prodaT, prodaTA, prodaTO // prodaTI, prodaTE, prodaTA (to sell --- sold)

*VOICE CHANGES: in some cases with the verb stem ending in -e or -i:

NOSITI - NOŠEN
VIDETI - VIĐEN
RANITI - RANJEN

*ADDING an infix - V or -J between the stem and the passive suffix:

OBUTI - OBUVEN
ČUTI - ČUVEN
UBITI - UBIJEN
ISPITI - ISPIJEN

To exemplify all these changes and forms with real life examples, I am in constant search of good videos. Today I came across a very useful one which I want to share with you!

Video with Passive Participle

Passive Participle Verb Practice

You'll be able to practise the passive participle verb forms with the following exercises which are based on the verbs in the first four minutes of the video:

Past Tense Practice in Serbian

Marina Past tense , past tense in serbian

Past Tense Practice in Serbian

You can find lots of useful info on the Simple Past tense in Serbian in some of the previous posts on this blog. Today I'd like to share a cute song I found on Youtube - all you have to do is to listen to it carefully and add the past tense suffixes to the past tense and present tense verbs and a few suffixes with the nouns in plural.

Dlan_ _ _ ti puni snova
Osmeh boje izazova
Reci, kud si krenu_ _?
U srcu ti ceo svemir
U oč_ _ _ kriješ nemir
Snove si sakri_ _

Zvezd_ su u tvojoj kosi
Kao da te jesen pros_
Nikom neće da te da
Hoda_ lako kao vila
Gde si se do sada kri_ _
To me baš zanima

Samoj sebi već sam čudna
Svake noći ja sam budna
Šta se sa mnom desi_ _
Tvoji prst_ na gitari
I sve te lagane stvar_
Sviraj mi ponovo

Malo čežnje na tvom licu
Leptir slete_ na žicu
Nebo se osmehu_ _
Probaj sa mnom sne da deli_
Šapući mi sve što želiš
Niko nas ne čuje

Hajde da malo proba_ _
Baš to x3
Jagod_ s puno šlaga
Ti si mi tako draga
Pa nek ide sve
Do vraga

Hajde da malo krade_ _
Baš to x3
Osmeh od sladoleda
Noć ima ukus meda
Šta je iza tvog pogleda

Source and download via Youtube channel Vanja Grastić

If you are not sure about the meaning, I prepared a quiz with which you can learn the words, and later on you can try to sing the song :)

Let's learn the vocabulary:
Let's listen:
Let's play:

Serbian Language Tests - Accusative Plural

Marina Accusative in Serbian , Serbian language 365

There are so many different online tools for making tests, quizzes and fun video exercises and I think you noticed I like experimenting with them while creating various tasks for learning Serbian. Funnily enough, it takes time for some tools to develop and in the meantime, I completely forget about them. One of these is certainly Quizlet, which I joined three years ago, but haven't realized its potential until recently, thanks to my student, Paul! Hvala, Pavle :)

If you flicked through Serbian School website, you probably noticed that I started adding videos and Serbian language tests made with this tool. I even started making classes at different levels, to group the tests, so feel free to join in!

Let me see if I can share some of the tests on this blog as well! This particular exercise is a follow up of a video lesson explaining which phrases to use when shopping:

želeti = to want to
kupiti = to buy
videti = to see
želim da kupim = I want to buy
želim da vidim = I want to see

Kupiti/videti is followed by the Accusative (čaša - želim da vidim čašu), but in this exercise we practise asking general questions with the Plural noun form, in the Accusative. That's why the idea behind this exercise is for you to turn : I + want + buy + a glass into I want to buy glassES or in Serbian: JA + ŽELETI + KUPITI + ČAŠA into ŽELIM DA KUPIM ČAŠE

Sooooooo, let's give it a try! How well did you do it?

Serbian for Beginners - Let's Conjugate Together

Marina Accusative in Serbian , free Serbian lessons

Video with Verb Conjugations

This video is made for you to practise conjugating Serbian verbs in the Simple Present tense. For more advanced students, this video lesson can be also used for making sentences in the past or future tense or in the conditionals.

imati = to have
videti = to see
voleti = to like

together with nouns which denote:

places
plants and animals
colours
entertainment

Conjugations

Learn Serbian Really Quickly

Marina exercises in Serbian , Serbian for beginners

This is another fun exercise for real beginners in Serbian. I am sure it won't be difficult for you to figure out which words are missing :) Have fun!

For some help check out the previous posts with some grammar explanations for beginners in Serbian.

Active and Passive Voice in Serbian

Marina Listening comprehension , listening comprehension skills

Listen to this interesting story about Filip Vukša, a modest Belgrade hero, and try to do the following exercises dedicated to the verb forms in active and passive voice in Serbian.

a. Exercise 1 - filling in the gaps with the appropriate verb form in active voice.
b. Exercise 2 - turning the verbs which were in the active voice from into passive voice.

For some more exercises about the passive voice verb forms (trpni glagolski pridevi), here come two drills:
a. Lakša vežba
b. Teža vežba

Jesam or Sam in Serbian?

Marina how to learn Serbian , Learn Serbian online

After uploading a hundred of videos both from Serbian 101 and Serbian 102 course, and revising each of them, Ivan decided to help me with his 3D effects vidos. So far he's made 30 short videos with the verbs used in the course, in the present and past tense so far, but he plans to make 5 more each day.

I'll post some of them here on the blog, but for the complete version, refer to the Serbian101-102 course. Here comes its short description:

Serbian 101 &102 is perfect for absolute and false beginners in Serbian. It is organized in such a way that you can either follow it chronologically, or choose only the topics you are interested in. Each topic consists of an explanatory video lesson and then video exercises with links to follow-up quizzes with instant feedback.

There are more than 100 lessons making well over 10 hours of video lessons and exercises which take you from the very start to the pre-intermediate level, covering:

Tenses: Present Simple and Past Simple Tense
Cases: Nominative, Accusative, Instrumental and Locative
Modals: Can, Must
Pronouns: Personal and Possessive Pronouns
Adjectives: Possessive Adjectives and Noun-adjective Agreement
Numbers: Cardinal and Ordinal

as well as basic:

functions such as:
- Greetings
- Introductions
- Asking for Clarification/Explanation
- Asking about Directions
- Giving Directions
- Requesting
- Offering
- Expressing Likes and Dislikes
- Asking about Likes and Dislikes
situations such as:
- - Meeting People
  - Small Talk
  - In a Restaurant
  - Shopping
  - Arranging a Meeting
  - Talking about Family
  - Talking about Routines
  - Talking about your Life
vocabulary topics such as:
- Family members
- Numbers
- Food
- Souvenirs
- Places in a city
- Countries and Cities
- Means of transport
- Colours
- Jobs and occupations

Shift = Smena

Marina Serbian language 365 , serbian songs

Here comes an ancient song called "Za treću smenu" = "For (people working) night/third shift" by Djordje Balašević. I want to share it with you here because this version is easy to follow, especially with the lyrics in the proper Latin script (not the "ošišana verzija", which is commonly found on Youtube - guess not many people heard of this lovely SlovoMajstor remedy).

How to Help Serbia?

Marina floods in Serbia , Serbian language 365

How to spread the word about floods in Serbia?

How to help Serbia?

Thank you!
Hvala!

Large Numbers in Serbian

Marina free video lessons of Serbian , Serbian for beginners

If you are familiar with numbers in Serbian, here comes a new lesson from Serbian 102 course which is a bit more complicated. It is about how to pronounce large numbers.

If this simple exercise is too easy, watch this video survey about the year of the Battle of Kosovo and jot down all the numbers you hear:

Serbian Fun Expressions and Idioms

Marina Advanced Serbian , reading comprehension

In one of my more advanced Serbian lessons there came up a few expressions which I wanted to share with you today. I will copy-paste a part of the text about Jeremija, with whom you can learn Serbian from the very start. I'll list the tasks below this short excerpt:

Jeremija je bio veoma srećan tog jutra, jer je bio potpuno siguran da će dobiti povišicu na poslu. Njegov šef je u nekoliko navrata natuknuo Jeremiji da će od sledećeg meseca omastiti brk, kao i da je to potpuno zaslužio. Jeremija se pravio lud i uspešno se uzdržavao da ne vuče šefa za rukav i postavlja dodatna pitanja. Bio je svestan da sve što bude dobio jeste rezultat njegovog sopstvenog rada i da nije jednostavno palo s neba. Posebno mu je bilo milo što ovaj put nije morao da se kiti tuđim perjem. Njegova zasluga je bila očigledna. Kada je tog jutra stigao na posao i otvorio svoju kancelariju, imao je šta da vidi. Na stolu je stajao potpuno nov kompjuter i pored njega još noviji mobilni, a šef je sav sijao od sreće! "Šta sam ti rekao? Borio sam za tebe kao vučica... i izborio sam se! Najnoviji model? Hm? Šta kažeš?" Jeremija nije morao da se pretvara - na njegovom licu se videlo da su mu sve lađe potonule... Bio je 100% siguran da će dobiti veću platu, a sada mu je postalo jasno da je ostao kratkih rukava! Šta će mu sada Spomenka reći?

Right, now there are three tasks for you:

The easiest task: Can you find the synonyms for these words in the text:

drago
aludirao
apsolutno
pravi
narednog
jako
blesav
totalno
puta
shvatio
sasvim
samo

2. The more difficult task: which phrases and idioms mean:

down in the dumps/ in the doldrums
fight like a wolf
to be absolutely certain about something
keep asking for something
get a raise
take an advantage of something
to deck oneself in borrowed finery
to get the worst of a bargain/ to come away empty-handed

3. The most difficult task: what will Spomenka say to him when he arrives back home? Try to come up with a suitable idiom or expression. Let me help you with a few ideas, and you try to guess which ones are the most appropriate:

ko drugome jamu kopa sam u nju upada
svako nosi svoj krst
nema ti ravna
prvo skoči pa reci hop
nije zlato sve što sija
ko rano rani dve sreće grabi
doterao je cara do duvara
poklonu se u zube ne gleda

Easter in Serbian

Marina Easter , Happy Easter in Serbian

Happy Easter to all the followers of LearnSerbianBlog.com who are celebrating Uskrs today. Let me share with you the links to the useful info, songs and pronunciation of the greetings for Serbian Easter:

Pronunciation of the Easter greeting in Serbian
Easter Morning song
Video about Easter
This song dedicated to Uskrs (if it's invisible, try to switch to Firefox browser)

Advanced Serbian Lessons with Državni Posao

Marina Advanced Serbian , Listening comprehension

Very popular "Državni posao" series are perfect for highly advanced Serbian lessons. One can learn a lot of common Serbian phrases and expressions. The fun part is to detect mistakes made by famous Đorđe Čvarkov, Dragan Torbica and Boškić (e.g. "lapsitops" instead of "laptop" or "Jututu" instead of "Jutjub").

Let's watch just the first three minutes and try to do the following tasks:

Task 1: Tick the phrases you hear

Do juče se nisam brinuo
To je samo fol
Digneš narod na noge
Prazne duše
Bez i zrna energije, bez i zrna poleta
I ne bi se digli
Pogledajte šta nam rade
Za mnogo manje sitnice
Nikom ništa
Mož' misliti
Čime se ti baviš
Ukinuli seriju
To je neka mutna radnja
Ako nisu umešali prste
Imao (seriju) pa nemao
Nije to bilo koja serija
Neko će odgovarati
Nema milosti

Task 2: Even if you don't understand each and every word, can you understand what the problem is?

Task 3: After watching the first part (0:20 - 1:30 - I added the subtitles to make things easier), try to answer the following questions:

a. Da li je Dragan Torbica mislio da je ukidanje serije istina ili ne?
b. Da li Đorđe Čvarkov misli da je narod u depresiji, ili pun energije?
c. Koje reči je Boškić čuo kada je ušao u kancelariju?
d. Na koje tekuće probleme je Boškić mislio kada je pričao o "dizanju naroda"?
e. Ko se čudi Boškiću?
f. Ko objašnjava u čemu je problem i kojim rečima?

Serbian for Kids - Šuma blista, šuma peva

Marina Serbian for children , Serbian for kids

Additional slides on this topic in the Serbian Cyrillic script:

Suma from Gordana Janevska

New Serbian Lesson - HAPPY in Novi Sad

Marina Serbian language 365 , speaking drills in Serbian

If you have been in Novi Sad, I am sure you will enjoy doing this fun speaking/writing exercise which can be done along with Pharrell Williams' Happy [WE ARE FROM NOVI SAD] version:

You can make simple sentences when you recognize the places where the people are:

Ovo je autobus. On igra u autobusu.
Ovo je trg. On igra na trgu.
Ovo je kej. Oni igraju na keju....

The verbs you can use are as follows:

igrati/ plesati u/na + Loc = to dance (deca igraju na ulici)
nalaziti se + Loc= there is/are (oni se nalaze u parku)
prepoznati + Acc = to recognize (prepoznajem Frušku goru)
biti u/na + Loc = to be (bio/bila sam na ovom mestu)
videti + Acc = to see (vidim or video/videla sam tvrđavu)

The idea is not to stop the video while making these short sentences :)

Exercise with Instrumental Case in Serbian

Marina comprehension exercises , exercises in Serbian

If you enjoy learning Serbian with easy texts, here comes a very simple one, which is actually a part of Serbian 102 course:

Vocabulary you might need:

PUTOVATI - to travel

NA MORE - to the seaside

U ZAVISNOSTI OD - depending on

ODREDIŠTE - destination

IĆI - to go

A - and/but

NAJVIŠE VOLETI - to love most of all

ZATO ŠTO - because

ZAUSTAVITI SE - to stop

ZAŽELETI - to wish

SVE VREME - all the time

SVAĐATI SE - to argue

MENI - to me

MOM SUPRUGU - to my husband

POŠTO - because

MIRAN - peaceful

TRAJATI - to last

DUGO - long

Here comes the same text, but in the Cyrillic script:

Learning Montenegrin?

Marina listening comprehension skills , Montenegrin language

Regardless of the fact that if you learn Serbian, you will be able easily understand Croatian, Bosnian and recently Montenegrin, (so called BCS language) spoken in the region of ex Yugoslavia, I'm sure you'll appreciate to hear the different accents. Today, I chose this interesting story from a Montenegrin news Youtube channel about a musician physicist :) and transcribed it into Montenegrin/Serbian:

The follow-up exercise for this video can be received via Advanced Activator

Serbian Phrases through Songs

Marina Listening comprehension , reading comprehension

If you're learning Serbian, you'll surely need these commonly used phrases (on a daily basis LOL):

Ostaviti (nekoga) na miru = Leave (someone) alone (e.g. ostavi me na miru! = leave me alone)
Poludeću = I'll go crazy
Učiniću sve da + present tense = I'll do everything to...
Možda i grešim = maybe I'm mistaken
Samo nebo zna koliko + phrase = (only) heaven knows how much ...

Let's learn them while singing this oldie song by Oliver Mandić:

Tourism in Serbia in Serbian

Marina Advanced Serbian , Listening comprehension

While making a short video exercise based on one of our previous lessons I also came across this short video which can teach you a variety of common collocations connected with tourism and hospitality. Let's listen to the video and try to jot them down.

In case it's too fast, do watch my subtitles in Serbian, which will be integrated in the videos on this blog from now on :)

Talking about your childhood dreams in Serbian

Marina Listening comprehension , past tense in serbian

You may remember some of the funny Kefalica videos from my past posts. This time, the video is about "Kafana", which is combined with very nice story about what a pop singer wanted to become when she was a little girl. I added subtitles under her story in this video:

If you want to enjoy the whole story and hear what the kids are saying in between, do watch the video on Youtube.

Don't Miss Naša Snajka on Youtube

Marina Listening comprehension , Serbian holidays

Finally a great Youtube channel dedicated to teaching you both the Serbian language and customs :)

Besides English subtitles, you can also choose French, Italian, Russian, German and Spanish!!!

Please do support Naša Snajka by sharing her videos and liking her FB page with anyone interested in learning Serbian :)
Hvala, Martina!
*****
Edit: Here is the same video with the Serbian subtitles:

How to Use to Use in Serbian :)

Marina Serbian collocations , Serbian language 365

One of the ways to express that you "use" something or something is "useful" in Serbian is to learn all the speech parts of the verb #koristiti, which is connected with our previous post with Present Simple conjugations.

If you use it as a verb: KORISTITI, možete ga koristiti kroz različita vremena i oblike:

Present Simple conjugations: koristim- koristiš- koristi // koristimo-koristite-koriste (For example: Koji program koristiš za obradu slika? Koristim "Paint", ali mi se ne sviđa. Da li si video Miletove fotografije? On sigurno koristi nešto drugo!)
Radni glagolski pridev - the form used in Past Simple: koristio-koristila-koristilo//koristili-koristile-koristila (e.g. Ma i Mile je koristio "Paint", ali je išao na neki kurs gde su svi koristili "Korel", pa je i on naučio da radi u njemu... a i ja sa njim, tako da sada koristimo isti program.)
Trpni glagolski pridev - the form which equals the Past Participle in English, used either in the Passive or as an adjective: korišćen-korišćena-korišćeno//korišćeni-korišćene-korišćena (e.g. Šta je korišćeno pri izradi? ) as well as korišten-korištena-korišteno//korišteni-korištene-korištena
Always check this great Logos Conjugator when searching for Serbian verb conjugations!

If you use it as an adjective: KORIStAN. Here are a few examples

Ovaj savet je koristan = The advice is very useful.
Čuo sam veoma korisnu priču = I heard a very useful story:

If you use it as a noun: KORIST = benefit, or KORIŠĆENJE (upotreba) = use.

Here comes a list of clever thoughts (mudre misli) with this noun - check the link. Meni je najkorisnija i najzabavnija bila ova: (To me the most useful and funniest was this one)

Čovjeku koji je intelektualno viši od drugih, samoća pruža dvogubu korist; prvu, što je sam, i drugu, što nije s drugima :))))

Here are a few interesting common phrases and idioms with koristiti & korist:

Gde se dvojica svađaju, treći se koristi (verb=glagol) = two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it (similar to "zavadi pa vladaj" = divide and rule, which is more often used)
Izvući korist iz nečega = to turn sometning to good account (Moj prijatelj iz svake situacije izvuče korist )
Raditi u korist nečega =in favour of someone, to someone's benefit/advantage (Sud je doneo presudu u našu korist)

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