Serbian Adjective HAPPY

Conjugation of the Verb to Go to

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In our fun Serbian comics we can learn where people are, or where they were in the past. Today we are using the same case, the Locative case to express where we are in a house and after that we can also say what we are doing in the house.




Instead of a comic, I recorded a video for you, so you can practice saying simple sentences:

• Ovo je HODNIK. Ovo je Marko. Marko je u hodnikU. On ne radi ništa u hodniku.
• Ovo je KUHINJA. Ovo je Marko. Marko je u kuhinjI. On pravi doručak u kuhinji.

Today we are learning two simple phrases in Serbian:


For the pronunciation and additional exercises, check out my Patreon blog :)

Let's listen to this short piece of news and jot down the numbers you hear!







Many thanks to Kratke vesti portal for sharing the news on a regular basis!

Let's work on our sports vocabulary today :)

The Plural form in Serbian can be tricky. That's why I'd like to start with really easy Singular - Plural pairs for you to enjoy learning it :D


More examples:

Animals

• pingvin - pingvini (penguins)
• konj - konji (horses)
• jelen - jeleni (deer)

I have always enjoyed doing short tasks based on authentic news and fun texts. That is why I want to create and share with you the same kind of exercises based on daily news, both in the Latin alphabet and Cyrillic script. Today I'm sharing with you one of the common news section called "Dogodilo se na današnji dan" - "On this day in history" from KratkeVesti :)

 Cyrillic version Latin alphabet version

Odakle je ova lasta?

I am sure you are confident using the simple word "lep" thanks to the previous posts about adjectives in Serbian! You learnt that "lep" (beautiful) will change as follows:


Yes, the answers are as follows:

1. lepo
2. lepa
3. lep

The aim of the first two blog posts about the Serbian adjectives was to introduce you to the feminine/masculine change in adjectives in Singular:

1. GLADAN / GLADNA
2. SREĆAN / SREĆNA

Before watching the video try to figure out which words are missing in this short exercise:
Tramp brutalno odgurnuo Markovića

While in the previous simple Serbian cartoons we ppractised the prepositions followed by the Genitive:

1. Iz = From
2. Ispod / Iznad / Pored etc.

Serbian Genitive Task

I'm going to write the translations of these captions. Your task is to match them with colours :)

Boje (colours)  su: narandžasta (1), crvena (2), tamno plava (3), ljubičasta (4), tamno ljubičasta (5), zelena (6)

• a) My village is more beautiful than Paris (the preposition "than" in comparison always requires the Genitive case)
• b) This one with an umbrella is from London for sure (the preposition "from" requires the Genitive)
• c) If they are from Rome, we are from Paris!
• d) If this sun sees me, it must think I am from Paris!
• e) This little one (=a girl) is surely from Serbia!
• f) These postcards from Italy are funnier than the ones from France!

Giving Directions in Serbian

• Izvinite = excuse me (although izvinite can mean sorry as well)
• da li = the way to start "yes -no" question
• ovo = this
• put = way
• za = to
• aerodrom = airport (masc. sg.)
• ali = but
• na raskrsnici = at the crossroads
• skrenite = turn (formal, informal is "skreni") 
• desno = right 

Let me introduce you to one of my pets, a guinea pig called Beba. If it is a boy or a girl, you'll find out in our future lessons with it :)

The idea is for you to practice this short dialogue asking each other what you are having for breakfast:



a: Šta radiš = What are you doing?
b: Doručkujem = I'm having breakfast.
a: Šta doručkuješ? = What are you having for breakfast?
b: Doručkujem (travu) = I'm having grass for breakfast. (trava = grass)

For this, you'll need some knowledge about food & the accusative case. I'm sure this video will help:



Have fun!

If you mastered the word hungry: gladAN - gladNA, you are ready to deal with happiness :D



He is happy = On je srećan.
She is happy = Ona je srećna.
They are happy = Oni su srećni.

Now, for a more difficult task! How would you say the following phrases:

1. I am happy (said by a girl)
2. I am happy (said by a boy)
3. We are happy (for a boy and girl)

One of the frequent questions is how to translate Serbian "hteti" into English?

Hteti - Will or Want?

The simple truth is that the verb "hteti" can be translated into English in both ways, either will or want to, or even wish. The best way is to learn through some examples.

Želeti vs. Hteti

1. Hoćeš li mi  pomoći? Will you help me? (pure future ) - Hoću! Pomoći ću ti (Yes, I'll help you)
2. Hoćeš li prestati već jednom? Will you stop it once and for all? - Neću! (I won't)
3. Hoćeš li da mi pomogneš? Do you want to help me? (a bit stronger than "want") - Naravno! Of course! Svakako! Sure! 
4. Da li hoćeš da idemo u Beograd? Do you want us to go to Belgrade?
5. Želiš li da mi pomogneš? Do you wish/want to help me? (a bit more like "wish" than "want") - Kako da ne! Sure!
6. Šta želiš da ti kupim u Beogradu? What do you want me to buy you in Belgrade?

Accepting and Declining 

Many of my students have asked me to create a series of video lessons or similar teaching materials dedicated only to adjectives contrasting Masculine and Feminine forms. Here comes the first one in this series - something reeeeaaaaally simple:


Masculine Sg. of hungry>>> gladAn
Feminine Sg. of hungry >>> gladnA
Neuter Sg. of hungry >>> gladNo

Exercise with this photo lesson

1. Ko je gladan? Who is hungry?
2. On je gladan! He is hungry!
3. Ona je gladna! She is hungry!
4. Ja nisam gladan! I am not hungry!

Here comes a trick question: Da li sam JA dečko ili devojčica? Am I (JA in sentence 4) a boy or a girl?

If you really had fun learning Genitive yesterday, I'm sure you'll have a blast  today:


As you can see, there's a bunch of characters speaking to you in Serbian (written both in the Cyrillic and Latin alphabet :) Because they are talking about where they are right now, they are using (guess what?) the Genitive case. Now, I have a few tasks for you. Let's find out:

A. Who is saying what? = Ko šta kaže?

1. Sunce kaže: 
2. Majmun kaže:
3. Ptica kaže:
4. Dečko kaže:

Serbian Genitive with Sg. Feminine Nouns

Rešenje = Solution

What a lovely morning for such an easy Serbian Genitive photo lesson:
 
Dobro jutro iz sunčanog LondonA! Pogodite odakle šaljem pozdrave: ispod ili iznad mostA?

Добро јутро из сунчаног ЛондонА! Погодите одакле шаљем поздраве: испод или изнад мостА?

Good morning from sunny London! Guess where I am sending the greetings from: under or above the bridge?

Serbian Genitive with Masculine Singular

What do you want to do TODAY?
Šta želite da radite DANAS?

Today I am in Paris. I want to see the Mona Lisa.
DANAS sam u Parizu.  Želim da vidim Mona Lizu.

While in the previous lesson we noticed that the Locative Singular ending was only -i, it was like that simply because we were in places which are in Feminine Singular (U Moskvi, Aziji, Evropi, Budimpešti...)

However, today we are in having fun  in places which are Masculine Singular and that's why we add the suffix -u at the end of each place:

1. Ja sam danas u Parizu. = Danas sam u Parizu.
2. ...Beograd >>> Beogradu
3. ...Lisabon >>> Lisabonu
4. ... Sidnej >>> Sidneju
5. ... Niš >>> Nišu
6. ...muzej >>> muzeju
7. ... centar >>> centru 

Let's take a guess:

Is this my room?



To master this topic, check out the following video

Where are you today?

Today we are in Moscow. Moscow is in Russia. Russia is in Europe and Asia. Where are you today? Let's say this in Serbian! Latin Script Version

Danas smo u Moskvi :) Moskva je u Rusiji. Rusija je u Evropi i Aziji. Gde ste vi danas?

Cyrillic Script Version

Данас смо у Москви :) Москва је у Русији. Русија је у Европи и Азији. Где сте ви данас?

Let's practice the Locative in Serbian

• Moskva >>>Moskvi
• Rusija >>> Rusiji
• Azija >>> Aziji
• Evropa >>> Evropi
• Lima >>> ???
• Barselona >>> ???
• Budimpešta >>> ???
• zgrada (building) >>> ???

Let's play with fun photos and comics! All you have to do is ask simple questions:

1. Da li si u Serbiji? (Are you in Serbia?)
2. Da li čekaš da pređeš ulicu? (Are you waiting to cross the street?)
3. Da li je rasprodaja u prodavnici? (Is there a sale in the shop?)

• mama = mother
• tata = father
• sestra = sister
• brat = brother
• sin = son
• ćerka = daughter
• drug = close friend masc.
• drugarica = close friend fem.
• prijatelj = friend masc.
• prijateljica = friend fem.
• kolega =colleague masc.
• koleginica = colleague fem.

Here comes a brand new video based on an exercise with the modal verb MOĆI. Let's watch the video first, before doing a bunch of exercises:

Practicing Can with Language Games

Practicing Serbian Verb Moći with Flashcards

Testing your Knowledge of Serbian Verb Conjugations 

In today's lesson we will learn the following verbs

Perfective Aspect = Svršeni glagolski vid 

1. šutnuti = to kick
2. skočiti = to jump
3. potrčati / trčati = to run
4. povući = to pull
5. otvoriti = to open
6. gurnuti = to push
7. zatvoriti = to close
8. uhvatiti = to catch

Imperfective Aspect = Nesvršeni glagolski vid 

1. šutirati = to be kicking
2. skakati = to be jumping
3. trčati = to be running
4. povlačiti / vući = to be pulling
5. otvArati= to be opening
6. zatvAriti = to be closing
7. zatvArati= to be closing
8. hvatA = to be catching

We'll use them in the past tense.

Prošlo vreme, perfektni oblik = Past Simple Tense 

He kickED the ball - on je šutnuo loptu
he jumpED - on je skočio
he ran - on je potrčao
he pullED the box - on je povukao kutiju
he openED the door - on je otvorio vrata
he pushED the box - on je gurnuo kutiju
he closeD the door - on je zatvorio vrata
he caught the ball - on je uhvatio loptu

Click here for the full version.

As you can see each aspect has a different or slightly different form. That's why I am making the short videos with conjugations so you can hear and see the conjugations clearly. Let's focus on the fun task in front of us today, and in the following days you can expect me to focus more on the conjugations of the each verbs with fun exercises. Looking forward to getting your vocaroo.com stories in both aspects :)

In the course of the past ten years, there's been a lot of posts about Orthodox Easter. I covered different topics, from the greetings to video stories about it, songs and songs . However, I still haven't written about one of the kids' most favourite tradition: egg tapping or "kucanje jajima".

Ћирилични задатак: одслушајте видео и допуните празна места. Резултат је у коментару :)

1. Милица је добила ово јаје од ________ .
2. Милица има ________ година.
3. Милица је ________ у куцању ускршњим јајима.
4. Ово је ________ такмичење у куцању јаја.
5. Деца знају да код куће треба да направе ________ турнир.
6. Данас је било ________деце.
7. Све је протекло у ________ духу.

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Latinični zadatak: odslušajte video i dopunite prazna mesta. Rezultat je u komentaru :)

2. Milica je dobila ovo jaje od ________ . 
3. Milica ima ________ godina. 
4. Milica je ________ u kucanju uskršnjim jajima.
5. Ovo je ________ takmičenje u kucanju jaja.
6. Deca znaju da kod kuće treba da naprave ________ turnir.
7. Danas je bilo ________dece.
8. Sve je proteklo u ________ duhu.

Today I am sharing with you conjugations with the verb TO HAVE = IMATI + words in an office:

Present Simple of Verb to HAVE:

JA imam
TI imaš
ON-ONA-ONO ima
MI imamo
VI imate
ONI-ONE-ONA imaju

Nouns Following the Verb to Have

Feminine Sg:
1. stolica = chair
2. kanta = bin
3. biljka = plant
4. diploma = diploma
5. klima = air conditioning
6. slika = picture

Masculine Pl:
1. sto = table
2. kompjuter = computer
3. telefon = telephone
4. sertifikat = certificate
5. ormarić = filing cabinet
6. sat = clock

Speaking and Writing exercise

If you are curious as to why the final -a in the fem. sg. noun changes, do check the theory about the Accusative case. Even if you are not interested in the cases, after practising with this video lesson, you will be able to say and write these examples correctly.

If you would like to enjoy the full version with exercises such as this one with the verbs live and work, you are welcome to support my work on Patreon :)

p.s. You are enjoying these cute little animations, thanks to the consistent support of my five current Patrons!  Hvala im :)

In the verb conjugation series of videos, I just published a new video with a lot of examples how to use the verb TO WORK = raditi in the Present Tense.

Useful Vocabulary

In this lesson we are practicing the verb TO WORK in = raditi u ...

1. raditi = to work
2. škola = school
3. bolnica = hospital
4. prodavnica = shop
5. muzej = museum
6. pozorište = theatre
7. lekar = (medical) doctor
8. medicinska sestra = nurse

RADIM - RADIŠ - RADI // RADIMO - RADITE - RADE

To practice with a short story based on the verbs to go to, to live and to work, you're invited to follow Patreon blog! You can regularly access interactive surveys like this one:

... and get my feedback :)

While conducting a survey about your needs in learning Serbian, some of you mentioned that they would appreciate videos with authentic Serbian, spoken in everyday situations by ordinary people.

This video with a brand new  Serbian presidential candidate who is meeting the editorial team of a local newspaper is an excellent example of something like that. In it, Beli gets introduced with a lot of people, and you will be able to hear how ordinary people say "pleased to meet you".

1. Zdravo!
2. Ćao!
3. Dobar dan!
4. Dobro veče!
5. Ovo je ...
6. Dobrodošao!
7. Radujemo se tvojoj poseti
8. Radujem se Vašoj poseti
9. Drago mi je!
10. To su naše lektorke.
11. Bolje vas našao!
12. Kako ste Vi?
13. Kako si ti?
14. Hvala.
15. Kako ste?
16. Mnogo vam je lepo ovde.
17. Baš mi je drago.
18. Jeste dobri?
19. Jeste dobro?
20. Poštovanje!
21. Izvoli, dobrodošao!
22. Izvolte, dobrodošli!
23. Izvolite. 
24. Hoćete neku kafu?
25. Želite li kafu?
26. Šta želite da popijete?
27. Ne hvala.

Last time we practiced the verb to live. Today, we are learning the verb to go with the following video:


and a couple of exercises:

  

I have tried to make simple conjugation videos before, but was never satisfied with what they looked and sounded like. Last week, thanks to my dedicated patrons on Patreon and my students of Serbian whom I've been teaching for years, I was able to afford the first professional version of the software which I have always dreamt of.  HVALA!!!

How do you like my first pro conjugation video?



Now that I have all the tools, I am sure you'll all enjoy my short video lessons about:

1. verb conjugations in Serbian, both in the Cyrillic and Latin alphabet.
2. short video stories, based on the video with conjugations
3. short dialogues based on the texts and Serbian Phrases
4. videos explaining Serbian idioms
5. easy Serbian songs and chants for kids