Are the words "koga, kome & kim" the same as who?

In the previous post about Question words in Serbian, I covered just the main bunch of questions, such as ko, šta, gde, kada, zašto, kako, čiji, koliko. Today we are focusing only on WHO and its many forms. To understand and start using them correctly, you'll need to practice them in context first.

Serbian WHO through cases

1. KO  - who
2. KOGA - of whom
3. KOME - to whom
4. KOGA - whom
5. SA KIM - with whom
6. O KOME - about whom

Translation of Various Who Forms

• KO UČI SRPSKI? - Who is learning Serbian?
• KO JE UČIO SRPSKI? - Who was learning Serbian?
• KO ĆE UČITI SRPSKI? - Who will learn Serbian?
• KOGA SE PLAŠIŠ? - Who are you afraid of?
• KOGA SMO SE PLAŠILI? - Who were we afraid of?
• KOGA ĆEMO SE PLAŠITI? - Who will we be afraid of?
• KOME ODGOVARATE? - Who are you answering to?
• KOME SMO ODGOVORILI? - Who did we answer to?
• KOME ĆEMO ODGOVORITI? - Who will we answer?
• KOGA VIDIŠ? -Who do you see?
• KOGA STE VIDELI? - Who did you see?
• KOGA ĆETE VIDETI? - Who will you see?
• SA KIM IDEŠ NA MORE? - Who are you going to the seaside with?
• SA KIM SI IŠAO NA MORE? - Who did you go / were you going to the seaside?
• SA KIM ĆEŠ IĆI NA MORE? - Who will you go / will you be going to the seaside with?
• O KOME PRIČAŠ? - Who are you talking about?
• O KOME SI PRIČALA? - Who did you talk / were you talking about?
• O KOME ĆEŠ PRIČATI?  - Who will you talk about?

Exercises with Who: ko - koga - kome - sa kim - o kome

MATCH igrica

Question Words in Serbian

The first one is going to be an easy one, with the basic questions such as:

1. KAD - When?
2. ZAŠTO - Why?
3. ŠTA - What?
4. KOJI - Which?
5. KO - Who?
6. KOLIKO DUGO - How long?
7. KOLIKO ČESTO - How often?
8. KAKO - How?
9. GDE - Where?
10. ODAKLE - Where from?
11. KUDA - Where to?
12. KOLIKO - How much/ many? 
13. ČIJI - WHOSE?

Exercises with Question Words in Serbian 

FLASHCARDS with Serbian Question Words

 Let me share with you one lesson from the brand new Serbian Phrases course I've been working on. As you can see from the table of contents, it covers a lot of phrases used in various situations:

Serbian Phrases - Table of Contents

General phrases in Serbian  - Game

Now, you can download the following PDF files to practice these words:

1. Test  
2. Airplanes
3. Multiple choice 
4. Anagrams 

Uživajte igrajući igrice i učeći srpski :) 

Uskoro stiže kurs Serbian Phrases ili Fraze na srpskom

Serbian 801 

Jedna od tema na ovom kursu je svakako odlična serija "Jutro će promeniti sve"  koja realno prikazuje život mladih na ovim prostorima. Danas sam napravila vežbu na osnovu kratkog video snima gde glumac Nikola Rakočević priča o liku kojeg tumači - o Filipu:

Listening Exercise 

Korisne fraze

Places in City in Serbian

Serbian 102 - Locative Exercises

What are the most common Serbian phrases you should keep using when learning Serbian?

• da - yes
• ne - no
• kako se kaže - how do you say
• znači - means
• šta znači "pica"? - what does "pizza" mean?
• hamburger znači "hamburger" - hamburger means "hamburger"
• ne razumem - I don't understand
• ne znam - I don't know
• znam - I know
• razumem - I understand
• levo - left
• desno - right 
• baš - really
• nema problema - no problem

Serbian Phrases with Pronunciation

Here comes a super easy and fun video lesson with these phrases:

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Exercises which follow these Serbian Phrases  

Let me share with you the exercise which I was doing while making this video. 

 Serbian THANK YOU Phrases  

Today we are practicing easy Serbian THANKING phrases with the bunch of nouns. The idea of the exercise is to properly connect HVALA NA and the following words:

• poklon 
• pokloni
• burek
• voda
• pivo 
• jabuke
• sve

Exercises with Serbian Thank You Phrases

Practicing Serbian with Songs 

Practicing Serbian Word Order with Songs 

Practicing Vocabulary Serbian Songs 

1. Doneti = to bring 
2. Donesi = bring! informal
3. Donesite = bring! formal or plural
4. Vino = wine 
5. Krčmarica = waitress arch. (Voc. case - krčmarice)
6. Rumen = red, flush 
7. lice = face 
8. Daj = give! informal 
9. Dajte = give! formal or plural
10. piti = to drink (pijem = first person sg in present simple)
11. tuga = sorrow 
12. razbiti = to break, shatter 
13. srce = heart
14. boleti = to hurt
15. hteti = to want/ will (hoću, hoćeš, hoće - sg. present simple)
16. izgoreti = to burn (izgorim, izgoriš, izgori - sg. present simple)
17. ružica = ruža = rose
18. oči = eyes 
19. crn = black 
20. žeravica = ember 
21. celo selo = The whole village
22. zaneti se = to get carried away
23. svi = everybody  
24. Bog = god
25. Bože = Voc case of Bog 
26. stvoriti = To create (što je stvori =why have you created her)
27. mlad = young 
28. momak = young man
29. mučiti = to torture
30. moriti = to torture/torment 

Exercises with These Words 

Match Exercise

Flashcards Exercise

Test Exercise

New Playlist with Serbian Songs for New Year 

Srećna i berićetna Nova godina <3 

Mali poklon - plejlista sa najlepšim starogradskim i (starijim) narodnim pesmama - naravno uz vežbe!

Exercise with Serbian Songs 

Exercise with Impersonal SE in Serbian

Since there aren't many exercises on perfective and imperfective aspect in Serbian, I'll share all my video lessons and exercises for you to practice. 

Aspect in Serbian - Short Explanation

The easiest way to see the difference and the most frequent forms are to contrast present and past tense in Serbian. 

Aspect in Serbian - Trošiti vs Potrošiti  

1. The Perfective Aspect of the verbs in Serbian shows most naturally in the past tense, denoting the finished action: Potrošila sam puno novca na kompjuter (I have spent /I spent a lot of money on the computer)
2. The Imperfective Aspect shows clearly in the present tense, showing duration: Dok ti štediš novac, ja ga trošim (While you are saving money, I am spending it) - HOWEVER, it can be used for regular actions and habits as well: koliko novca trošiš svakog mesec? (how much money do you spend each month) 

Aspect in Serbian - Video Exercise

 Here comes a series of videos and exercises dedicated to comparison in Serbian:

Comparatives in Serbian 

Tic Tac Toe Serbian - Useful Phrases

Useful Phrases in Serbian

In this video lesson we are learning some most important phrases which will help us to keep speaking in Serbian:

• Šta znači ... ? = What does ... mean?
• Kako se kaže ...? = How  do you say ...?
• Ne razumem = I don't understand
• Razumem = I understand
• Znam = I know
• Ne znam = I don't know

You can also have fun printing the fun sheets I have created for you.

Današnja lekcija je na temu knjiških moljaca koji obožavaju da čitaju i preporučuju knjige putem Instagrama i Jutjuba. Zbog toga ih zovu Bukstagrameri i Buktjuberi. Video na ovu temu možete prvo pogledati, pa potom pokušati da rešite naredne dve vežbe.

Advanced Serbian with Video Lesson 

Advanced Serbian with Exercises

Advanced Serbian with Video Exercise

 Zdravo! Kako si? Ja sam dobro :)

If you are not so sure, let's practice with the new TIC TAC TOE video about it. If you want to practice with me, make sure you click on this link: DOBAR - DOBRO set of games. 

Tic Tac Toe Serbian A1 - Dobar vs. Dobro Video

Let me share with you a new way of learning online, asynchronously, with my Tic-Tac-Toe Serbian series. Namely, the course is based on the interactive books, which are slowly paced, so you can use them to learn Serbian by yourself, or with a teacher or a family member. 

I have created four textbooks so far, and they can be fully accessed through my Patreon pages. Each level follows  my 

• Serbian 101 
• Serbian102  
• Serbian 201 
• Serbian 301 
• Serbian 401 
• Serbian 501
• Serbian 601
• Serbian 701
• Serbian 801  courses. 

Serbian - Numbers 0 to 10 

Super easy way to practice numbers - by playing:

Practicing Numbers 0 to 10 in Serbian 

 Ako vam se svidela prva lekcija kursa Serbian 701, vreme je da nastavimo dalje. Hajde da odgledamo drugu epizodu bez slušanja i pretpostavimo šta se dešava i o čemu pričaju :)

Serbian 701 uz Državni posao

• Vežbe slušanja https://youtu.be/hI2t9a4ED04?t=4m48s   (od 4m48s do kraja)

Opisati šta PRETPOSTAVLJAŠ da se dešava na samom kraju i šta jedni drugom kažu

Na samom KRAJU vidimo Boškića i Čvarkova koji sede u kancelariji. 

Serbian 701 - vežbe uz drugu epizodu

Serbian Textbooks in Cyrillic Script

Lazy City can be a great source of teaching materials for learning Serbian. If you are at higher levels of Serbian, I am sure you will enjoy watching the first episode of "Lenji grad" with Stefani and her friends and doing exercises I prepared for you :)

Serbian 501 - Listening Comprehension 

Although learning spelling or orthography  in any language isn't any fun, I found a way to make it fun - by creating "Whack a mole" exercise, or "udari krticu" :) 

How to Practice Orthography in Serbian

While the idea of this game is to hit a mole bearing the wrong answer, I noticed while learning German that this principle enforced the wrong answer in my  mind. Therefore, for my students of Serbian, I created this game based on "hitting the right mole", which will draw your attention to the correct spelling. Once you figure one which ones are the correct ones, jot them down!

 As you already know, Serbian is best learnt while singing and not thinking about all the grammar behind it. That 's why I am so happy whenever I come across a good song with lyrics, as well as its karaoke version. 

Learning Serbian with Songs - Karaoke Razbole se lisica 

 To Go, Eat, Drink Conjugations

Exercise with Serbian Verb Conjugations TO GO, EAT, DRINK

 Ako ste na naprednom nivou učenja srpskog, sigurno već uživate prateći vesti iz Srbije i čitajući knjige na srpskom. Danas želim da podelim sa vama jedan zabavan video intervju sa sve popularnijom spisateljicom Lanom. 

Kada odslušate video, pokušajte da uradite vežbu redosleda reči (word order exercise) odgovorite na sledeća pitanja

Serbian 301 - Word Order with SE

Let's start with the first exercise where you simply need to say how much these sentences are true for you. Try using the following phrases:

• Takođe
• Isto
• Ponekad
• Uglavnom 
• Nikada 

Serbian 201 - Talking about Work, Vocabulary

Serbian 302 - Serbian Lexicology 

Serbian 302 - Who Recovered?

Practicing Serbian Lexicology

Serbian Podcast  

There are numerous podcasts in Serbian which you can follow through this link. Simply choose your topic of interest and voila! Today I'd like to recommend you Književni Centar za Ljubitelj(k)e Blejanja and their podcast about Netflix series. 

Serbian Podcast with Exercises

I have created an exercise with useful collocations to talk about filmography. Let's listen to the first eight minutes and try to understand the gist of each topic. 

After that, listen to it again and try to do my exercise:

Serbian Podcast - Using Vocabulary to Talk about Your Favorite Series

Sada pokušajte da opišete svoju omiljenu seriju koristeći fraze i kolokacije iz prethodne vežbe :)

Serbian A1-A2, Who am I?  

Serbian a1- a2 - Vežba

Useful vocabulary to do this exercise:

1. biti = to be: sam - si - je - smo - ste - su
2. doručkovati = to have breakfast: doručkujem - doručkuješ - doručkuje - doručkujemo - doručkujete - doručkuju
3. ručati = to have dinner: ručam - ručaš - ruča - ručamo - ručate - ručaju 
4. živeti = to live: živim - živiš - živi - živimo - živite - žive
5. imati = to have: imam - imaš - ima - imamo - imate - imaju 
6. nositi = to wear: nosim - nosiš - nosi - nosimo - nosite - nose
7. zvati se = to be called: zovem - zoveš - zove - zovemo - zovete - zovu 

Serbian A2 to B2 Video Lesson 

Here comes a video lesson which will help you practice Serbian at different levels. 

As you can see, there are three phrases. 

Serbian A2 Video Lesson - Accusative

Serbian B1 Video Lesson - Genitive 

Exercises with Serbian A2 to B2 Video Lessons

 Another fun lesson from Serbian 701 Online Course, based on the following video:

Serbian 701 - Speaking Practice

ZA Prefix in Context