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Present Tense to Past Tense
Here comes a fun exercise to help you practice the Simple past tense in Serbian. Let's turn this present tense story into the past tense: |
| Pay attention, the underlined words are in the Nominative/infinitive |
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Friday, April 03, 2020
Here and There in Serbian
- Here - ovde
- There - onde = tamo
- Here it is = evo
- There it is = eno
Song with Here and There
Let's listen to this slow version of the song:
Ala je lep ovaj svet
Onde potok ovde cvet
Tamo njiva ovde sad
Eno sunce evo hlad
Tamo dunav zlata pun
Onde trava ovde žbun
Slavuj pesmom ljulja lug, ja ga slušam i moj drug.
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Talking about Hobbies in Serbian
Here comes a vocabulary list with the verbs used to describe different hobbies and activities. After the list of words, there are a few exercises which you can do to practice making simple sentences.
HOBI NA LATINICI
- VOZITI BICIKL=TO RIDE A BIKE
- IGRATI GOLF=TO PLAY GOLF
- IGRATI KOŠARKU=TO PLAY BASKETBALL
- IGRATI ODBOJKU=TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL
- IGRATI SE NA KOMPJUTERU=TO PLAY ON A COMPUTER
- IGRATI FUDBAL=TO PLAY FOOTBALL
- PECATI=TO FISH
- PLESATI=TO DANCE
- PLIVATI=TO SWIM
- REŠAVATI SUDOKU=TO SOLVE SUDOKU
- REŠAVATI UKRŠTENICE=TO DO CROSSWORD PUZZLES
- SKUPLJATI MARKICE=TO COLLECT STAMPS
- SLUŠATI AUDIO KNJIGE=TO LISTEN TO AUDIO BOOKS
- SLUŠATI MUZIKU=TO LISTEN TO MUSIC
- TRČATI=TO RUN
- UČITI SRPSKI=TO LEARN SERBIAN
- ČITATI=TO READ
- DŽOGIRATI=TO JOG
- ŠETATI SE=TO WALK
- ŠTRIKATI=TO KNIT
ХОБИ НА ЋИРИЛИЦИ
- ВОЗИТИ БИЦИКЛ=TO RIDE A BIKE
- ИГРАТИ ГОЛФ=TO PLAY GOLF
- ИГРАТИ КОШАРКУ=TO PLAY BASKETBALL
- ИГРАТИ ОДБОЈКУ=TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL
- ИГРАТИ СЕ НА КОМПЈУТЕРУ=TO PLAY ON A COMPUTER
- ИГРАТИ ФУДБАЛ=TO PLAY FOOTBALL
- ПЕЦАТИ=TO FISH
- ПЛЕСАТИ=TO DANCE
- ПЛИВАТИ=TO SWIM
- РЕШАВАТИ СУДОКУ=TO SOLVE SUDOKU
- РЕШАВАТИ УКРШТЕНИЦЕ=TO DO CROSSWORD PUZZLES
- СКУПЉАТИ МАРКИЦЕ=TO COLLECT STAMPS
- СЛУШАТИ АУДИО КЊИГЕ=TO LISTEN TO AUDIO BOOKS
- СЛУШАТИ МУЗИКУ=TO LISTEN TO MUSIC
- ТРЧАТИ=TO RUN
- УЧИТИ СРПСКИ=TO LEARN SERBIAN
- ЧИТАТИ=TO READ
- ЏОГИРАТИ=TO JOG
- ШЕТАТИ СЕ=TO WALK
- ШТРИКАТИ=TO KNIT
Talking about Hobbies in Serbian - Exercises
For more exercises and video lessons, check out my Patreon page.
Monday, February 17, 2020
Common Money Collocations in Serbian
In this lesson we are expanding our vocabulary by learning the collocations about money. Let me list the verbs in both imperfective and perfective aspect, which commonly collocate with the word money (novac or pare)- Trošiti - potrošiti novac: to spend money
- Pozajmljivati - pozajmiti novac: to borrow/lend money
- Davati - dati novac: to give money
- Štedeti - uštedeti novac: to save money
- Bacati - baciti novac: to throw money away
- Zarađivati - zaraditi novac: to earn money
- Dobijati - dobiti novac: to get money
- Skupljati - skupiti novac: to raise money
Practicing Money Collocations in Serbian
The common examples are in the following exercise:
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Tuesday, February 04, 2020
My latest textbook is finally visible on Amazon :) I have created a video lesson for you, based on the first few pages. This is just an introduction in which you can practice one of the most commonly confused language chunks in Serbian:
As you can see, the page numbers are here and there, so you can learn the following phrases:
- I am going to ... = idem u + accusative case e.g. idem u park - idem u prirodu
- I am in / at = ja sam u/na + locative case e.g. ja sam u parku - ja sam u prirodi
As you can see, the page numbers are here and there, so you can learn the following phrases:
- U gornjem desnom uglu = at the top right corner
- U donjem levom uglu = at the bottom left corner
- Na sredini = in the middle
This book also has all the letters (slova) of the Cyrillic alphabet hidden in it - all you have to do is look carefully. Once it was published it took me ages to find a few letters, they are hidden soooo well! The most important thing is that all 30 letters are in the book!
- Koliko ste našli slova?
- Gde ste ih našli?
- Koje slovo je bilo najteže naći?
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Before we start working on Serbian adjective suffixes in the Locative case, let's listen to this beautiful song, where you'll get acquainted with one of the suffixes and learn it without thinking much about grammar:
U Novom Sadu,
u Novom Sadu hej
u Novom Sadu hej
ostadoh kraj tebe
(2x)
Ref. 2x
Oj Jelena oj Jelice
zagrli me, polubi me
Kraj tamburaša
i dobrog vina hej
u Novom Sadu hej
ostadoh zbog tebe
(2x)
Ref. 2x
Čim zora svane
i sunce grane hej
u Novom Sadu hej
šaljem ti poljubce.
(2x)
Ref. 2x
U Novom Sadu
u Novom Sadu hej
ostaću kraj tebe
moj slatki Anđele
(2x)
Ref. 2x
Now, let's try to do the following exercise:
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Exercises with Songs in Serbian
What about practicing Serbian with this lovely, ancient song by Radmila Karaklajić? I think I was in love with this song at the age of three or four :D It helped me learn Serbian for sure, but also it would always cheer me up. I hope it does the same for you.
Practicing Serbian with Songs
Make sure you change the speed in the settings (down on the right) - the perfect would be 0.75, but you can also opt for 0.5.
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