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Thursday, June 19, 2014

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

The Meaning of the Verb "slagati se " in Serbian

Marina reflexive verbs in Serbian , Serbian language 365

Slažu se kao pas i mačka :)

The verb "slagati se" imperf.(with first "a" being long) /"složiti se" perf. = to agree * can have a range of different meanings in Serbian and we're going to discuss them today, because I'll need it for my next lesson about Serbian history.

If two colours match, we say "slažu se". For example: Plava se slaže sa žutom, ali se ne slaže sa crvenom (slagati se = to match)
If a brother and sister get on/along with each other, we say "oni se slažu". For example: Baš imaš sreće, tvoj brat i ti se dobro slažete. (You are rally lucky, your brother and you get along very well)
If you agree to go out with your friend, you will say: "slažem se". For example: Hoćeš li da idemo u restoran večeras ? Važi, slažem se! (Would you like to go to a restaurant tonight ? OK, I agree!)
If two people are at each other's throats, i.e." fight like cat(s) and dog(s)" you can similarly describe it in Serbian as "slažu se kao pas i mačka"!

The simple present tense conjugations of the verb SLAGATI:

(Sg) Slažem se - slažeš se - slaže se (Pl) Slažemo se - slažete se - slažu se

The past tense verb forms

- Imperfective aspect:

( _ denotes the auxiliary "to be" which shows which person is the sentence referring to)

(Sg) M slagao _ se, F slagala _ se, N slagalo _ se

(Pl) M slagali _ se , F slagale _ se, N slagala _ se

- Perfective aspect:

( _ denotes the auxiliary "to be" which shows which person is the sentence referring to)

(Sg) M složio _ se, F složila _ se, N složilo _ se

(Pl) M složili _ se , F složile _ se, N složila _ se

The simple future forms:

- Imperfective aspect:

(Sg) Slagaću se - slagaćeš se - slagaće se

(Pl) Slagaćemo se - slagaćete se - slagaće se

- Perfective aspect:

(Sg) Složiću se - složićeš se - složiće se

(Pl) Složićemo se - složićeš se - složiće se

* You might also find the word "slagati" which means "to lie", but the stress pattern is different (with the first "a" being short) and there is no reflexive " se".

** You might also find the word "slagati" with the same stress pattern as "slagati se" (to agree), but without the reflexive "se". In that case, the verb "slagati" means "to stack things" or " to put things in order"

Past Tense in Serbian

Marina Free lessons of Serbian , past tense in serbian

Let's make a short comparison of the Present Simple and Past Simple in Serbian with this "drinks video" :)

Šta obično piješ / pijete tokom dana ?
Šta obično piješ / pijete kada izađeš uveče ?
Šta si juče pio / pila ? / Šta ste juče pili ?*

*translation:

What do you usually drink during the day ? ("piješ" informal, "pijete" formal)
What do you usually drink when you go out at night ?
What did you drink yesterday ? ("pio" for masculine singular, "pila" for feminine singular, "pili" for the second person singular, used formally, or for the second person plural, when you are talking to more people)

Word Order in Serbian - Future Tense

Marina future tense in Serbian , Serbian language 365

This is the third part of the series of blog posts about the word order or "red reči" in a Serbian sentence. I covered the word order in the present tense and past tense and today's topic is the future tense. If you find the letter N next to the sentence, it means that it is the most neutral / natural sounding sentence:

One word verb: pevati (to sing)

Future tense of PEVATI (to sing): "I'll sing."

Subject (S) + predicate (P)

Pevaću. N
Ja ću pevati.
Ti ćeš igrati, a ja ću pevati. N
Sedećeš i slušaćeš, a ja ću pevati. N
Prijatelji su čuli kako ću pevati na koncertu. N
Priznajem da ću pevati na koncertu. N

S + P + direct object (dO)

Pevaću pesmu. N
Ja ću pevati pesmu.
Čuće oni kako ću im otpevati pesmu. N (im= njima= to them, indirect object)
Svi su čuli da ću pevati tu pesmu. N

S + P + dO + adverb of time (AoT)

Pevaću pesme svaki dan. N
Svaki dan ću pevati pesmu. N
Moji prijatelji su pitali kada ću pevati pesmu sledeći put. N

S + P + dO + AoT + AoP (adverb of place)

Pevaću pesmu svaki dan kod kuće. N
Pevaću pesmu kod kuće svaki dan. n
Svaki dan ću pevati pesmu kod kuće. N
Kod kuće svaki dan ću pevati pesmu.
Moje komšije će sutra čuti zašto ću kod kuće pevati pesmu. N
Moje komšije će čuti zašto ću pevati pesmu za nedelju dana kod kuće. N

Moje komšije će igrati uz iks-boks dok ću ja pevati pesme uz xbox kod kuće za nedelju dana. N

Word order in Serbian Sentences in the Simple Past

Marina Serbian language 365 , Word order in Serbian

In one of the previous blog posts about the "red reči" in a Serbian sentence, I covered the word order in the present tense and it's time to talk about the past simple. Don't forget that the letter N is used for the most neutral / natural sounding sentence:

One word verb: pevati (to sing)

Past tense OF "I sang / I was singing."

Subject (S) + predicate (P)

Pevao / pevala sam. N
Ja sam pevao/pevala.
Ti si igrao, a ja sam pevala. N
Ti si igrao i ja sam pevala. N
Komšije su čule kako sam pevala. N
Priznajem da sam pevala. N

S + P + direct object (dO)

Pevala sam pesmu. N
Ja sam pevala pesmu.
(not neutral, but rather poetic word order would be: Pesmu sam pevala / Ja sam pesmu pevala. / pesmu pevala sam ja (reminded me of "zaboravio sam jutros pesmu jednu ja" - watch the video)
Čuješ da sam otpevala pesmu. N
Svi su čuli da sam pevala pesmu.

S + P + dO + adverb of time (AoT)

Pevala sam pesmu svaki dan. N
Svaki dan sam pevala pesmu. N
Moji prijatelji su juče čuli kada sam pevala pesmu. N

S + P + dO + AoT + AoP (adverb of place)

Pevala sam pesmu svaki dan kod kuće. N
Pevala sam pesmu kod kuće svaki dan. N
Svaki dan sam pevala pesmu kod kuće. N
Kod kuće svaki dan sam pevala pesmu. N
Moje komšije su juče čule kada sam kod kuće pevala pesmu. N
Moje komšije su čule kada sam pevala pesmu pre nedelju dana kod kuće. N

Moje komšije su igrale uz iks-boks dok sam pevala pesme kod kuće pre nedelju dana. N

Collocation with "videti" in Serbian

Marina common phrases , Serbian collocations

While there are so many useful tools to check your spelling / grammar / vocabulary / idioms / pronunciation ... for the English language, there are just a few such tools for Serbian (I listed them in the sidebar to the right and I (ir)regularly send them to all the Serbian Activator subscribers).

One of the most useful things a student need, starting from the pre-intermediate level is to know verb collocations. That's why I'll try to connect the verbs and nouns from the previous posts and write a list of the most common collocations for the verb "to see" (videti):

Verbs and phrases commonly used after "to see"

vidim kako ... (np. vidi kako se to radi)
vidimo se ponovo
vidi taj izraz
vidi da li ima ... (np. vidi da li ima hleba)
vidi šta ... (np. vidi šta nam treba)
vidi kako mi stoji (for example when you're trying sth. on, this phrase means "look how / if it suits=fits me" )

Words before "to see"

mogu videti / da vidim
samo vidi
želim da vidim
volim da vidim
dođi da vidiš
zapanjio bi se da vidiš...
drago mi je da vas vidim

Adverbs collocated with "to see"

+ (ne)jasno (if a + is before the word, it means that the verb "videti" comes before that word. For example : videti + (ne)jasno = + (ne)jasno)
jedva +
odjednom + (commonly in the past tense: odjednom sam video)
tačno +
+ kristalno-jasno
slabo +

Do you have any other ideas which "videti" collocations are worth adding to the list ?

How to Use the Serbian Conjugator ?

Marina exercises in Serbian , Learn Serbian online

If you've practised the Accusative form of the nouns and pronouns with the video in the previous post, it's time to expand your confidence onto the verbs which require a noun/pronoun in this case. With all the listed nouns (TV, pegla, mobilni telefon, mašina za veš ...), the following verbs, properly conjugated, will make sense:

videti (to see) Present Tense conjugations: Sg: vidIM, vidIŠ, vidI Pl: vidIMO, vidITE, vidE Past Tense : Sg: videO, videLA, videLO Pl: videLI, videLE, videLA
gledati (to watch) gledAM, gledAŠ, gledA - gledAMO, gledATE, gledAJU ( for the following verbs you'll see only: PRESENT Sg: -m/-š/- Pl: -mo / -te / -ju and for the PAST Sg. -o/-la/-lo Pl. -li/-le/-la )
imati (to have) Sg: -m/-š/- Pl: -mo / -te / -ju (imaJU) Past: Sg. -o/-la/-lo Pl. -li/-le/-la
koristiti (to use) Sg: -m/-š/- Pl: -mo / -te / -e (koristE) Past: Sg. -o/-la/-lo Pl. -li/-le/-la
raditi (to work) Sg: -m/-š/- Pl: -mo / -te / -e (rade) Past: Sg. -o/-la/-lo Pl. -li/-le/-la
popravljati (to fix) Sg: -m/-š/- Pl: -mo / -te / -ju (popravljaju) Past: Sg. -o/-la/-lo Pl. -li/-le/-la
uključiti (to turn on) Sg: -m/-š/- Pl: -mo / -te / -e (uključe) Past: Sg. -o/-la/-lo Pl. -li/-le/-la
isključiti (to turn off) Sg: -m/-š/- Pl: -mo / -te / -e (isključe) Past: Sg. -o/-la/-lo Pl. -li/-le/-la
kupiti (to buy) Sg: -m/-š/- Pl: -mo / -te / -e (kupe) Past: Sg. -o/-la/-lo Pl. -li/-le/-la
prodati (to sell) Sg: -m/-š/- Pl: -mo / -te / -e (prodate) Past: Sg. -o/-la/-lo Pl. -li/-le/-la
vratiti (to return) Sg: -m/-š/- Pl: -mo / -te / -e (vrate) Past: Sg. -o/-la/-lo Pl. -li/-le/-la
(po)kvariti se (to break down) Sg: -m/-š/- Pl: -mo / -te / -e (pokvare) Past: Sg. -o/-la/-lo Pl. -li/-le/-la
baciti (to throw away) Sg: -m/-š/- Pl: -mo / -te / -e (bace) Past: Sg. -o/-la/-lo Pl. -li/-le/-la

If you are a beginner in Serbian, let's focus on the present simple tense and practise conjugating out loud with the:

Serbian conjugator
Video lesson about gadgets and appliances you use or don't use

Present tense examples:

Imam telefon, ali GA ne gledam.
Moj brat ima mašinu za sudove i često JE koristi.

If you are at an intermediate level, I guess that dealing with the past simple won't be much of the problem. The idea of this blog post is to encourage you to become more fluent and confident. That's why you can simply learn/revise past simple in Serbian and make a few similar sentences like in the example:

Past tense examples:

Kupili smo mobilni telefon i čim smo GA uključili, odmah se pokvario.
Moj sin je popravio peglu i kada sam videla kako dobro radi bacila sam JE.

Serbian Language Day 10 - Aspect in Serbian

Marina aspect in Serbian , Free lessons of Serbian

I hope you enjoyed revising the Simple Past in Serbian and wondering why the last lesson was so easy for someone at an intermediate level. The obvious reason is the introduction into this tense, because it'll lead us to the trickiest aspect of the Serbian language:

While in the English language there's an elaborate system of tenses (level of syntax) in order to express whether an action took place, was talking place or has been talking place, in the Serbian language, these distinctions are inferred mainly from the verb, at the lexical level. For example:

odmorio (had a rest) or odmarao (was having a rest)

That's why I prepared quite a lot video lessons about Jeremija and Spomenka, and the follow-up exercises, hoping that it'll help you clarify the aspect in Serbian. Let me start with this difficult one, but if it's too easy, check this one out :)

PROBUDITI = to wake up (perfective)
BUDITI = to wake up (imperfective)
RAZBUDITI = to wake up (perfective)

Kada se obično budiš ? = When do you usually wake up ?

Koliko ti treba vremena da se probudiš ? = How much time does it take for you to wake up ?

Kada si se jutros probudio ? When did you wake up yesterday ?

Jutros sam se probudio u pola šest (5.30) = This morning I woke up at 5.30

In the "she-version", Jeremija made a few mistakes. Here're the correct text:

Serbian Language 365 - Day 5 Singing in Serbian

Marina comprehension exercises , Serbian language 365

If you have been following this blog, you've certainly noticed that there are a lot of songs with which you can practise your language. The main reason is that songs will help you with fluency, because while singing you repeat the same structures, collocations and fixed verb+case noun sets, and this boosts your confidence and automatic responses.

Before I continue creating new songs+exercises, such as this one, let me give you a short review of the past songs and grammar points which my students really loved:

Serbian Language 365 Day 3 - Intermediate level & Past Tense

Marina Free lessons of Serbian , intermediate Serbian

Let's practise the Simple Past Tense in the Serbian language. While the beginner and pre-intermediate courses of Serbian focus is on phrases, present tense, modals and cases, the intermediate course focuses on aspects, explaining the subtle differences between "odmarati" and "odmoriti" and similar.

Since we are at the very beginning of everyday Serbian lesson series, let me introduce you to some of the earlier posts covering this topic:

Past Tense of To Be in Serbian - conjugations
Practise Serbian with Jeremija
Past Tense of To Be in Questions + Locative case
Past Tense word order in questions
How to form the Simple Past in Serbian
Learn by singing - Bila je tako lepa

...as well as one of the Youtube videos, which somehow connect with the yesterday's post, so now it can be easily understood:

Text : "Gde si bila ?" (Fem. Sg.) / "Gde si bio?" (Masc. Sg.) = Where were you ?
Fem. Sg. Bila sam u ...
Masc. Sg. Bio sam u ...

Serbian Language 365 Day 2 - Serbian for Pre-intermediate Level

Marina free Serbian lessons , Learn Serbian online

In the past five years I've scattered numerous blog posts with lessons of Serbian and corresponding grammatical explanations not only on this blog and Youtube and Youtube but all over the Internet. One of the many reasons for starting 365 Days of Serbian Language was to connect them and tag them correctly.

Since the previous post covered the verb TO BE in the Simple Present tense, I think that all the students who are either at elementary and pre-intermediate level can easily learn to use the same form with the Locative case, saying where you are:

At the end of each video lesson, let's revisit some of the previous posts covering the same, or similar topic:

Clothes + in the wardrobe (with the ancient video ) - you can practise it by muting the terrible audio and focusing on JE or SU (Sg. or Pl. ) + u ormanu (both ormaN and ormaR are accepted forms in the Serbian language) - check the clothes 1 and clothes 2 post
Gapped exercise about the Locative (really ancient - I must add the new link to the exercise with an instant feedback and translation)
Prepositions with the Locative / Genitive
A beautiful "April u Beogradu" song

Past Tense in Serbian - Common Mistakes

Marina common mistakes , Free lessons of Serbian

If you watched our previous podcast, you'll be aware of the fact that Jeremija keeps making mistakes, and I do my best to help him understand which correct forms to use. This time the topic was "bio" or "bila":

Are there any other mistakes which I didn't correct ?

Past Tense of To Be in Serbian

Marina if clauses in Serbian , past tense in serbian

Past Tense of To Be in Serbian

Marina locative case in Serbian , past tense in serbian

Today we are practising the past tense of the verb "To Be" in Serbian.
Watch the video and write down or record the questions and the answers based on the photos and prompts in the video:

Talking About Summer Holidays

Marina past tense in serbian , speaking drills

To answer these questions correctly, you can check how to make sentences in the Past Tense in Serbian. Verb conjugations which you'll need to answer the questions in the video are as follows:

sunčao, sunčala, sunčalo, sunčali, sunčale, sunčala
gledao, gledala, gledalo, gledali, gledale, gledala
vozio, vozila, vozilo, vozili, vozile, vozila
surfovao, surfovala, surfovalo, surfovali, surfovale, surfovala
brao, brala, bralo, brali, brale, brala
jeo, jela, jelo, jeli, jele, jela
plivao, plivala, plivalo, plivali, plivale,plivala
posmatrao, posmatrala, posmatralo, posmatrali, posmatrale, posmatrala
šetao, šetala, šetalo, šetali, šetale, šetala

Present and Past Tense Conjugation in Serbian

Marina serbian conjugations , serbian songs

Present and Past Tense Conjugation in Serbian - Gap Filling Exercise (with instant feedback)

Second Conditional in Serbian Language

Marina Conditional Sentences in Serbian ,

Ti si _______ čokolada
Ja sam ________ čokolada
I ____ _______ tako mlada,
Ja _______ te __________.

Ja ______ te ________...

Ti si _______ čokolada
Ja sam ________ čokolada,
I ____ _________ onog gada,
Ja _______ te __________.

Ja ______ te ________...

This is a great song to introduce Second Conditional sentences (Potencijalne uslovne rečenice) in the Serbian language. It's useful for you to refer to the Past Tense post, especially the section about forming of the Past Participle (glagolski pridev radni) , which would be essential for the forming of this kind of If-clauses. You can do some drills with these Past Simple exercises beforehand.

Now, for the language theory & grammar buffs:

A. Conditional Tense + If-clause ('DA' + Present Simple)

Ja bih kupila pantalone da imam para.
or
Kupila bih pantalone da imam para.
ili
Da imam para, kupila bih pantalone.

B. Conditional Tense + If-clause ('KAD/UKOLIKO/AKO' + Conditional Tense)

Ja bih kupila pantalone kad bih imala para.
or
Kupila bih pantalone kad bih imala para.
ili
Kad bih imala para, kupila bih pantalone.

Conditional Tense:
Subject
+ would be ( bih, bi, bi, bismo, biste, bi)
( called 'Aorist of the simple form of the verb 'to be')
+ Past Participle

Conjugation of To Be in Serbian

Marina verb conjugations in Serbian , verb to be in Serbian

----------Present Tense of the verb TO BE - BITI in Serbian
Ja sam
Ti si
On je
Ona je
Mi smo
Vi Ste
Oni/one/ona su
---------------Past Tense of the verb TO BE - BITI in Serbian
Ja sam bio/bila
Ti si bio/bila
On je bio
Ona je bila
Ono je bilo
Mi smo bili(masc)/bile(fem)/bila (neuter)
Vi ste bili(masc)/bile(fem)/bila (neuter)
Oni su bili(masc)
One su bile(fem)
Ona su bila (neuter)
---------------------Future Tense of the verb TO BE - BITI in Serbian
Ja ću biti
Ti ćeš biti
On će biti
Ona će biti
Ono će biti
Mi ćemo biti
Vi ćete biti
Oni/one/ona će biti

Don't forget to check:

Past Tense Plural suffixes in Serbian

Marina past tense in serbian , serbian conjugations

Past Tense with Garfield

Džon: Danas sam naporno radio.
Danas - today
Sam - to be ( I am = ja sam)
Raditi - to work (Sing. masc. radio, fem. radila, neuter radilo)
Naporno - hard (to work hard - naporno raditi)

Gafrild: Znači sad je vreme za zabavu.
Znači - it means
Sad - now
Je - to be (it is - to je ('to' refers to 'vreme' (neuter))
Vreme - time
Za - for
Zabavu - entertainment, fun

Practice : Turning Past Tense Sg for masc. and fem. into Plural

As I mentioned in some of the previous posts, in the Past Tense there is an important
distinction among masc. ending in -o, fem. ending in -la, and neuter. ending in -lo.
For Plural, the endings are as follows:
Pl. masc. - li
Pl. fem. - le
Pl. neut. -la

Try to turn the Singular forms for Masc. / Fem. nouns from the previous exercise into Plural:

1. USTATI (GET UP)
1a. TO A GIRL: ustala
TO GIRLS ustale
1b. TO A BOY: ustao
TO BOYS: ustali
2. ZAVRŠITI (FINISH)
2a. TO GIRLS:
2b. TO BOYS:
3. KUPITI (BUY)
3a. TO GIRLS:
3b. TO BOYS:
4. ZABORAVITI (FORGET)
4a. TO GIRLS:
4b. TO BOYS:
5. VIDETI (SEE)
5a. TO GIRLS:
5b. TO BOYS:
6. PRODATI (SELL)
6a. TO GIRLS:
6b. TO BOYS:
7. BITI (TO BE)
7a. TO GIRLS:
7b. TO BOYS:
8. SAKRITI (HIDE)
8a. TO GIRLS:
8b. TO BOYS:
9. UZETI (TAKE)
9a. TO GIRLS:
9b. TO BOYS:
10. DOBITI (GET)
10a. TO GIRLS:
10b. TO BOYS:

Now, do the same with full sentences: Don't forget the verb to be! There are two common word orders:

Formal. S + to be+ Vb+o/la/lo/li/le/la
example: Ona je ustala. (Singular) One su ustale. (Plural)
Informal. Vb+o/la/lo/li/le/la + To Be
example. Ustala je. (Singular) Ustale su. (Plural)

Exit Novi Sad

Marina Exit , Exit Novi Sad

FROM THE NEWS REPORT, FOLLOW THE LINK

Američka televizija Si-En-En uvrstila je ovogodišnji "Egzit", koji se od 9. do 12. jula održava u Novom Sadu, među 12 najboljih muzičkih festivala na svetu u 2009. godini.

Novosadski festival "Egzit" (EXIT) uvršten je među 12 najboljih u godišnjem vodiču američke televizije Si-En-En."Egzit", koji će ove godine doživeti svoje jubilarno 10. izdanje, nalazi se na spisku "Vodič do najboljih svetskih muzičkih festivala".

“Egzit“ na listi najboljih festivala

****************** objašnjenje reč po reč :
1. NA - on

2. LISTA - a list

3. na listI - on a list

4. NAJBOLJI - the best (dobar-bolji- najbolji)

Američka televizija Si-En-En uvrstila je ovogodišnji "Egzit", koji se od 9. do 12. jula održava u Novom Sadu, među 12 najboljih muzičkih festivala na svetu u 2009. godini.

****************** objašnjenje reč po reč :

5. AMERIKA - AMERIČKI : America - American

6. TELEVIZIJA : Television

7. SI-EN-EN: CNN

8. UVRSTITI : include, insert, shortlist

9. JE UVRSTILA: past tense of 'uvrstiti' (TV je uvrstila Exit ... TV included EXIT ...)

10. OVOGODIŠNJI: this year's

11. EGZIT : exit

12. KOJI : which

13. ODRŽAVATI SE : to take place (Egzit se održava ove godine... Exit takes place this year...)

14. OD... DO : from ... to

15. U : in

16. MEĐU : among/between

17. MUZIČKI FESTIVAL: music festival (među muzičkim festivalima - among music festivals)

18. SVET : world (na svetu : in the world)

19. GODINA : year (u ... godini : in ... year)

Novosadski festival "Egzit" (EXIT) uvršten je među 12 najboljih u godišnjem vodiču američke televizije Si-En-En.

****************** objašnjenje reč po reč :

(this is almost the same sentence as the first one, but in the passive voice)

ACTIVE:

CNN je uvrstila Exit među 12 najboljih muzičkih festivala. (notice the active ending 'LA')

PASSIVE:

Exit je uvršten među 12 najboljih muzičkih festivala. (notice the passive ending 'N' )

"Egzit", koji će ove godine doživeti svoje jubilarno 10. izdanje, nalazi se na spisku "Vodič do najboljih svetskih muzičkih festivala".

****************** objašnjenje reč po reč :

20. ĆE : will (Conjugation of the aux. vb. 'will' in Serbian: ĆU, ĆEŠ, ĆE, ĆEMO, ĆETE, ĆE )

21. OVE: this (Sg. Nominative: OVAJ masculine, OVA fem. , OVO neuter)

22. SVOJE : its

23. JUBILARNO: in Serbian often used as 'milestone/important/10year"

24. IZDANJE: issue / release /publication / edition / (here 'event')

25. NALAZITI SE : be somewhere

26. SPISAK: list

27. VODIČ : guide

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