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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Listening Exercise about Quantities & Groceries - Serbian 301

Instructional Designer Marina Petrović Listening comprehension , listening comprehension skills

Listening Exercise in Serbian

What can you buy for 1000 Dinars? Šta možete da kupite za 1000 dinara?

Let's watch the video together and answer this question:

One way to do this exercise is simply by jotting down the words you understand
If your Serbian is at a higher level, you can jot down what each person says.

While I am making a multiple choice exercise, let's simply watch this video:

Question Words - Many Faces of Who

Marina common phrases , phrases in Serbian

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

KO - who
KOGA - of whom
KOME - to whom
KOGA - whom
SA KIM - with whom
O KOME - about whom

The question words in Serbian take the case endings similar to adjectives, so once you learn how adjectives change through cases, this would come natural. Also, you can learn the question forms first they will help you when start learning about how adjectives change through cases. However, when learning Serbian, always start from drilling, playing language games and having fun, and only later try to dwell on grammar, when drilling through Quizlet games helps you achieve fluency :)

Translation of Various Who Forms

Explanation

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

FLASHCARDS

TEST

Video Lesson with Who in Serbian

Additional Exercises with All the Question words as well as Who Forms

MATCH igrica

FLASHCARDS

TEST

Question Words in Serbian

Marina asking questions in Serbian , question word koji

Question Words in Serbian

With all the question words changing according to the cases, I bet it's pretty confusing when it comes to asking WH questions in Serbian. That's why I'll share a series of posts with question words in Serbian.

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

KAD - When?
ZAŠTO - Why?
ŠTA - What?
KOJI - Which?
KO - Who?
KOLIKO DUGO - How long?
KOLIKO ČESTO - How often?
KAKO - How?
GDE - Where?
ODAKLE - Where from?
KUDA - Where to?
KOLIKO - How much/ many?
ČIJI - WHOSE?

Exercises with Question Words in Serbian

The link to the micromatch game:

FLASHCARDS with Serbian Question Words

The link to the flashcards:

TEST with Serbian Question Words

The link to the test:

Expect a more complicated set of questions words with the video lesson very soon!

For downloadable materials and more video lessons, check out my free course SerbianPhrases on easy.serbianphrases.com :)

"Excuse me, where is..." - Serbian 101

Marina Serbian 101 ,

One of the useful phrases when learning Serbian is IZIVINTE = ИЗВИНИТЕ = excuse me.

Excuse me, where is ... in Serbian

After this phrase, you have certainly attracted someone's attention, so you can ask a follow up question. Today we are practicing the phrase GDE JE = ГДЕ ЈЕ = where is?

How to pronounce IZVINITE, GDE JE in Serbian

Excuse me, where is the exit? = Izvinite, gde je izlaz?

Let's practice the phrase "Excuse me, where is ..."

After practicing with the Flashcards, you are ready to play and win :D

Advanced Serbian - Fun Serbian Customs

Marina Advanced Serbian , prepositions in Serbian

One of the customs in Serbia is to tear (cepati / pocepati) the shirt worn by the father who is celebrating his baby's birth. If you watched "Jutro će promeniti sve", you'll surely remember the scene with two fathers in torn shirts or t-shirts (pocepan(im) košulja(ma) ili majica(ma)).

One must wonder what is the origin of such a funny custom and I am sharing today with you a few answers to this question, which is of course in the form of an exercise. You just need to fill in the gaps with missing prepositions and enjoy reading the text. If you are not sure about the answers, you can first read the same text on Blic.

Podcast in Serbian Language - A2, Food

Marina Learn Serbian Podcast , Listening comprehension

Today's video lesson based on authentic listening material is all about food! Let's watch and listen to Miodrag Petrović Čkalja, one of the most famous Serbian actors in a short excerpt from Kamiondžije (always listed in top ten Serbian series).

The question is what was he eating = šta je jeo and why different cases in one sentence?

Exercise

If invisible, here is the link.

Learning Serbian with Games - Relative Pronouns

Marina Games , relative pronoun koji

Today we are going to practice relative pronouns in Serbian in a fun way!

Relative pronouns /question words which and who in Serbian also change according to the number and gender, so I want you here to have fun playing a memory game + use a bit more complex sentences, such as:

Vidim čoveka koji radi na kompjuteru.
Vidim čoveka koji nosi kapu.
Vidim ženu koja razgovara s nekim.
Vidim dete koje nosi haljinu.

Although the verb VIDETI to see, requires the accusative case, I'll list all the forms (declensions) of ko and koji below.

Nominative - ko/ koji = who /which

čovek koji radi = a man who is working
žena kojA radi = a woman who is working
dete kojE radi = a child who is working
ljudi koji rade = people who are working
žene kojE rade = women who are working
deca kojA rade = children who are working

Genitive - from whom / which

od kojeg(a) / kog(a) čoveka
od koje žene
od kog deteta
od kojih ljudi
od kojih žena
od koje dece

Dative - to whom / which

kojem / kom čoveku
kojoj ženi
kojem / kom detetu
kojim ljudima
kojim ženama
kojim ljudima

Accusative - who(m) /which

kojeg / kog čoveka (animate category = gen.) ili koji hamburger (inanimate category)
koju ženu
koje dete
koje ljude
koje žene
koju decu

Instrumental - with who(m) / which

sa kojim čovekom
sa kojom ženom
sa kojim detetom
sa kojim ljudima
sa kojim ženama
sa kojom decom

Locative - about who(m)/which

o kojem / kom čoveku
o kojoj ženi
o kojem / kom detetu
o kojim ljudima
o kojim ženama
o kojim ljudima

Giving directions in Serbian - Part 1

Marina asking questions in Serbian , imperative in Serbian

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

Hteti - Will or Want?

Marina common phrases , Serbian phrases

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

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

Accepting and Declining

The other set of useful phrases which we can learn from is how to best respond to questions starting with "Will you?" or "Do you want to....?"

Prihvatanje/potvrđivanje = Accepting

Naravno
Svakako
Nema problema
Kako da ne
Hoću (if the question starts with Hoćeš li...?)
Želim (if the question starts with Želiš li...?)
Da
Jašta (colloquial + archaic, but fun)

Odbijanje = Declining

Nema šanse (no way)
Nikako (no way)
Neću / Ne želim
Ne, hvala (no, thanks)
Jok (colloquial + archaic, but fun)

Adjectives and Genders in Serbian - 1

Marina PhotoSerbian , Serbian adjectives

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

Ko je gladan? Who is hungry?
On je gladan! He is hungry!
Ona je gladna! She is hungry!
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?

Greetings from Genitive - Part 2

Marina easy Serbian , Genetive in Serbian

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?

Sunce kaže:
Majmun kaže:
Ptica kaže:
Dečko kaže:

B. Where are = Gde su...

dečko (a boy)
devojčica (a girl)
pingvin (a penguin)
ptica (a bird)
majmun (a monkey)
sunce (the sun)
mačka (a cat)

C. One Cyrillic text is missing - which one? Write it in the comment below:

Serbian Genitive with Sg. Feminine Nouns

I hope you have mastered your Genitive with Sg. Masc. nouns. That's why we are working on the nouns which are Fem. Sg. today. Look at the examples:

Ja sam iznad zgrade! Ko sam ja? Da li sam ja ptica?
Danas sam ispred zgrade! Ko sam ja? Da li sam ja mačka?
Oni su iznad mene! Ko su oni? Ko sam ja?
On nije iznad mačke! Ja sam iznad mačke! Ko sam ja?

What happens with the following nouns?

zgrada = building
ptica = bird
mačka = cat
devojčica = girl
voda = water

when they follow the prepositions:

iznad = above or over
ispod = below or under
iz = from
pored = near or beside

By looking the examples, you can see that the final -a disappears, becoming an -e:

Iznad zgradE = above the building
Ispod pticE = under the bird
Pored mačkE = beside the cat
Iza devojčicE = behind the girl
Iznad vodE = above the water

Asking simple questions with the verb TO BE in Serbian

I am sure you have noticed two types of questions in this exercise:

Wh-? questions: Ko sam ja = Who am I and Ko su oni? Who are they?
Yes-no questions: Da li sam ja pingvin? = Am I a penguin?

With the verb to be=biti, it is obvious that there is

a wh-? question word before an inversion (ja sam becomes KO sam ja)
da li question phrase before an inversion (ja sam becomes DA LI sam ja)

Yes, it's that simple :)

Rešenje = Solution

Now that you understand EVERYTHING, it's time to solve the mystery...

His and Her in Serbian

Marina Serbian adjectives , Serbian for beginners

His and Her in Serbian

While his = njegov and her = njen sounds pretty easy and straightforward, there is a little catch. These are possessive adjectives and therefore they agree with the noun they describe. That's why they will have all kinds of suffixes to mirror the main noun in number, case and gender.

Today will stick just to the basic Nominative case and see how NJEGOV and NJEN mirror the gender of the nouns through the following exercises:

HIS and HER in Serbian with a funny photo

Simply look at the photo and write his shirt (njegovA košuljA) or her shirt (njenA košuljA), based on the position of the question in the photo:

His and Her in Serbian

HIS and HER in Serbian with Quizlet

If you have learnt clothes with one of my previous lessons, this one will be a piece of cake = prosto ko pasulj:

If you would like to get all my video lessons with explanations in English, translations and additional exercises like the ones above, in the meaningful order, consider joining me on Patreon.

Days of the Week in Serbian at Three Levels

Marina Accusative in Serbian , genitive in Serbian

I'm sure that you find Serbian days of the week easy to pronounce. However, if you still struggle with Thursday (četvrtak), there's a useful introduction in this video to help you pronounce days well.

Since rarely does anyone use days of the week in its Nominative form:

1. Ponedeljak = Monday = Понедељак

2. Utorak = Tuesday = Уторак

3. Sreda = Wednesday = Среда

4. Četvrtak = Thursday = Четвртак

5. Petak = Friday = Петак

6. Subota = Saturday = Субота

7. Nedelja = Sunday = Недеља

Let me share with you a few exercises at three different levels:

A. Days of the Week in Serbian

a. Flashcards
b. Matching game
c. Gravity game
d. Test

B: What are you doing on + DAY ( Accusative case )? = Šta radiš u subotu?

Let's practice together:

a. Flashcards
b. Matching game
c. Gravity game
d. Test

C: Words "svaki / sledeći / naredni / drugi + day "will trigger the Genitive case of both the adjective and the noun in the question:"What are you doing next Monday?" = "Šta radiš sledećeg ponedeljka?"

Let's practice together:

a. Flashcards
b. Matching game
c. Gravity game
d. Test

Relative Pronoun and Question Word Koji in Serbian

Marina question word koji , relative pronoun koji

If you ever wondered how to practice when to use kojI, kojA, kojE etc. both when asking questions and connecting sentences, here comes an easy exercise, based on the intro video about animals:

There is a similar video, where you have to fill in the gaps with "koji", but in the appropriate form:

Along with an online exercise:

Asking Questions in Serbian - Present Simple

Marina asking for clarification in Serbian , easy Serbian

Let me show you one more video in the series called Easy Texts in Serbian. This time you have to ask direct questions about the word which is in red.

For example: "Zovem se Tanja" - your task is to ask:

"Kako se zoveš ?" informal
"Kako se zovete ?" formal

For the following questions start with these question words:

Gde ... (where)
Kako ... (how)
Koliko godina ... (how old)
Kakvi ... (what...like)

Accidents and Emergencies - Vocabulary and Phrases in Serbian

Marina phrases in Serbian , Serbian language 365

I've recently received a very practical question : how to call for help in Serbian and what to say in case of an accident / theft and similar. So, let me give you a few ideas for three different topics, which hopefully you won't need at all:

Policija / milicija (police)

Policajac (police officer)
Advokat (lawyer)
Prestup (violation)
Prekršaj (offence)
Zovite policiju ! (call the police)

Prolbemi

Novčanik (wallet)
Lopov (thief)
Provalnik (burglar)
Izgubljene stvari (lost property)
Ukrasti (to steal)
Izgubiti (to lose)
Zaboraviti (to forget)
Zaboravio sam ključ (I forgot my key)
Izgubio sam ključ (I lost my key)
Neko mi je ukrao pare / novac (Somebody stole my money)
Upomoć ! (Help)

Nesrećan slučaj (accident)

Kvar (breakdown)
Služba za hitnu popravku (emergency breakdown service)
Sudar (accident, collision)
Osiguranje (insurance)
Automobil mi se pokvario (my car has broken down)
Vaše osiguranje (Your insurance documents)
Prijaviti sudar (to report an accident)
To je vaša krivica (it's your fault )

Serbian Adjectives in Accusative

Marina Accusative in Serbian , Accusative of Adjectives

Now that you've practised a set of verbs which require the Accusative case, in different tenses and with different nouns ( which you have seen / broken / bought /sold / fixed / turned off / turned on etc.), it's time you did the same exercise, but this time with adjectives.

The topic of adjectives in Serbian is always tricky as they not only agree with the number and gender of the noun, but also with its case. While in some cases, like in the Accusative for example, the case endings are the same for the nouns and adjectives, it's not always that easy ( e.g. in the Genitive case).

That's why we'll stick to the Accusative case today, because we've already practised it and it's easy!
Let's watch the same video and add the following adjectives in front of each noun :

MODERAN = modern
JEFTIN = cheap
SKUP = expensive
VELIKI = big
MALI = small
NOVI = new
STARI = old
DOBAR = good

For example:

Kupila sam veliki televizor i malU peglU.
Htela sam da kupim i modernE lampE, ali bile su previše skupE!
Na kraju sam kupila jeftinE tosterE. Jedan za mene a jedan za mamu.

As you can see, the Accusative form of the adjectives with nouns denoting inanimate objects is pretty straightforward - it simply agrees with the noun adding the final endings both for the Sg. and Pl. in the same manner as the noun. Let me share with you an exercise based on this blog post and the video (click on the question mark to get a hint which adjective to use).

Learn Serbian Phrases by Playing

Marina Learn Serbian online , Learn Serbian Podcast

Gde si sada? = Where are you now?
Do you want to play via the comments page?
I'll ask the first question:
1. Da li si u parkU ?

Speaking practice with Accusative, Questions and Conjugations

Marina Accusative in Serbian , Question form in Serbian

Watch this video and do the following exercises:

Speaking Exercise 1.
***Say the coulours as you see them (key in the comment)
Speaking Exercise 2.
*** Start with simple sentences such as:
''I like (green colour)/I don't like (blue colour)"
= VOLIM ZELENu /NE VOLIM PLAVu
(bear in mind that after this verb you need Accusative case:
plava boja --->plavu boju )
Speaking Exercise 3.
*** Say what you see (videti) "I can see (blue colour)" = VIDIM PLAVu BOJu
Speaking Exercise 4.
*** Ask a question "Can you see blue or green colour?"
a. form > DA LI VIDIŠ PLAVu ILI ZELENu BOJu?
b. form> VIDIŠ LI PLAVu ILI ZELENu BOJu?
--- exercises 3 and 4 include Present Simple Conjugations for the first and second person Singular, but you can make it for the plural and/or Past Simple as well (I'll give you one example in the following exercise)
Speaking Exercise 5.
*** Say what you've seen "I've seen/saw blue colour"
(Fem) VIDELA SAM PLAVu BOJu
(Masc) VIDEO SAM PLAVu BOJu
Speaking Exercise 6.
*** Ask a question in the past :
"Which colour have you seen?"
(Fem) KOJU SI BOJu VIDELA?
(Masc) KOJU SI BOJu VIDEO?
"Did you see blue colour?"
(Fem) DA LI SI VIDELA PLAVu BOJu?
(Masc) DA LI SI VIDEO PLAVu BOJu?

HAVE FUN = UŽIVAJTE

Why Do We Connect? Zašto se povezujemo?

Marina learn serbian ,

Recently LearnSerbian participated in "Why Do We Connect" video project. The idea was to post a response to the simple question "Why Do We Connect?" = Zašto se povezujemo?

Our answer was "To get inspired - to create!" = "Da se inspirišemo. Da stvaramo"! There are many more answers, each revealing one piece of ''why-we-connect puzzle''. I'll do my best to translate them slowly, one by one...

Now a question to you - why do you connect with other people on the www? Zašto se vi povezujete sa drugim ljudima preko interneta?

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Listening Exercise in Serbian

Friday, September 30, 2022

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

Translation of Various Who Forms

Explanation

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

MATCH igrica

FLASHCARDS

TEST

Video Lesson with Who in Serbian

Additional Exercises with All the Question words as well as Who Forms

MATCH igrica

FLASHCARDS

TEST

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Question Words in Serbian

Exercises with Question Words in Serbian

FLASHCARDS with Serbian Question Words

TEST with Serbian Question Words

Tuesday, October 01, 2019

Excuse me, where is ... in Serbian

How to pronounce IZVINITE, GDE JE in Serbian

Let's practice the phrase "Excuse me, where is ..."

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Hteti - Will or Want?

Želeti vs. Hteti

Accepting and Declining

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Exercise with this photo lesson

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Serbian Genitive with Sg. Feminine Nouns

Asking simple questions with the verb TO BE in Serbian

Rešenje = Solution

Wednesday, February 08, 2017

His and Her in Serbian

HIS and HER in Serbian with a funny photo

HIS and HER in Serbian with Quizlet

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