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Monday, October 25, 2021

Learn Serbian by Singing - Ne vredi plakati

Marina how to learn Serbian , Serbian 701

With so many youtube videos with beautiful Serbian songs being deleted, I somehow stopped creating blog posts covering this topic, although I keep using songs in my lessons on a regular basis. However, with a new tool at hand, I'll be able to recreate all my song-exercises and post them on my server with exercises based on the lyrics.

Learn Serbian by Singing - Ne vredi plakati

Let me start with the beautiful song "It's not worth crying" - NE VREDI PLAKATI, Zvonko Bogdan

Exercises with Serbian Songs

Practicing Serbian with Songs - Part 2

Marina serbian songs , Serbian vocabulary

Practicing Serbian with Songs

In the previous blog post you practiced Serbian with the song Donesi vina, krčmarice! Now I am adding the second part to it, a new exercise and a list of words to practice with this song.

Practicing Serbian Word Order with Songs

Practicing Vocabulary Serbian Songs

Doneti = to bring
Donesi = bring! informal
Donesite = bring! formal or plural
Vino = wine
Krčmarica = waitress arch. (Voc. case - krčmarice)
Rumen = red, flush
lice = face
Daj = give! informal
Dajte = give! formal or plural
piti = to drink (pijem = first person sg in present simple)
tuga = sorrow
razbiti = to break, shatter
srce = heart
boleti = to hurt
hteti = to want/ will (hoću, hoćeš, hoće - sg. present simple)
izgoreti = to burn (izgorim, izgoriš, izgori - sg. present simple)
ružica = ruža = rose
oči = eyes
crn = black
žeravica = ember
celo selo = The whole village
zaneti se = to get carried away
svi = everybody
Bog = god
Bože = Voc case of Bog
stvoriti = To create (što je stvori =why have you created her)
mlad = young
momak = young man
mučiti = to torture
moriti = to torture/torment

Exercises with These Words

Match Exercise

Flashcards Exercise

Test Exercise

Easter in Serbian

Marina Easter , Happy Easter in Serbian

Happy Easter to all the followers of LearnSerbianBlog.com who are celebrating Uskrs today. Let me share with you the links to the useful info, songs and pronunciation of the greetings for Serbian Easter:

Pronunciation of the Easter greeting in Serbian
Easter Morning song
Video about Easter
This song dedicated to Uskrs (if it's invisible, try to switch to Firefox browser)

Modal Verbs in Serbian - Can 2

Marina modal verbs in Serbian , verb conjugations in Serbian

In the one of the previous lessons we practiced the verb CAN in the Present Tense in Serbian. Let's revise it once again:

When you practised the verb MOĆI long enough, you are ready to solve the following mystery:

Which words are missing?

p.s. The response you can see here is from the famous song by Zdravko Čolić. If you like the song, let's learn how to sing it together :)

Serbian for Children - Numbers

Marina easy Serbian , numbers in serbian

The best way for kids to learn Serbian is through numerous songs, poems and chants. That's why I'll dedicate one blog post a week to this topic. Let's start with numbers in Serbian and this beautiful song by the famous Branko Kockica:

Don't forget to do this exercise based on the song lyrics!

Exercises with Songs in Serbian - Serbian 701

Marina comprehension exercises , serbian songs

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.

Serbian 301 - Retelling Story

Marina asking questions in Serbian , Past tense

In Serbian 301 one is practicing to confidently ask and answer questions about some past tense events. This can be practiced in different ways:

talking about your past, or past events in your life
talking about your friends and family and their experiences
retelling a short story that we have previously learnt
retelling an interesting film/book plot

Additionally, you can also practice telling a story based on a suitable song. Let's take Kristing by Zdravko Čolić, for example!

Retelling Story in Serbian - Song

Retelling Story in Serbian

For the sake of understanding here comes a page with the lyrics translation (not the perfect one, though, but you'll get the gist) and now you can practice retelling the story with the following set of exercises:

Retelling Story by asking questions

Now that you know what has actually happen, can you add your questions in the comments below?

Let me start with just a few:

Kada je Zdravko išao na salaš?
Gde je bio salaš?
Šta sve znači "društvo"?
Ko je stajao na vratima?
Šta je petrolejka?

Past Tense Practice in Serbian

Marina Past tense , past tense in serbian

Past Tense Practice in Serbian

You can find lots of useful info on the Simple Past tense in Serbian in some of the previous posts on this blog. Today I'd like to share a cute song I found on Youtube - all you have to do is to listen to it carefully and add the past tense suffixes to the past tense and present tense verbs and a few suffixes with the nouns in plural.

Dlan_ _ _ ti puni snova
Osmeh boje izazova
Reci, kud si krenu_ _?
U srcu ti ceo svemir
U oč_ _ _ kriješ nemir
Snove si sakri_ _

Zvezd_ su u tvojoj kosi
Kao da te jesen pros_
Nikom neće da te da
Hoda_ lako kao vila
Gde si se do sada kri_ _
To me baš zanima

Samoj sebi već sam čudna
Svake noći ja sam budna
Šta se sa mnom desi_ _
Tvoji prst_ na gitari
I sve te lagane stvar_
Sviraj mi ponovo

Malo čežnje na tvom licu
Leptir slete_ na žicu
Nebo se osmehu_ _
Probaj sa mnom sne da deli_
Šapući mi sve što želiš
Niko nas ne čuje

Hajde da malo proba_ _
Baš to x3
Jagod_ s puno šlaga
Ti si mi tako draga
Pa nek ide sve
Do vraga

Hajde da malo krade_ _
Baš to x3
Osmeh od sladoleda
Noć ima ukus meda
Šta je iza tvog pogleda

Source and download via Youtube channel Vanja Grastić

If you are not sure about the meaning, I prepared a quiz with which you can learn the words, and later on you can try to sing the song :)

Let's learn the vocabulary:
Let's listen:
Let's play:

Serbian 401 - Short History of Serbia, part 3

Marina Mala istorija Srbije , Serbian 401

Serbian 401 - Short History of Serbia, part 3

If you liked learning Serbian with the beautiful mini-series Mala istorija Srbije, you'll surely love the third episode dedicated to the famous song "Why are my thoughts struggling". Although we all know of this song, rarely does anyone know who wrote it and who it was dedicated to! Let us learn more about it, together :)

Ako vam se svidelo da učite srpski uz prelepu mini seriju "Mala istorija Srbije", sigurno ćete uživati u trećoj epizodi koja je posvećena čuvenoj pesmi "Što se bore misli moje". Iako svi znamo ovu pesmu, retko da iko zna ko ju je napisao i kome je posvećena! Hajde zajedno da saznamo nešto više :)

Serbian 401 - Video

Serbian 401 - Pesma

Short History of Serbia, episode 3 - Exercise

Što se bore _______ moje
iskustvo mi ćutat' _______
bez'te sada vi _______
nek' mi _______ govori

Prvi _______ oka tvoga
sjajnom _______ podoban
plenio je _______ moje
učinio _______ ga

Ja te ljubim, ah, _______
celom _______ kazaću
samo od tebe, ah, _______
ovu _______ sakriću.

Verbal Aspect in Serbian

Marina serbian songs , verb conjugations in Serbian

Listen to the song and decide which phrases you hear.

Finished/Completed (Perfective) - In progress or repetitive (Imperfective)

Sunce me probudi - Sunce me budi

Žurno se obučem - Žurno se oblačim

Popijem kafu = Pijem kafu

Oči protrljam = Oči trljam

Zaspao sam = Spavam

Gurnem vrata = Guram vrata

Pogledam ptice = Gledam ptice

Odem brzo = Odlazim brzo

Osvrnem se = Osvrćem se

Otplovim = Plovim

Asking About Location in Serbian

Marina locative case in Serbian ,

Fourteen years ago on March, 13th 1996, this song was the Song of the Day at the local radio station. I remember listening to it every hour! Take a guess where I was by asking questions, as follows:

1. "Da li ste bili u + city ? "
(when you guess the name of the city, proceed to 2)
2. "Da li ste bili u + place ?"

1/Word Bank: ---> Locative Case

Bečej ----> Bečeju
Senta ----> Senti
Zrenjanin ---> Zrenjaninu
Novi Sad---> Novom Sadu
Šabac ---> Šapcu
Niš ---> Nišu
Kragujevac ---> Kragujevcu
now, you do the same...
Kraljevo --->
Milanovac --->
Paraćin--->
Subotica --->
Zaječar--->
Beograd --->

2/Word Bank for places ---> Locative

škola - školi
crkva - crkvi
centar - centru
važno mesto - važnom mestu
*now, you do the same...
zgrada
vrtić
prodavnica
sajam
knjižara
bolnica

Serbian 102 - Here and There

Marina easy Serbian , Serbian 102

Here and There in Serbian

A well known poem "Beautiful World" by Jovan Jovanović Zmaj can be the perfect content for learning the words such as:

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.

(translation)

Now it's time to listen to the faster version:

Exercise with HERE and THERE

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

Serbian Slava Sveti Sava

Marina Serbian holidays , Serbian language 365

Let's celebrate Saint Sava Slava on January, 27th by sharing these insightful sites:

A must watch BBC video about St. Sava Slava (hvala D.)
About St. Sava by Istorijska Biblioteka site in Serbian
About Serbian Slava in English by Baba Mimi
About Serbian Orthodox faith in English

Don't miss the previous years' posts which include:

Present Tense Conjugation in Serbian

Marina present simple in Serbian , verb conjugations in Serbian

April u __________ by Zdravko Čolić

Listen to this lovely song and fill in the gaps. In order to be able to determine the right form, the corresponding subjects are highlighted red. If you need more info or practice on "u + location", check out the new blog post about the Locative case.

______________ (prolaziti) i ______________ (vraćati) se s lastama
Sunčani i nasmijani dani
opet _________ (biti) u mojoj duši proljeće,
da l' _________ (biti) djevojka il' žena sada ti?

April u Beograd__ uzaludno (ja) ______________ (tražiti)
Usne jedne djevojke sto se divno ______________ (maziti)April u Beograd_ ____________ (milovati) joj kosu
Ispod Savskog mosta to ____________ (biti) možda ona
Al' je drugi _______________ (ljubiti). ______________ (prolaziti) i ______________ (vraćati) se s lastama
Sunčani i nasmijani dani
opet _________ (biti) u mojoj duši proljeće,
da l' _________ (biti) djevojka il' žena sada ti?

April u Beograd__ jedno prošlo doba (ja)_______________ (nositi) ga u mislima iz vojnickih soba
April u Beograd__ umorno se ______________ (smešiti)
Ispod savskog mosta dok se sumrak ___________ (spremati)
vise mene _______________ (nemati).

Locative in Serbian

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Future Tense in Serbian

Marina future tense in Serbian ,

It's simply not enough to understand how to form the future tense in Serbian and its somewhat complicated word order! You need to practise as much as possible.

Future Tense in Serbian

Future Tense in Serbian with "Ej žalim žalim"

And what an enjoyable practice can it be when you simply sing it! That's why I am focusing today on this beautiful song featuring the future tense in Serbian :)

Idioms and Common Phrases in Serbian

Marina common phrases , phrases in Serbian

After publishing yesterday's post it struck me that you might not be aware of the meaning of the phrase "ravno mi je sve".That's why I chose the word RAVAN = flat / even / equal as the topic of today's post:

nekome je sve ravno ( do Kosova )= it's all the same ; it makes no difference

example: Uradi kako ti je drago - meni je sve ravno (do Kosova) !

translation: Do as you please - it makes no difference to me !

example from the song: Ravno mi je sve : because of the word "mi" this phrase means that he is indifferent, while the sentence before he means literally "ravno, nigde brda" = flat, no hill around

ravan kao dlan = as flat as a pancake

example: Vojvodina je ravna kao dlan. (Vojvodina is as flat as a pancake.)

na ravnoj nozi = on an equal footing; on equal terms

example: Razgovarali smo o svemu na ravnoj nozi (We talked about everything on equal terms)

na ravne časti = share and share alike; even Stephen

example: Sve što zaradimo delimo na ravne časti (Everything we earn we share and share alike)

nema mu ravna = without a peer; second to none

example: Kao lekaru nema mu ravna (As a doctor he is second to none.)

Word Order in Serbian - Part 4.5

Marina Passive in Serbian , Serbian language 365

Now that you've learnt the introductory song by heart (napamet), you are ready for more examples with the word order of the sentences with reflexive or impersonal "se". This time I'll cover the word order in the Simple Present tense with all three forms, affirmative, negative and questions. So, let's start :

Reflexive -se: oblačiti se (to get dressed) Present tense of OBLAČITI SE is :

Affirmative sentences : Subject (S) + predicate (P)

Oblačim se. N
Ja se oblačim.
Ti se igraš, a ja se oblačim. N
Sedi i gledaj TV dok se ja oblačim. N
Komšije su videle kako se (ja) oblačim u kuhinji. N
Priznajem da se oblačim u kuhinji. N

Negations: Subject (S) + NE + predicate (P)

Ne oblačim se. N
Ja se ne oblačim.
Ti se ne igraš, a ja se ne oblačim. N
Sedi i gledaj TV dok se ja ne oblačem. N
Tvrdila sam da se ne oblačim u kuhinji. N
Priznajem da se ne oblačim u kuhinji. N

Questions: Subject (S) + predicate (P)

Da li se oblačiš ? N
Da li se ti oblačiš ?
Oblačiš li se ?
Jel' se oblačiš ? N
Kada se oblačiš ? N
Kada se ti oblačiš ? N

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

Oblačim se svaki dan u kuhinji. N
Svaki dan se oblačim u kuhinji. N
(I'm not listing all the other combinations as they are not neutral)
Moje komšije su čule da se oblačim u kuhinji svaki dan. N
Moje komšije su čule da se svaki dan oblačim u kuhinji. N
(I'm not listing all the other combinations as they are not neutral)

Intermediate Serbian - Verb Aspect, lesson 3

Marina aspect in Serbian , intermediate Serbian

Before we continue with the video lessons focusing on aspect differences, let's be impratctical and talk only about the grammar today:

As you probably noticed in the previous post for the intermediate level, one can turn an imperfective verb into a perfective one by adding a prefix (buditi - probuditi , razbuditi ). But this is not the only way to change an aspect of a verb. You can also:

add a prefix to the verb and it becomes perfective
add a suffix to the verb and it becomes perfective (dremati - dremNUti)
alter the stem (odmoriti - odmarati, which I explained in the previous post)

But, we have to be cautious with the process of prefixation ! Quite often the meaning of the verb does not bear only the difference in aspect ( whether the action is complete or incomplete: "I wrote" - "I was writing" : Napisao sam = Pisao sam). It more frequently bears a new layer of meaning, like the ones mentioned in "buditi" becoming perfective in "probuditi" or "razbuditi", so we need to use phrasal verbs in English to accurately convey the additional meaning.

Let me give you a few examples of:

clear-cut distinction pefective-imperfective (without any additonal meanings):

pisati - napisati (to be writing - to have written/wrote)
čitati - pročitati (to be reading - to have read/ read )

the prefix adding new meanings :

igrati - odigrati / izigrati / zaigrati (to be playing - to have played / to play up / to play upon* these translations are incomplete and need to be read in the sentences, which will be the aim of our future lessons at this level )
pisati - prepisati (to copy) / zapisati (to jot down) / upisati (to enroll)

Until the next lesson, do practise the aspect in Serbian by doing some fun exercises published in the previous posts:

Song "I'm leaving"
Prefix "do-" in Serbian
Exercise with the verb aspect in Serbian

Serbian School Activator Revisited

Marina Learn Serbian online , Learn Serbian Podcast

In January I proudly presented my most beautiful site, www.skolasrpskog.com and the new concept of teaching Serbian online, which I called SkolaSrpskog Activator. It's been working for six months now, and I am really satisfied with all the language materials I've created in this period:

1. My Youtube channel www.youtube.com/learnserbian has 100 videos more (there were only about 20 up to 2011, and now there are 125, with 99 being visible).

2. The initial concept of an online session which was to consist of a language exercise, recipe and a song, has been changed, according to the feedback of all the subscribers. Still, at the end of each session, we enjoy singing one of the songs which I carefully choose each week.

3. I started adding all the explanations and exercises into pdf files, and also creating fun quizzes with the instand feedback. Some of the pages based on the situational phrases can be downloaded in pdf format from www.SkolaSrpskog.com.

4. During Easter, I organized some kind of an "online language quest" and we all had fun chasing Easter eggs on the site (some of them are still hidden there :) and doing fun exercises in Serbian. Some of the participants won free SkolaSrpskog Activator subscription, some won free 1:1 lessons, and I won many new friends and great ideas for our lessons :-)

5. I started gathering anonymous feedback, and here are just a few lines:
"Everything is super"
"I appreciate the amount of work the instructor puts into the experience. The YouTube videos are helpful"
"Everithing, and my teacher is lovely and flexibile, she love teaching us"

However, all that I've done and created so far is hardly mentioning in comparison to the effort my students have put into their work. They regularly attend the lessons and I am really proud of each one of them.

Today, on Britannia bookshop site, one of my most proficient students of Serbian, Jelena from Санкт-Петербург, Russia published the first part of our interview, which was very much inspired by our SkolaSrpskog Activator lessons.

Hvala Jelena i hvala svim đacima, Jani, Fabijanu, Matiji, Lari, Mirku, Milici, Toniju, Silvini, Ljubi i Tini na ukazanom poverenju, istrajnosti i velikom trudu :) U avgustu ćemo napraviti mali raspust, i onda opet nastavljamo sa časovima u septembru.

For all of you who'd like to learn more about SkolaSrpskog Activator, do join FB SkolaSrpskog Podcast group and you will be invited to attend our Third Friday Free Serbian lessons.

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Monday, October 25, 2021

Learn Serbian by Singing - Ne vredi plakati

Sunday, January 02, 2022

Practicing Serbian with Songs

Practicing Serbian Word Order with Songs

Practicing Vocabulary Serbian Songs

Exercises with These Words

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Saturday, January 11, 2020

Exercises with Songs in Serbian

Practicing Serbian with Songs

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Retelling Story in Serbian - Song

Retelling Story in Serbian

Retelling Story by asking questions

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Past Tense Practice in Serbian

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Serbian 401 - Short History of Serbia, part 3

Serbian 401 - Video

Serbian 401 - Pesma

Short History of Serbia, episode 3 - Exercise

Thursday, September 08, 2011

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Friday, April 03, 2020

Here and There in Serbian

Song with Here and There

Exercise with HERE and THERE

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Monday, January 27, 2014

Sunday, June 07, 2009

Locative in Serbian

Gap-fill exercise

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Future Tense in Serbian

Future Tense in Serbian with "Ej žalim žalim"

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Thursday, September 05, 2013

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

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