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Monday, January 07, 2019

How to Say Merry Christmas in Serbian

Marina Christmas in Serbian ,

Merry Christmas in Serbian

The best way to congratulate Christmas in Serbian is by saying:

Srećan Božić (click to hear the pronunciation)
Hristos se rodi
Vaistinu se rodi

For more information, interesting video lessons, songs and facts about Christmas in Serbia, check out my posts about Božić from the previous years!

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

Learn Serbian 365 Days with Songs and Poems - Branko Miljković

Marina Serbian language 365 , Serbian poems

If you are at upper-intermediate or advanced level of Serbian, I'm sure you'll fall in love with this poem at first sight/hearing :) Zaljubićete se u ovu pesmu Branka Miljkovića na prvi pogled / prvo slušanje :)

If you are not sure about the words and the meanings, you'll find it on this lyricstranslation.com page.
For all those who'd like to practise the Genitive case after the preposition "zbog" = because of, here is the exercise based on this magnificient poem.

How to Practice Serbian Pronouns in Instrumental

Marina instrumental , pronouns in Serbian

How to cope with all different forms of Serbian pronouns, in different cases and with all the different endings? Well, there are many different ways, starting with old-fashioned grammar learning;

to using them in phrases, without thinking about grammar at all. What I find really efficient, is to listen to Serbian songs and learn the pronouns in common phrases, by singing :)

Let me share with you the following song: Za Njom by S.A.R.S.

How to Practice Serbian Pronoun SHE in the Instrumental Case

Now that you have heard this song, sang along, and done the exercise, can you tell me which prepositions were there in front of "NJOM"?

St Valentine's Day with Exercises 2

Marina Serbian holidays , serbian songs

Songs for St Valentine's Day in Serbian

For all of you eagerly waiting for another love song, this time sung to a woman, here comes one suggestion: I Still Love You by Sergej Ćetković. The answer key, or the lyrics, can be found here, but I am sure you'll have fun trying to do my exercise as well:

Serbian Aspect Easy Way - Nisam te se nagledao

Marina aspect in Serbian , serbian songs

While I was searching for some songs for learning Serbian, I came across this aspect-friendly one called Nisam te se nagledao, which inspired me to create two sets of quizzes for you to practice Serbian aspect while listening to it :) I bet you'd be delighted to find out that there's an easy and more efficient way to learn verbal aspects :)

Let's match the verses:

Verbs only:

Beautiful Songs about Serbia - Serbia mía

Marina serbian songs ,

Have you ever heard of this beautiful song about Serbia, by Mirko Radović? If not, I am sure you will enjoy listening to it now and come back to it because if its gentleness and a catchy tune!

In case you don't understand Spanish, I'll share with you the author's words about the song,

"Rodio sam se daleko, i tek nakon više od 50 godina sam uspeo da se povežem sa mojom porodicom. Nikada neću zaboraviti taj trenutak. Siguran sam da su me moj otac i baba i deda gledali sa neba i da su danas jako srećni zbog toga. Ova pesma je istinita priča o mom ponovnom susretu sa domovinom, pretočena u stihove."

along with the lyrics in Spanish

*** Lyrics ***

Serbia mía

Siento el silbido que despierta, Siento el dulce aroma de un café

Siento cada abrazo, cada beso y las caricias
Que la noche nos dejó tan solo ayer
Siento que mis manos aún te buscan
Siento que tuvimos que partir
Siento cada calle, cada plaza, cada parque
Los rincones que nos vieron sonreir…
Lo siento, Serbía mía, y volver será un nuevo empezar
Siento cada pena, cada angustia, cada llanto
Que tu rostro inocente ayer marcó
Y si la noche se acaba, celebra conmigo que el día volvió

Lo siento, Serbía mía, y lo siento cada día más y más
Siento recordar lo que fuímos, siento el fuego vil que nos quebró
No importa que estés muy lejos, la paz es tu abrigo, el sol es tu voz
Y si la noche se acaba, celebra conmigo que el día volvió

and its translation:

*** Translation ***

Srbijo moja

Osećam zvuk koji me budi,
osećam slatki miris jutra.
Osećam svaki zagrljaj, svaki poljubac i dodire
koje nam je prošla noć ostavila.
Osećam da mi ruke još tebe traže.
Osećam da smo morali otići.
Osećam svaku ulicu, svaki trg, svaki park,
sva mesta koja su nas videla.

Osećam te, Srbijo moja
i osećam te svakim danom više i više
Osećam te Srbijo moja
i vratiću se tebi ponovo.
Sećam se što smo nekada bili.
Osećam vatru koja rastavlja
Osećam svaki bol, svaku muku, svaki krik
koje je proslost na licu ostavila.
Nije važno što si daleko,
mir je tvoj spas,
Sunce je tvoj glas.
Iako je noći kraj,
slavi sa mnom,

jer dan se vratio.

Although the song was released a few years ago, a wonderful piece of news was to learn that this song dedicated to Serbia was picked by a Peruvian corporate chain to be played in their offices :) No wonder why! Congratulations, Mirko!

Serbian Language 365 - Day 6 Phrases in Serbian

Marina Free lessons of Serbian , how to learn Serbian

Many of you who have joined my online lessons, accompanying Serbian language courses, already know that I've had so much precious insight into learning Serbian from my mother-in-law who is French. She told me how difficult it was for her to learn the language from books, and she actually started speaking the language and becoming fluent when she threw away all her grammar books and textbooks and started learning phrases and letting her children correct her mistakes. You can imagine why: since Serbian is a highly flective language, one can come across many suffixes which are the same, denoting different cases (like "vidim pitU" (Acc.Sg.Fem.) in contrast with "ja sam u BeogradU" (Locative, Sg. Masc.)), which can only confuse you.

In reality, if you stopped to think what you'd say, you'd never become fluent. The key to learning ANY language is always immersion, either by spending time in the country where the language is spoken, or watching films, singing songs or being surrounded by people speaking only the target language. In case none of the above is possible, you can always learn the set phrases, which will help you become fluent.

Learning grammar is always a "reverse engineering" process - and it should stay that way. That's why I will always publish one "Serbian phrases video lesson" based on a situation covered in my Serbian phrases e-book on Sundays. Lots of my students told me it was highly useful and practical, and I'm sure you'll find it the same!

Pozdravi na srpskom (Greetings in Serbian)

Serbian Verbs Conjugated - To Live

Marina serbian conjugations ,

I have tried to make simple conjugation videos before, but was never satisfied with what they looked and sounded like. Last week, thanks to my dedicated patrons on Patreon and my students of Serbian whom I've been teaching for years, I was able to afford the first professional version of the software which I have always dreamt of. HVALA!!!

How do you like my first pro conjugation video?

Now that I have all the tools, I am sure you'll all enjoy my short video lessons about:

verb conjugations in Serbian, both in the Cyrillic and Latin alphabet.
short video stories, based on the video with conjugations
short dialogues based on the texts and Serbian Phrases
videos explaining Serbian idioms
easy Serbian songs and chants for kids

Još jednom ogromno hvala mojim dragim pratiocima i učenicima koji pomažu održavanje ovog bloga i sve bolji kvalitet video lekcija srpskog jezika. Moje nove lekcije će izgledati super zahvaljujući Mirku, Milici i Milenki, Lari, Matiji, Dejanu i Danijeli, Marion, Pavlu, Dejvidu, Niku i Dženi i Jani!!!

Adjective Comparison in Serbian

Marina adjective comparison in Serbian , Serbian adjectives

Want to practise comparing adjectives in Serbian ? Best way is to do it in relaxed atomsphere, while listening to "old-town songs" and playing the comparison game I made for you, rather than learning the myriads of sound change rules :) Hope you like it!

Click here for larger version

Learn Serbian with Children's Songs

Marina genitive in Serbian , Serbian for children

Let's practise the Genetive case in Serbian with this lovely song:

Nema __________ ni planete (world =svet)
Gde _________ stići dete, (can not)
Jer sve ______________ staze vode (children's = deca)
Od igre do _________________.(freedom = sloboda)

Nema __________ ni planete (world =svet)
Gde _________ stići dete, (can not)
Jer sve ______________ staze vode (children's = deca)
Od igre do _________________.(freedom = sloboda)

Chorus:
Cveće je ukras ______________ (of garden = bašta)
Leptir je ukras _____________, (of flower= cvet)
A deca puna _____________ (of imagination = mašta)
Deca __________ (are)
Ukras _____________... (of the world = svet)

Chorus

_____________ pesme tihe tajne (beautiful=lep)
Sve ljubavi _____________ sjajne, (of children's = deca)
Neka planu _________ se rode (let's)
Od ___________ do slobode. (from game/play = igra)

Chorus

Happy Holidays from Ivan&Marina & Nat (AhoyThere)

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Monday, January 07, 2019

Merry Christmas in Serbian

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Saturday, March 09, 2013

Sunday, January 22, 2017

How to Practice Serbian Pronoun SHE in the Instrumental Case

Monday, February 09, 2015

Songs for St Valentine's Day in Serbian

Friday, September 21, 2018

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