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If you liked the video and the follow-up exercises I recently published, it's time for you to do revise it and practice pronunciation:
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Showing posts sorted by relevance for query word order. Sort by date Show all posts
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Tuesday, February 02, 2021
Ako ste na naprednom nivou učenja srpskog, sigurno već uživate prateći vesti iz Srbije i čitajući knjige na srpskom. Danas želim da podelim sa vama jedan zabavan video intervju sa sve popularnijom spisateljicom Lanom.
Kada odslušate video, pokušajte da uradite vežbu redosleda reči (word order exercise) odgovorite na sledeća pitanja
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
If you are familiar with the personal pronouns in Serbian in the Nominative case, it's time for you to their different forms through various cases.
The clever way is to approach these more complicated forms through the texts you've done before, using the pronouns instead of nouns. For example:
If we turn all the nouns into the corresponding pronouns, we would get a fun story:
However, the easiest way is to learn pronouns is through songs and exercises:
The clever way is to approach these more complicated forms through the texts you've done before, using the pronouns instead of nouns. For example:
If we turn all the nouns into the corresponding pronouns, we would get a fun story:
- Želim da kupim njih. = Želim da ih kupim.
- Da li imate njih, ali u plavoj boji? = Da li ih imate, ali plave?
- Da li možete da mi pokažete nju i njih = Da li možete da mi je pokažete i da mi ih pokažete?
- Želim da kupim nju, nju i nju i njih. = Želim da je kupim i želim da ih kupim.
Now I have two questions:
- What does each pronoun in bold refer to?
- What changes does the word order cause?
However, the easiest way is to learn pronouns is through songs and exercises:
- Personal pronouns in the Dative with "Kafu mi draga ispeci"
- Personal pronoun "we" in different forms with "Moja draga"
- Personal pronouns in the Accusative and possessive adjectives with "Dudo"
- Mixed personal pronouns with "Tako mi svega"
Since the courses Serbian 101 and Serbian 102 deal with the following cases:
- Nominative (JA - TI/VI - ON - ONA - ON // MI - VI - ONI)
- Accusative
in Serbian 102 I introduced the pronouns in the Accusative:
- Accusative (MENE / SEBE - TEBE/ VAS - NJEGA - NJU(JE) - NJEGA // NAS - VAS - NJIH)
In Serbian 201 I introduce the pronouns in the Locative and Instrumental case:
- Locative ( o MENI/ SEBI - TEBI - VAMA - NJEMU - NJOJ - NJEMU // NAMA - VAMA - NJIMA)
- Instrumental (SA MNOM/SOBOM - TOBOM - VAMA - NJIM - NJOM - NJIM // NAMA - VAMA - NJIMA)
and we will practice them together in the next post!
Sunday, November 10, 2013
If you have always wondered it there were any videos with conjugations in Serbian with the Cyrillic script, here they come :
With this video you can not only pronounce the Simple present conjugations of the verb "zvati se", but you can also practise its word order and asking and answering simple questions in the second part of the video. Which words are missing there ?
With this video you can not only pronounce the Simple present conjugations of the verb "zvati se", but you can also practise its word order and asking and answering simple questions in the second part of the video. Which words are missing there ?
Thursday, February 14, 2013
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:
Text : "Gde si bila ?" (Fem. Sg.) / "Gde si bio?" (Masc. Sg.) = Where were you ?
Fem. Sg. Bila sam u ...
Masc. Sg. Bio sam u ...
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 ...
Thursday, September 19, 2013
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| Slažu se kao pas i mačka :) |
- 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"
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Let's listen to the video lesson where I am playing this game:
I am sure that now you are ready to do the following exercise:
Monday, November 24, 2014
This year I have discovered three real gems for learning Serbian at higher levels:
Now, how can you learn Serbian while watching these videos?
As I have already written about Naša Snajka and Državni Posao, let me introduce you to "Mala istorija Srbije" series which present Serbian tradition and history in a didactic and lively manner. For example, while watching the first episode you can learn:
- until what time it is safe to greet someone saying "dobro jutro"
- what "stalni gosti" usually drink
- what "srpski političar" looks like
- the connotation of the word "stoka"
- who can save you on February 24th
Now, how can you learn Serbian while watching these videos?
- At first turn off the audio and describe what's going on
- When watching the video for the second time, do listen to it and ask as many questions as possible (of course, press pause in order to manage this!). So, the aim is to understand what's going on!
- Retell the story using the phrases and vocabulary used by Milena, Lane, Vlasta, Vasić and Žika
Have fun!
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