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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
For the complete Serbian language novices such as myself, it is really nice to encounter "friendly words". To give you a flavour I have included a link to a presentation. Guess what they are!!
There are many more out there!
Nat
Friday, March 27, 2009
a. in Singular or Plural
b. Masculine/Feminine/Neuter
c. in different cases
I advise you to learn them in the context and practise one group at a time.
Therefore, I will start with a series of simple formulas with exercises. Feel free to ask questions or post the answers in the comment or to my email under the profile.
Here is a kind of formula for Singurlar + Nominative combination of an ADJECTIVE + NOUN:
Singular & Nominative
1. Adjective + Masculine Noun = zanimljiv tekst (interesting text)
2. AdectiveA + Feminine Noun = zanimljivA knjiga (interesting book)
3. AdjectiveO + Neuter Noun = zanimljivO selo (interesting village)
Exercise: add an adjective with the appropriate ending in front of the following nouns:
adjectives: LEP / JAK / VISOK / VELIK / SKUP
- ___________ knjiga.
- ___________ momak.
- ___________ auto.
- ___________ kosa.
- ___________ zgrada.
- ___________ kuća.
- ___________ sto.
- ___________ torba.
- ___________ dete.
- ___________ zrno.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Vreme je lepo /užasno (ružno) = The weather is nice /terrible(nasty)
Kišovito = rainy
Vetrovito = windy
Hladno = cold
Toplo = warm
Maglovito = foggy
Oblačno = cloudy
Sunčano = sunny
Olujno = stormy
Kontinentalna klima = continental climate
Blaga klima = mild climate
Umerena klima = moderate climate
Vremenska prognoza = weather forecast
Kiša će! = it is going to rain!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
a. one example is with a transitive/intransitive verb, while the
b. example is with the 'se' verb (see the explanation in this post)
affirmative
(I sing every day) > Ja pevam svaki dan
(I comb (myself) ) > Ja se češljam
interrogative
(do you sing every day?) > Da li pevaš svaki dan?
(What do you sing every day?) > Šta pevaš svaki dan?
(Do you comb (myself) ) > Da li se (ja) češljam ?
(Who combs (themselves)? ) > Ko se češlja?
negative
(I don't sing every day) >Ja ne pevam svaki dan OR Ne pevam svaki dan.
(I don't comb (myself)) > Ja se ne češljam. = Ne češljam se.
******** EXERCISE******** mark the sentences as C *correct or I*incorrect :
- Ja se igram.
- Mi pevam.
- Da li se ja umivamo?
- Ne doručkujemo u 8.
- Ti pereš.
- Ja idem u Beograd.
- Zovem Mario.
- Kupam se svaki dan.
- Gde ste se upoznali?
- Imam čas svaki dan.
Monday, March 23, 2009
- IM
- Svako jutro se (1) BUDITI u 8.
- Da li ti (2) MISLITI da su jedan plus jedan dva?
- Da li Vi (3) MISLITI da u životu jedan i jedan nisu uvek dva?
- Dragan se (4) OBLAČITI bar pola sata!
- Kada (5) OTVARATI prodavnicu?
- Svaki dan te (6) ČEKATI bar deset minuta!
- Moja deca (7) ČITATI knjige - a tvoja?
- Danas je baš hladno! Vetar baš (8) DUVATI.
- Koliko često (9) GLEDATI tv?
- Ana i Sofija se (10) IGRATI.
- Svaki dan se (11) DOPISIVATI sa drugaricom iz Engleske.
- Kada ti (12) DORUČKOVATI?
- Šta najčešće (13) PITI tokom dana?
- Oni (14) PISATI e-meilove svaki dan.
- Kada mi (15) POČINJATI sa učenjem srpskog?
Sunday, March 22, 2009
The early bird catches the worm
Success comes to those who prepare well and put in effort.
In Serbian, there is a very similar proverb, but it is much more general, and there is neither a bird, nor a worm mentioned. It sounds very general, something like ‘Those who get up early, catch 2 happy events ” (literal translation, don’t laugh)
Your Serbian lesson KO RANO RANI DVE SREĆE GRABI: vocabulary
KO means WHO
RANO means EARLY
RANI means GETS UP EARLY
DVE means TWO
SREĆE means HAPINESS (in Serbian used as plural here)
GRABI means GRABS
Your Serbian lesson KO RANO RANI DVE SREĆE GRABI: grammar
Ko je to? means Who is it?
Ko si ti? means Who are you?
Ko sam ja? means Who am I?
Sooooooooooooo, how do you say in Serbian the following:
I am ?
You are?
It is?
You are right - it isn’t difficult at all!!!
JA SAM means I am
TI SI means You are
ON JE means He is
ONA JE means She is
ONO JE means It is
Now, how about Plural ? Let’s try it again:
1. Ko smo mi?
2. Ko ste vi? Ko ste Vi?
3. Ko su oni? Ko su one? Ko su ona?
If you have any idea for the verb To Be Plural form, send them as comments.
Friday, March 06, 2009
Enjoy Myngling!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
The conjugation system of Serbian verbs is rather complex. There are several classes of regular verbs distinguished according to certain features the verbs within a class share. (I copied this sentence from Wikipedia, so you can follow the link to see the conjugations of the verb 'RADITI' (to work) to get the idea how it looks like in different tenses.)
As you could see, it is not only the present tense, but we need also to learn how to use the verbs in different tenses. Therefore, I made a playlist which will in time grow and help you learning Serbian verb conjugations:
Let me jot down a few examples:
infinitive: živETI
verb stem: živ
I live = ja živim
you live = ti živiš
You live = Vi živite
He,she,it live = on, ona ono živi
We live = mi živimo
You live = vi živite
They live = oni, one, ona žive
The verbs belonging to the same group are as follows:
GOVORITI to talk, HVALITI to praise, UČITI to learn, MRZETI to hate, VOLETI to love, RADITI to work, ŽELETI to want, BROJATI to count, POSTOJATI to exist
The most useful website listing various forms and numerous verbs is LogosConjugator. I am sure it will help!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
MOGU LI DA KORISTIM INTERNET ODAVDE? = Can I use the Internet from here?
KAKO DA SE PRIKLJUČIM = How can I connect?
KOJI JE VAŠ / TVOJ IMEJL = Which is your e-mail?
IMATE LI SVOJ VEB SAJT? = Do you have your own website?
ZAŠTO KONEKTOVANJE TRAJE TAKO DUGO? = Why does connecting take so much time? DA LI U BLIZINI IMA INTERNET KAFE? = Is there an internet cafe near here? KOLIKO KOŠTA SAT VREMENA NA INTERNETU? = How much is it per hour for the Internet?
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Arhaični tekst
Danas se slavi nezvanični Svetski dan zaljubljenih. Pominje se kao Valentin day ili sveti Valentin, po zapadnjačkoj tradiciji, koji se poslednjih godina, zajedno s imenom odomaćio i kod nas. Sveti Valentin je, po predanju, pre 1759godina ljubavlju izlečio slepu kćerku uglednog plemića. Ne zna se tačno ko je bio, ali se smatra da je reč o biskupu koga je 14. februara 270. godine pogubio rimski imperator Klaudio Gotika. NJemu je smetala narodna vera u ljubav i čuda koju je Valentin budio svojim upornim molitvama i ljubavlju.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
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21 - dvadeset (i) jedan
**************** As you see the rule is very simple, just add 20 + 1. As for writing, the two numbers are written separately, either with 'and' or without it in between, while for administrative purposes, ie. in documents, the numbers are written together eg. 'dvadesetjedan'.
**************** Practise saying the numbers below, and then listen to the answers in the GCast Widget on the right, under the Post named 'Tens-exercise'.
29
34
67
98
61
23
35
53
47
78
82
93
130
169
174