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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Here is a link to a lovely video clip of a choir singing an Easter song:
Uskršnje Jutro
Čarolija
Uskršnje jutro kada se javi
Svakom na licu osmeh zablista.
Danas je praznik, danas se slavi
Dan vaskrsenja Isusa Hrista.
Šarena jaja na stolu stoje
U ispletenoj korpi od pruća.
Svako od nas će dobiti svoje
Ostaće jedno naš čuvar kuća.
Chorus (x2)
Pozdravimo Spasitelja
Njegova je bila želja
Da nas vodi ljubav, vera, nada.
Čovečanstvo neka celo
Isusovo sledi delo
Hristos Vaskrs!
Mir Božiji neka vlada!
Šarena jaja na stolu stoje
U ispletenoj korpi od pruća.
Svako od nas će dobiti svoje
Ostaće jedno naš čuvar kuća.
Pozdravimo Spasitelja
Njegova je bila želja
Da nas vodi ljubav, vera, nada.
Čovečanstvo neka celo
Isusovo sledi delo
Hristos Vaskrs!
Mir Božiji neka vlada!
Uskršnje Jutro
Čarolija
Uskršnje jutro kada se javi
Svakom na licu osmeh zablista.
Danas je praznik, danas se slavi
Dan vaskrsenja Isusa Hrista.
Šarena jaja na stolu stoje
U ispletenoj korpi od pruća.
Svako od nas će dobiti svoje
Ostaće jedno naš čuvar kuća.
Chorus (x2)
Pozdravimo Spasitelja
Njegova je bila želja
Da nas vodi ljubav, vera, nada.
Čovečanstvo neka celo
Isusovo sledi delo
Hristos Vaskrs!
Mir Božiji neka vlada!
Šarena jaja na stolu stoje
U ispletenoj korpi od pruća.
Svako od nas će dobiti svoje
Ostaće jedno naš čuvar kuća.
Pozdravimo Spasitelja
Njegova je bila želja
Da nas vodi ljubav, vera, nada.
Čovečanstvo neka celo
Isusovo sledi delo
Hristos Vaskrs!
Mir Božiji neka vlada!
Friday, April 17, 2009
Srećan Uskrs!
http://www.spc.rs/eng/happy_easter
the most common phrase spoken is:
Христос васкрсе (Hristos vaskrse) - Christ resurrected.
to which you will get the answer:
Ваистину васкрсе (Vaistina vaskrse) - truly resurrected.
A clip from a TV news programme on the subject of Easter:
http://www.spc.rs/eng/happy_easter
the most common phrase spoken is:
Христос васкрсе (Hristos vaskrse) - Christ resurrected.
to which you will get the answer:
Ваистину васкрсе (Vaistina vaskrse) - truly resurrected.
A clip from a TV news programme on the subject of Easter:
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Prošlo vreme, or Perfekt, as we call it in Serbian, is the past tense which covers all the English past tenses (the Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present and Past perfect). It is most commonly used tense for expressing past time events. The Aorist tense is also used, though not that often.
Formation of PERFECT in Serbian
Here is the formula for the Past Tense in Serbian:
LONG FORM:
Subject + present of TO BE + Past Participle (or literally: ' past participle adjective ' = glagolski pridev radni) For a very thorough explanation check this link.
Ti si plesala. (You were dancing.)
SHORT FORM:
Past Participle + present of TO BE
Plesala si.
It is formed by replacing the 'i/e/ati' or 'ći' infinitive ending of the verb with the past participle endings as follows:
Masc. Sg -o
Fem. Sg - la
N. Sg -lo
Masc. Pl -li
Fem. Pl - le
N. Pl -la
I will use the opportunity of this excellent video to introduce past tense verbs:
Novak je pobedio Federera.
Novakova devojka je skakala od sreće, a njegovi prijatelji su se radovali.
Federer je polomio reket, a posle je bacao flaše, što možete videti na snimku.
* With reflexive form of the word, the auxilliary "to be" is dropped in the third person singular, so :
"She woke up" = Ona se probudila. or Probudila se. (instead of ona je se probudila, or probudila je se)
For more Serbian video lessons check this page.
Formation of PERFECT in Serbian
Here is the formula for the Past Tense in Serbian:
LONG FORM:
Subject + present of TO BE + Past Participle (or literally: ' past participle adjective ' = glagolski pridev radni) For a very thorough explanation check this link.
Ti si plesala. (You were dancing.)
SHORT FORM:
Past Participle + present of TO BE
Plesala si.
It is formed by replacing the 'i/e/ati' or 'ći' infinitive ending of the verb with the past participle endings as follows:
Masc. Sg -o
Fem. Sg - la
N. Sg -lo
Masc. Pl -li
Fem. Pl - le
N. Pl -la
I will use the opportunity of this excellent video to introduce past tense verbs:
Novak je pobedio Federera.
Novakova devojka je skakala od sreće, a njegovi prijatelji su se radovali.
Federer je polomio reket, a posle je bacao flaše, što možete videti na snimku.
* With reflexive form of the word, the auxilliary "to be" is dropped in the third person singular, so :
"She woke up" = Ona se probudila. or Probudila se. (instead of ona je se probudila, or probudila je se)
For more Serbian video lessons check this page.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Following on the English (international + loan words) presentation , here is another presentation of Serbian words, which look or sound similar to their French counterparts.
For the non-French speaking lot out there:
Lavabo - Washbasin
Formulari - Forms
Biblioteka - Library
the rest - you should be able to guess!
Bien sur! Il y a beaucoup de mots français qu'on peut trouver dans la langue serbe. Voici quelques exemples…
If you find learning a new language daunting... lost for words.... then don't despair... There are many international & loan words in most languages and Serbian is no exception either.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
In order to make a correct sentence in Serbian, it is wise to learn nouns according to their grammatical gender. There is a thorough explanation of the nouns and adjectives in Serbian on Unilang site in Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 . Since it is useless to learn adjective suffixes in sets which are different depending whether the noun is:
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
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
Kakvo je vreme = what is the weather like?
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!
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
Prezent u potvrdnom, upitnom i odričnom obliku
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 :
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
Fill in the gaps with the suitable form of the verbs in brackets and send the homework to 'learnserbian@gmail.com'. I hope that I will manage to launch the site with similar grammar exercises by April. Watch this space!
- IM
- 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
KO rano rani DVE sreće grabi
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
I am happy to announce that Myngle introduced group lessons on its platform. Since it is real fun to learn in a group, I would like to invite all of you interested in taking such lessons, to give your suggestions about the time, topics and levels which suit you best. You can write to my gmail address, which will (from now on) be under my profile. For those interested in learning Serbian with the help of a bilingual French/Serbian teacher, check this link.
Enjoy Myngling!
Enjoy Myngling!
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