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Saturday, February 05, 2011

Singular vs. Plural in Serbian



Ovo je + Sg. = This IS...

Ovo su + Pl. = These ARE...

Friday, February 04, 2011

Past Participles in Serbian

Past Participles missing: 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




_______________ (she arrived) je sama sa ljetom
_______________ (she approached) i rekla hello
Pogledi su nam ________________ (telling) više od riječi
K’o da se zvijezda sa neba
____________________ (came down) meni na dlan
______________ (I knew) sam samo o njoj da zove se Džuli

Džuli, Džuli
A _______________ (I wanted) sam da dugo traje taj san

Pamtim još dodir te ruke
Lice i njen pogled blag
Odmah je jasno mi _______________ (it was) da ludo je volim
Kao i sve ljetne snove
I nju mi je _________________ (took away) dan
_________________ (it remained) samo je sjećanje na jedan juli

Džuli, Džuli
A _____________ (I wanted) sam da dugo traje taj san

Pitam u noćima nebo
Da li je to __________ (it was) san
Ili je stvarno te noći me ______________ (she was kissing) Džuli
Prošetam sam pored mora
Dočekam tako i dan
Zamolim more da vrati mi Džuli i juli

Džuli, o… Džuli, o…
Džuli, o… Džuli
A htio sam da dugo traje taj san
O moja Džuli

Answer key and the English translation

Monday, January 31, 2011

Learn Serbian with Novak Djokovic

Read this excerpt from Novak's interview in Serbian and fill in the gaps with the appropriate verb form.

"____  __________ (I don't want) da se ___________ (stop) ovde. ________ (I want) da budem zdrav i u dobroj formi da bi bio spreman za predstojeće izazove. Osećam da mogu dobro da ___________ (play) na svim podlogama, što sam u prošlosti i dokazao", rekao je Đoković za austrlijski Sidnej morning herald (The Sydney Morning Herald).

"Mislim da _____________ (am) tek sada mentalno ojačao. Uvek ____________ (am) bio veliki radnik i ____________ (I feel) da sam fizički snažniji. Sada sam došao do stadijuma kada _____________ (feel) da mogu da bez problema ____________ (go) na svaku loptu", rekao je srpski teniser.

"Nadal i Federer trenutno ______________ (aren't) dominantni kao prethodne dve ili tri godine. Sada ima više tenisera koji ____________ (can) da im se suprotstave i da ih pobede. To ____________ (is) dobro za sport", rekao je Đoković.

Na kraju Nole je priznao da mu je od osvajanja Dejvis kupa, zaključno sa Otvorenim prvenstvom Australije, predstavlja najbolji period u karijeri.

"____________ (I live) san svakog tenisera", zaključio je srpski teniser.
*** the answer key (if you need any help with the Cyrillic script, let Lexilogos help you :)

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Colours in Serbian

Ljubio sam __________ oko



_________ sam ________ oko
Verno trajno i duboko
Al' ______ oko tugu krije
__________ oko verno nije.

Onda ljubljah oko ________
Misleć da je ono pravo
Al ________ oko isto znade
Zadat srcu bol i jade.

Odsad više nikad __________
Ja u oku tražit sreću
Jer svako _____ jest varavo
Bilo ono _______, _______, ________.

If you need to practise saying colours in Serbian in context, do follow Learn Serbian Youtube channel .

Thursday, January 27, 2011

www.skolasrpskog.com

Свети Сава - Школска Слава

Свим читаоцима ЛеарнСербианБлог-а честитам школску славу! Желим да искористим ову прилику да свечано  отворим  онлајн школу српског где ћете моћи да уживате у интерактивним материјалима као што су активатор српског језика, онлајн магазин и њузлетер.


Sveti Sava - Školska Slava

Svim čitaocima LearnSerbianBlog-a čestitam školsku slavu! Želim da iskoristim ovu priliku da svečano  otvorim skolasrpskog.com, onlajn školu srpskog gde ćete moći da uživate u interaktivnim materijalima kao što su aktivator srpskog jezika, onlajn magazin i njuzleter (SerbianSchoolActivator newsletter).


St Sava - School Day

Merry St. Sava - a special day which is celebrated in all Serbian schools worldwide. I'd like to use this opportunity to officially open skolasrpskog.com -  Online School of Serbian where you can enjoy the interactive language learning materials, such as:
  • ACTIVATOR of the Serbian language
  • online MAGAZINE
  • monthly NEWSLETTER*
*SkolaSrpskogActivator newsletter costs $9.90 a month and it is for all of you who need someone to guide them, inspire them and push them to use the Serbian language EVERY DAY. That's why all the subscribers of this newsletter will get  an update each week with the variety of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities. When you subscribe to the list, you'll be able to access:
  • special activator PAGES with links to the audio forum
  •  interactive VIDEOS based on these pages
  • weekly LIVE ONLINE 50 min session ( with  the recording) 
  • RECIPE of the week
  • SONG of the week

Edit:
Two years after: SkolaSrpskog Activator now exists as a free newsletter. The original Serbian School Activator took place from February 2011 to December 2011, and it was transformed into my Serbian 101, 102, 201 and now 202 and 301 courses, which can be purchased via Udemy.

I want to thank Janice, Antonio, Lara, Mirko, Tina, Sylvina. Mathew and Jelena for perservering and keeping up with the following courses on Udemy. Hvala !

Advanced Serbian - Srpski kao drugi jezik

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