Monday, July 18, 2011

Learning Serbian with Kefalica

Watch this video of "Kefalica" and enjoy learning Serbian while trying to figure out which are the correct answers to the following questions:

1. Ко је стриц ?
2. Ко је стрина ?
3. Ко је тетка
4. Ко је ујак ?
5. Да ли мама може да буде "ожењена" ?
6. Ко је унук ?
7. Ко је унука ?
8. Ко су све наши рођаци ?
--- 4мин.
9. Шта је карактер ?
10. Шта значи имати "чврст карактер" ?
11. Шта значи имати "јак карактер" ?
12. Шта значи имати "слаб карактер"? Пример ?

Practise for Guča Music Festival

Marina Listening comprehension ,

Listen to the Youtube song and point to the exact piece of clothes in the embedded photo:

Read more about the Serbian ethic clothes.

Serbian School Activator Revisited

Marina Learn Serbian online , Learn Serbian Podcast

In January I proudly presented my most beautiful site, www.skolasrpskog.com and the new concept of teaching Serbian online, which I called SkolaSrpskog Activator. It's been working for six months now, and I am really satisfied with all the language materials I've created in this period:

1. My Youtube channel www.youtube.com/learnserbian has 100 videos more (there were only about 20 up to 2011, and now there are 125, with 99 being visible).

2. The initial concept of an online session which was to consist of a language exercise, recipe and a song, has been changed, according to the feedback of all the subscribers. Still, at the end of each session, we enjoy singing one of the songs which I carefully choose each week.

3. I started adding all the explanations and exercises into pdf files, and also creating fun quizzes with the instand feedback. Some of the pages based on the situational phrases can be downloaded in pdf format from www.SkolaSrpskog.com.

4. During Easter, I organized some kind of an "online language quest" and we all had fun chasing Easter eggs on the site (some of them are still hidden there :) and doing fun exercises in Serbian. Some of the participants won free SkolaSrpskog Activator subscription, some won free 1:1 lessons, and I won many new friends and great ideas for our lessons :-)

5. I started gathering anonymous feedback, and here are just a few lines:
"Everything is super"
"I appreciate the amount of work the instructor puts into the experience. The YouTube videos are helpful"
"Everithing, and my teacher is lovely and flexibile, she love teaching us"

However, all that I've done and created so far is hardly mentioning in comparison to the effort my students have put into their work. They regularly attend the lessons and I am really proud of each one of them.

Today, on Britannia bookshop site, one of my most proficient students of Serbian, Jelena from Санкт-Петербург, Russia published the first part of our interview, which was very much inspired by our SkolaSrpskog Activator lessons.

Hvala Jelena i hvala svim đacima, Jani, Fabijanu, Matiji, Lari, Mirku, Milici, Toniju, Silvini, Ljubi i Tini na ukazanom poverenju, istrajnosti i velikom trudu :) U avgustu ćemo napraviti mali raspust, i onda opet nastavljamo sa časovima u septembru.

For all of you who'd like to learn more about SkolaSrpskog Activator, do join FB SkolaSrpskog Podcast group and you will be invited to attend our Third Friday Free Serbian lessons.

Exit 2011

Marina Exit Novi Sad ,

Watch this video and answer the following questions:

1. When (kad) does the festival take place ?
2. Where (gde) does it take place ?
3. How many (koliko) visitors will attend Exit ?
4. How many stages are there ?
5. Where can you find more info about Exi t2011 ?
Exit 2011 TimeLine

Serbian Film - Listening Exercise

Marina Listening comprehension ,

Listen to this short video in Serbian and answer the following questions:

1. На којој висини је авион тренутно ? ___________

2. Колико ЈАТ има авиона ? _________

3. Колико година постојања слави ЈАТ ?
_________

4. У ком периоду је превезено преко милион путника ?
__________

Dreams Do Come True :)

Marina Learn Serbian with Novak Đokovic ,

Prvi deo

Drugi deo

Treći deo

Serbian Holidays - Vidovdan

Marina Serbian holidays ,

Vidovdan je verski praznik koga praznuju Srpska pravoslavna crkva (15. juna po julijanskom kalendaru, 28. jun po gregorijanskom) i Bugarska pravoslavna crkva i jedan je od najvećih srpskih praznika.

Vidovdan nije praznik radosti, ne igra se i ne peva, a ljudi se prisećaju palih ratnika i obilaze njihove grobove.

Običaj zemljoradnika je da tog dana procenjuju kakva će biti letina.
Veruje se da će najbolje roditi strana sa koje se prvo pojave oblaci. Ako nema oblaka, veruje se da godina neće biti rodna. U nekim delovima Srbije seljaci se trude da poljske radove završe pre Vidovdana. (izvor)

Serbian Phrases with Pronunciation - Greetings

Marina Greetings in Serbian , Situations in Serbian

For more phrases, visit the Serbian Phrases Course with video explanations and exercises like this one.

PHRASES IN SERBIAN

GREETINGS: POZDRAVI when arriving

Hello = Zdravo !
Hi = Ćao !
Good morning = Dobro jutro! (until 9 or 10 a.m.)
Good afternoon = Dobar dan !
Good evening = Dobro veče ! (from dusk till dawn J)

POZDRAVI ---> when leaving

Goodbye = Doviđenja !
Bye = Ćao! Zdravo !
Good night = Laku noć !

ADDITIONAL PHRASES when leaving

See you! = Vidimo se !
Say my regards to your family! = Pozdravi svoju porodicu.
Have a safe journey! = Srećan put!
Good luck! = Srećno!

Learning Serbian Present Tense via Daily Motion

Marina comprehension exercises , exercises in Serbian

Learn Serbian - Serbian Phrases about Free Time by LearnSerbian

A šta ti radiš u slobodno vreme ?

Present and Past Tense Conjugation in Serbian

Marina serbian conjugations , serbian songs

Present and Past Tense Conjugation in Serbian - Gap Filling Exercise (with instant feedback)

River Song for Good Night

Marina how to learn Serbian , Learn Serbian online

To davno _________, sećam se ja
kad u tvom oku
prvi put plam ________
tad _____ meni _______ reći
dragi, pričaj mi o sreći
ne daj da zalud leti maj!

To davno _______, sećam se ja
kad meni ti ___ ____________,
tvoja sam sva
to se više vratit' neće
sad __ _______ dani sreće
al' još te uvek volim ja!

Po tihoj smo reci
tada često ________,
u malenom čamcu
_______ se prvi put ____________

Al' sad je sasvim drukčije sve
i više nikad ________
biti kao pre,
pokraj mene više _____
čamcem _______ sam po Tisi
al' još te uvek __________ ja!

Questions About Daily Routines - Phrases in Serbian

Marina exercises in Serbian , Serbian phrases

When = Kada
Daily routines in Serbian:

1. Kada se budiš ?
2. Kada se umivaš ?
3. Kada doručkuješ ?
4. Kada pereš zube ?
5. Kada se oblačiš ?
6. Kada ideš na posao / u školu ?
7. Kada se vraćaš sa posla / iz škole ?
8. Kada ručaš ?
9. Kada učiš srpski ?
10. Kada radiš domaći ?
11. Kada gledaš TV?
12. Kada večeraš ?
13. Kada se šetaš ?
14. Kada trčiš ?
15. Kada se viđaš sa prijateljima ?
16. Kada se tuširaš ?
17. Kada čitaš knjigu ?
18. Kada ideš da spavaš ?

* Additional Exercise about Daily Routines in Serbian

Kolo - Serbian Folk Dance

Marina serbian songs ,

Song Lyrics = Tekstovi pesama

Learn Serbian by Watching Cartoons

Marina Learn Serbian online , Serbian cartoons

Genetive in Serbian Language - Lesson 1

Marina Genetive in Serbian , serbian cases

Most Beautiful Poems in Serbian Language

Marina Serbian poems , Serbian pronunciation

Listen and read the poem in the Cyrillic script
Meta-fora page with this poem in the Latin script

Serbian Verb "Wake up" in Context

Marina Learn Serbian online , Learn Serbian Podcast

Kada se obično budite radnim danom?
A vikendom?
Kada ste se juče probudili ?

Practise Serbian Cyrillic Script

Marina serbian songs , verb conjugations in Serbian

"Vukova crtanka" - part two

Marina Serbian idioms , Serbian phrases

The previous post with Serbian proverbs and sayings covered letters from A to Đ, and now we continue from E to Ž:

1. E, darovnome konju zubi se ne gledaju (Don't look a gift horse in the mouth) - nowadays we tend to say "Poklonu se u zube ne gleda" (obviously the word "horse" is omitted, which makes this modern version a bit funny, but it's widely used)

2. E, da sam juče umro ne bih to danas čuo
(literally: If I'd died yesterday I wouldn't hear it today)

3. E, dok jednom ne smrkne, drugom ne svane
(the death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep) -here's the fun definition

4. E, dok se čovek dima ne nadimi, ne može se ogrejati.
(you must take the rough with the smooth)

Ž ( Ж is my favourite letter in the Cyrillic script)

1- Žena muža nosi na licu, a muž ženu na košulji
(literally: "A wife wears a man on her face, and a husband wears his wife on his shirt", which obviously mean that one can judge how a husband treats his wife by looking at her face, while one can judge how a wife takes care of her husband by looking at his shirt)

2. Žedna preko vode prevesti
(pull the wool over sombody's eyes)

3. Žena će samo onu tajnu sačuvati koju ne zna
(a woman can keep only the secret which she doesn't know)

4. Ženi sina kad hoćeš, a ćerku kad možeš
(Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you can)

Oluja u Novom Sadu

Marina weather in Serbian ,

My friend Gale takes such lovely photos, so I recently asked him to allow me to use them in this blog. I was happy when he agreed. That's why I'm sending Gale a huge HVALA :-)

I'll start with the yesterday photos of the streets of Novi Sad, after the storm:

VOCABULARY:
oluja = storm
kiša = rain
grad (with very short "a") = hail
poplava = flood
automobil = car
taksi = taxi

TASK - answer the following questions
(you can write your answers in the comments)
1. Šta vidiš na slici?
2. Kakvo je vreme bilo juče u Novom Sadu (na osnovu slike) ?
3. Da li je grad bio poplavljen ?
4. Kakvi sve problemi mogu da se jave posle ovakvog nevremena ?
5. Da li ti se sviđa vreme u Srbiji ? Zašto ?
6. Da li voliš kada grmi i seva ? Zašto?

Verbs of Movement in Locative, Dative and Accusative Case in Serbian Language

Marina Accusative in Serbian , Dative in Serbian

In the Serbian language, one can express location using the verbs which require nouns in different cases.

The dative and locative case have the same form, but wheras the dative case needs a verb which denotes movement and direction, the locative case requires a stative verb or verbs expressing who we are talking about

Dative:

Sg. Fem. Kreni prema kući. Prilazim crkvi. (krenuti prema = leave for, prilaziti = approach)

Sg. Masc. Idi ka Beogradu. Kreni prema muzeju. (ići prema, krenuti prema)

Sg. Neuter. Idi ka selu. Krećemo se ka jezeru. (ići ka, kretati ka = "ka" is the same as "prema")

Plural: Prilazimo + kućama, crkvama, jezerima, selima, muzejima

Locative:

Sg. Fem. Sedim u kući. Ja sam u crkvi. (sedeti u = sit in )

Sg. Masc. On priča o Briselu. (pričati = to talk)

Sg. Neuter. Nalazim se u selu. (nalaziti se = to be in/at)

Plural: Pričam o + kućama, crkvama, oblacima, dvorištima, selima (I'm talking about houses, churches, clouds, gardens and villages)

The accusative case is also used with the verbs which denote movement, but it denotes the aim or goal, as can be seen in the following examples:

Accusative: (excellent explanation and different forms)

Sg. Fem. Idem u Budimpeštu. Ptica sleće na granu. (ići u = go to, sleteti=land)

Sg. Masc. Izađi pred muzej. Avion sleće na aerodrom. (izađi pred = come to, sleteti)

Sg. Neuter. Izađi u dvorište. Stigli smo na selo. (stići = arrive)

Pl. Fem: Ptice sleću na grane.

Pl. Masc. Izađi pred muzeje.

Pl. Neuter. Reka teče kroz sela.

Subtitles In Serbian :-)

Marina Learn Serbian with Novak Đokovic ,

Homework:

Translate this dialogue between little Fedex (Federer) and Rafo (Rafael) into your mother tongue :-)

Let me start with the Serbian - English translation:
Title: Federer i Nadal se svađaju zbog Noleta

=Federer and Nadal are quarrelling about Nole

Rafo zašto si opet izgubio od Noleta ?

= Rafa, why did you lose to Nole again ?

Fedex, muka mi je više od tvojih prigovora!

=Fedex, I'm fed up with your complaints!

Practise Plural Nouns in the Serbian Language

Marina nouns in Serbian , Singular and Plural in Serbian

Devojka iz grada (City Girl)
Miroslav Ilić

Ja sam rođen u __________ (flowers) livada
čuvar stada pokraj reke Gruže
al zavoleh devojku iz grada
sa _________ (lips) ko pupoljak ruže.

Bele __________ (hands), a prsti ko dirke
pričaju mi najnežnije __________ (fairy tales)
zalud uzdah iz grudi pastirke
zalud ___________ (tears) moje stare majke.

Sin sam plavih ________ (woods) i livada
gajih dobre ___________ (horses) i volove
zbog lepote devojke iz grada
zaboravih __________ (hills) i dolove.

Zvao sam je ___________ (streets) dugim
i venuo ko trava jesenja
jednog dana spazih je sa drugim
zagrljenu u senci ________ (chestnut tree)

Šta sad mogu već ________ (pain) svoj da patim
mladost moju da tužim za celo
__________ (had to) sam kući da se vratim
svome domu u rođeno selo

I sad opet svoga vranca jašem
i u _________ (inn) krčmim svoja stada
kitim svirce i razbijam __________ (glasses)
i proklinjem devojku iz grada.

Djurdjevdan, Serbian Slava

Marina Djurdjevdan , Đurđevdan

Advanced Serbian: Listening / Reading Comprehension Exercise

1. Listen to this audio file first:

2. Go to this quiz page I prepared for you, and try to answer the quesitons correctly, while listening to the audio once again.

3. If you'd prefer just to read the text about Đurđevdan in the Cyrillic script and try to answer the quiz questions, visit this page first, before doing the quiz.

Srećna Slava svima koji slave Đurđevdan :)

"Vukova crtanka" - part one

Marina Serbian idioms , Serbian phrases

Recently my son showed me his newly bought booklet with numerous proverbs, adages, tongue twisters and riddles called "Vukova crtanka" (Vuk's Colouring Book). Let me list my favourite ones:

A - Ako je neko lud, ne budi mu drug.
Ako hoćeš koga da poznaš, podaj mu vlast.
B - Bez alata nema zanata.
Bolje umeti, nego imati.
V - Videla žaba gde se konj potkiva, pa i ona digla nogu.

Veselo je srce golemo blago.
G - Gladnog ne teši, već nahrani.
Gde je stida, tu je i poštenja.
D - Delo čoveka hvali.
Dogovor kuću gradi.
Đ - Đe (gde) je obraz tu je i duša.
Đe će kruška no pod krušku.

Q-A:
Pitao sin oca, kad je po svetu hteo poći:
- Od šta mi se valja najviše čuvati ?
- Od tuđe muke.

Tongue Twisters: (audio)
Pitala metla metlu, gde je metla metlu; Metla metla metlu iza vrata.
Čokančićem ćeš me, čokančićem ću te!
Cvrči, cvrči cvrčak, trči, trči trčak; trči, trči trk! Trčak trkom trči, crni cvrčak cvrči!

Part 2

Easter Egg Hunt

Marina Serbian holidays ,

SkolaSrpskog.com Easter Egg Hunt finished on Tuesday. Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to everyone for joining ! It wasn't easy to find an egg and then to record an answer in Serbian. All the members of Learn Serbian Podcast FaceBook group were able to follow this exciting hunt. I'm publishing the results now ... you can read them as "This prize is in..." = Ova nagrada je u ..." or "This egg is now in..." = "Ovo jaje je sada u ..."

Since the first egg at the top, worth 3 months of free Aktivator membership, was the most difficult to find, and wasn't claimed at all, I'll give it to Silvina from Argentina, the woman behind @NovakFunClub . There was also one more unclaimed egg, worth one month of free SkolaSrpskog Aktivator, which I'm giving to Tina - a dedicated student from the Netherlands. Čestitke svima :-)

Serbian verbs

Marina Learn Serbian online , serbian songs

Kada ______________ (you meet= sresti) me ti
_________________ (you say=kazati) da si srećna jer
uvek ______________(you love = voleti)

da _____________ (you are = biti) u mom društvu i
da nas _____________ (they see = videti) svi.

Kada ______________ (you meet= sresti) me ti
kažeš da _____________ (you are = biti) srećna jer
____________________ (you can= moći) tako čvrsto
ruku uvek pred svima da stegneš mi

I _________________ (you say=kazati)
divna _____________ (it is = biti) boja tvoje majice
divne _____________ (they are = biti) tvoje nove cipele
divna _____________ (it is = biti) boja tvojih očiju
____________________ (I dream = sanjati) te noćima

uouou

__________ ______________ (don't tell) mi
da _____________ (I am = biti) tvoj heroj
i to je sve
__________ ______________ (don't tell) mi
da _____________ (I am = biti) tvoj heroj

Jer ja _____________ (am = biti)
običan dečko i _______________ (I live=živeti) ko drugi
običan dečko što devojke _______________(he kisses = ljubiti)
običan dečko na glavi što dubi
znaj.

Srećan Uskrs :-)

Marina Easter , Serbian holidays

Srećan Uskrs svim pratiocima LearnSerbian.Blogspot.com Bloga :)

Happy Easter to all the followers of LearnSerbian.blogspot.com blog :)

Here's the link to the pronunciation of Happy Easter in Serbian (Srećan Uskrs) and
a commonly used phrases: Hristos vaskrse! Vaistinu vaskrse!

I hope you enjoyed listening to the beautiful Easter song and preparing an Easter bunny cake. Now, if you'd like to reward yourself, find out about Serbian School Easter Egg Hunt by joining "Learn Serbian Podcast" FaceBook group and reading about the prizes and how to claim them:

Serbisch Unterricht - Serbian Lesson 6

Marina

Vocabulary:
***
šta je ovo = what is this?
ko je ovo = who is this ?
***
ovo je... = this is...
ovo su... = these are...
***
watch and

Learn Serbian Phrases by Playing

Marina Learn Serbian online , Learn Serbian Podcast

Gde si sada? = Where are you now?
Do you want to play via the comments page?
I'll ask the first question:
1. Da li si u parkU ?

Learn Serbian - Lesson Five

Marina free Serbian lessons , Learn Serbian online

Can you write a sentence or two about yourself ?
Gde živiš?
Gde radiš ?
Kako se zoveš ?

Practise Numbers in Serbian - Listening Exercise

Marina Listening comprehension , numbers in serbian

More about how to write and say numbers in Serbian can be found on this link. Now, you can enjoy watching this fun video and jotting down the numbers you hear:

Inflation Live

Dobar dan
Dobar dan, komšinice. Izvolite!
Daćete mi tu pomadu od ________ dinara.
Mislite ovu od ____________ ?
Da, tu od _________. Koliko košta ?
________ dinara.
_________?
Da, _________.
Izvolite tih __________ dinara. Ja se izvinjavam, nisam ponela više. Ostajem dužna ________ dinara.
Ma nema veze komšinice, donećete sutra tih ___________dinara.
Pa naravno, neću se brukati zbog duga od __________ dinara.
Doviđenja!
Doviđenja!

Serbian Lesson 3 - Days of the Week in Serbian

Marina free Serbian lessons ,

For more lessons like this one check out my Serbian Lessons page.

Learn Pronouns in Serbian - Practise by Singing with Luis

Marina pronouns in Serbian , serbian songs

Dudo, ______ volim,
Dudo, ______ želim
Dudo, _____ si moja,
Dudo, Dudo, Dudo

Oči mi se ________ smeše
dok ______ gledaš
znam da _____ljubav
drugom _______ ne daš
ruke _____ sad
_________ grle,
miluju ___________
znam da ________ srce
želi da si uz _________

Chorus = Refren x 2

Dudo, ______ volim,
Dudo, ______ želim
Dudo, _____ si moja,
Dudo, Dudo, Dudo

Kao vatra gori ljubav
što _________ greje
znam da drugom nećeš poći,
voliš _________
želim da ______ večno
traje ljubav ________
dao sam ______ srce svoje,
sve si ________ dala

Refren

Advanced Serbian Lessons - Talk as a Woman, Part 1

Marina Feminine suffixes , verb conjugations in Serbian

Serbian Lesson 1 at our Podcast Pages

Marina Learn Serbian Podcast , Serbian Lessons

You will be able to follow these highly practical audio/video lessons at my Learn Serbian podcast pages, by simply listening and repeating. If you'd like to download them in MP3, MP4 or 3GP format, you can do it via this link. (I'm going to post it on the right sidebar, so that you can easily access it).

Learning Serbian - Numbers From 1 To 100, Listening Exercise

Marina Listening comprehension ,

Serbian "To Know =Znati" Present Simple Conjugation

Marina serbian conjugations , verb conjugations in Serbian

Lesson in Serbian - Conjugations in Context

Marina reflexive verbs in Serbian , serbian conjugations

Verb Conjugations in Serbian - "To Think = Misliti"

Marina lernen Serbisch , present simple in Serbian

If you are interested in conjugations of other verbs in different tenses, feel free to leave a comment with your wish :-)

All the conjugations can be seen either on our http://skolasrpskog.com/learnserbian-podcast "Your Reference" pages or via our Video Channel on Youtube

If you are just a beginner, I'd recommend you join our monthly newsletter called Aktivator and make the most of our weekly meetings and access to the hidden pages.

St Valentin Poem in Serbian

Marina Serbian holidays ,

Girls' version
(a girl writing to a boy):

U srce sam te zaključaLA,
Ne možeš izaći,
A ključić sam izgubiLA,
Ne možeš ga naći!

Now, can you write the boy version in the comment?

Learn Serbian Podcast - Asking Questions With "Vi" vs. "Ti"

Marina Learn Serbian online , Learn Serbian Podcast

Singular vs. Plural in Serbian

Marina Singular and Plural in Serbian ,

Ovo je + Sg. = This IS...

Ovo su + Pl. = These ARE...

Past Participles in Serbian

Marina past tense 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

Learn Serbian with Novak Djokovic

Marina Learn Serbian with Novak Đokovic ,

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 :)

Colours in Serbian

Marina colors in Serbian , 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 .

www.skolasrpskog.com

Marina Learn Serbian online ,

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 !

About St. Sava

Marina Serbian holidays ,

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"... и заиста када говоримо о Светоме Сави, онда говоримо о свим нашим почецима и темељима наше културе и наше историје.
Ма од чега да кренемо у садашњем времену, без обзира ког поља рада, морамо се упутити путем који води Светоме Сави.
Ако је то држава, он је први државотворац.
Ако је то црква, он је први њен устројитељ и први њен архиепископ, прва њена глава видљива у у нашеме народу.
Ако је то просвета, првој речи писаној, доћемо до дела Светога Саве."
Патријарх српски Иринеј

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"... i zaista kada govorimo o Svetome Savi, onda govorimo o svim našim počecima i temeljima naše kulture i naše istorije.
Ma od čega da krenemo u sadašnjem vremenu, bez obzira kog polja rada, moramo se uputiti putem koji vodi Svetome Savi.
Ako je to država, on je prvi državotvorac.
Ako je to crkva, on je prvi njen ustrojitelj i prvi njen arhiepiskop, prva njena glava vidljiva u našemu narodu.
Ako je to prosveta, prvoj reči pisanoj, doćemo do dela Svetoga Save."
Patrijarh srpski Irinej

Second Conditional in Serbian Language

Marina Conditional Sentences in Serbian ,

Ti si _______ čokolada
Ja sam ________ čokolada
I ____ _______ tako mlada,
Ja _______ te __________.

Ja ______ te ________...

Ti si _______ čokolada
Ja sam ________ čokolada,
I ____ _________ onog gada,
Ja _______ te __________.

Ja ______ te ________...

This is a great song to introduce Second Conditional sentences (Potencijalne uslovne rečenice) in the Serbian language. It's useful for you to refer to the Past Tense post, especially the section about forming of the Past Participle (glagolski pridev radni) , which would be essential for the forming of this kind of If-clauses. You can do some drills with these Past Simple exercises beforehand.

Now, for the language theory & grammar buffs:

A. Conditional Tense + If-clause ('DA' + Present Simple)

Ja bih kupila pantalone da imam para.
or
Kupila bih pantalone da imam para.
ili
Da imam para, kupila bih pantalone.

B. Conditional Tense + If-clause ('KAD/UKOLIKO/AKO' + Conditional Tense)

Ja bih kupila pantalone kad bih imala para.
or
Kupila bih pantalone kad bih imala para.
ili
Kad bih imala para, kupila bih pantalone.

Conditional Tense:
Subject
+ would be ( bih, bi, bi, bismo, biste, bi)
( called 'Aorist of the simple form of the verb 'to be')
+ Past Participle

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GREETINGS: POZDRAVI when arriving

POZDRAVI ---> when leaving

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