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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Foreigners Living in Serbia about Serbia - Part 4



1. Who lived in Vietnam, Bulgaria and Albania ?
2. Who decided to continue living in Niš ?
3. What are the reasons for people to come to live in Serbia?
4. Who is married to Svetlana ?
5. What does "živeti bubreg u loju " mean ?
6. What are the two main advantages of living in Serbia for the family from Germany ?

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Foreigners Living in Serbia about Serbia - part 3



Here is the third part of our listening comprehension exercises. If you found part 1 and part 2 difficult to understand, I hope this time it will be a bit easier. The questions are  in English, and you can also write the answers in English.

1. Who didn't tell his mother that he lived and worked in Belgrade ?
2. Why ?
3. Who got married in Serbia ?
4. Why ?
5. Who is postive about changes in Serbia ?
6. Why have both interviewees  learnt Serbian quickly ?
7. How did they learn Serbian ?
8. Who likes Serbian food ?

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Foreigners about Serbia - 2 -



1. Ko sve misli da Beograd ima problema koje treba rešavati ?
2. Ko sve misli da ljudi u Srbiji misle samo na svoje dvorište ?
3. Ko ne voli što se grade zgrade od stakla i betona ?
4. Ko se ne oseća ugroženo u Beogradu ?
5. Ko sve misli da je srpska hrana jednostavna ?
6. Ko voli što se u Srbiji jede supa ?
7. Ko je odmah zavoleo srpsku hranu ?

Monday, September 12, 2011

Foreigners about Serbia - 1 -



Listen to this video and answer the following questions:

1. Ko je iz Italije ?
2. Ko je iz Španije ?
3. Ko je iz Francuske ?
4. Čija žena je iz Srbije ?
5. Ko radi u osnovnoj i srednjoj školi ?
6. Ko sve drži časove jezika ?
7. Ko sve misli da Beograd svaki dan ima nešto novo da ponudi ?
8. Ko se sve misli da Srbi vole strance ?
9. Ko se oseća egzotično ?
10. Ko sve misli da su ljudi u Srbiji otvoreni ?
11. Kome Beograd daje energiju ?
12. Ko misli da je život u Beogradu opušteniji i slobodniji ?

Sledeći deo

Thursday, September 08, 2011

Verbal Aspect in Serbian






Listen to the song and decide which phrases you hear.


Finished/Completed (Perfective) - In progress or repetitive (Imperfective)
Sunce me probudi - Sunce me budi
Žurno se obučem - Žurno se oblačim
Popijem kafu = Pijem kafu
Oči protrljam = Oči trljam
Zaspao sam = Spavam
Gurnem vrata = Guram vrata
Pogledam ptice = Gledam ptice
Odem brzo = Odlazim brzo
Osvrnem se = Osvrćem se
Otplovim = Plovim

Thursday, September 01, 2011

Old Serbian Songs

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Adjectives and Plural Nouns in Serbian

Listen to this lovely song and fill in the gaps:




Voljela sam oči nevern___
voljela sam oči zelen___
voljela ______  ludo voljela
al' sada sam bez _____ ostala


Ref.
Zelen__ oči _____ su moj___
te divn___ oči ko sunca sjaj
ni sama ne znam zašto ___ volim
što mojoj sreći _______   je kraj


Ljubila sam oči nevjern___
ljubila sam oči zelen___
ljubila ih ludo _________
al' sada sam bez njih _________


Ref.


Sad je mom___ srcu najteže
srce moje bez njih ne _______
srce voli oči zelen__
iako su bile nevern__

Monday, August 29, 2011

Irregular Verb "Moći" in Serbian



Ti si __________ (good), ti si ________ (gentle)
Ja trebam nježnost, tebi _________ snaga (need)
Ti si ____________ (quiet), ti si ________ (alone)
Ti sigurnost _________ (need), meni treba dom

O kako __________ (well) bi nam bilo mila
Kad svakog časa sa _________ (with me) ti bi bila
Jer _______ (your) ljubav __________ (never) ne bi dala
Da krivim putem krene život _________ (my)

Ne _______ biti tvoj, ne _______ biti tvoj (can)
Sve sto _________ dati vec sam dao njoj (can)
___ _______ biti tvoj, ___ _________ biti tvoj (can't)
I srce svakog dana bije isti boj.

Ne mogu biti _______, ne mogu biti _______ (yours)
Davno sam se dao __________ sreći zloj (my)
Ne mogu _______ tvoj, ne mogu _______ tvoj (to be)
Ja pripadaću ____________ samo ženi toj (always)

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For the complete conjugation of the Serbian verb "can" = moći, visit this link in the Cyrillic or this one in Latin script.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Introductions in Serbian - Video

Friday, August 12, 2011

Imperatives in Serbian



Što dolaziš zoro,
Zoro moja lepa
Kad te nisam zvao ?
Zar ne znaš da srce svoje,
ja dragoj sam noćas dao ?

Chorus = Refren
________ , _________ zoro,
bar još malo __________
Lepše su nam noći
Nego beli dani
_______, ______ zoro,
Sreću ____  ___________
Neka mesec bledi sja po našoj kosi.
________, __________, zoro
__________ .
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Još __________ malo,
Zoro moja lepa,
Ne __________ tugu.
A ako već moraš doći,
ti _____________ u baštu drugu.

Refren

Što rastanak nosiš,
Zoro moja lepa,
Kad ga srce neće?
Još malo na krilu mome
Nek uzdiše  moje cveće.

Sunday, August 07, 2011

Film about Serbia - Joe Mama in Guča

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Let's Practise Greetings in Serbian

Advanced Serbian - Srpski kao drugi jezik

Gde je ključ? Где је кључ? - Učimo srpski sa Marinom
Gde je ključ? ...
Where is the Key?-...
By Marina Petrović
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