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A must bedtime story for all the children out there who are learning Serbian is surely "Medvedova ženidba", written by the famous Serbian poet Desanka Maksimović.
Unfortunately,
Sunday, August 18, 2013
A must bedtime story for all the children out there who are learning Serbian is surely "Medvedova ženidba", written by the famous Serbian poet Desanka Maksimović.
Unfortunately,
Friday, August 16, 2013
For example: Ovo je dečak. Videla sam dečaka. Slikala sam dečaka. (there's also a stress change from the first to the second syllable).
While the linguists dwell on these topics and enjoy discussing whys and ifs of such irregularities, I always enjoy helping you in the most practical way. That's why Ivan and I created these two videos, carefully choosing nouns both in singular and then in plural and grouping them. With both videos you can practice saying simple sentences, with the verbs:
- videti (to see )
- fotografisati = slikati = uslikati (to take a photo of )
- snimati (to record)
The second one is obviously all about "animate" category - this time the topic is "people " (so switch to the Genitive endings for masc. please).
Thursday, August 15, 2013
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| A photo I took the other day - just for you :) |
If you don't understand what's being said ( or written ) in Serbian, you can always ask questions such as:
- Šta znači " Gazda bio, gazda ost'o 100 % " ? = What does "..." mean ?
- Ne razumem = I don't understand
- Možeš li da mi objasniš (šta znači) "..." ? = Can you explain what "..." mean ?
- Možeš li da ponoviš "..." ? = Can you repeat "..." ?
- Ponovi još jednom, molim te ? = Repeat once again, please ?
- Molim ? = Pardon ?
- Možeš li da ponoviš malo sporije ? = Can you repeat it a bit slower ?
- Kako se izgovara ova reč ? = How do you pronounce this word ?
- Kako se čita ova reč / ovo slovo ? = How do I read this word / letter ?
- Kako se piše slovo "ć" ? = How do you write letter "ć" ?
Da li neko ima ideju kako najbolje prevesti " Gazda bio, gazda ost'o 100 %" ?
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
One word verb: pevati (to sing)
Past tense OF "I sang / I was singing."
Subject (S) + predicate (P)
- Pevao / pevala sam. N
- Ja sam pevao/pevala.
- Ti si igrao, a ja sam pevala. N
- Ti si igrao i ja sam pevala. N
- Komšije su čule kako sam pevala. N
- Priznajem da sam pevala. N
S + P + direct object (dO)
- Pevala sam pesmu. N
- Ja sam pevala pesmu.
- (not neutral, but rather poetic word order would be: Pesmu sam pevala / Ja sam pesmu pevala. / pesmu pevala sam ja (reminded me of "zaboravio sam jutros pesmu jednu ja" - watch the video)
- Čuješ da sam otpevala pesmu. N
- Svi su čuli da sam pevala pesmu.
S + P + dO + adverb of time (AoT)
- Pevala sam pesmu svaki dan. N
- Svaki dan sam pevala pesmu. N
- Moji prijatelji su juče čuli kada sam pevala pesmu. N
S + P + dO + AoT + AoP (adverb of place)
- Pevala sam pesmu svaki dan kod kuće. N
- Pevala sam pesmu kod kuće svaki dan. N
- Svaki dan sam pevala pesmu kod kuće. N
- Kod kuće svaki dan sam pevala pesmu. N
- Moje komšije su juče čule kada sam kod kuće pevala pesmu. N
- Moje komšije su čule kada sam pevala pesmu pre nedelju dana kod kuće. N
- Moje komšije su igrale uz iks-boks dok sam pevala pesme kod kuće pre nedelju dana. N
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Here comes a sample video exercise of a very basic and simple text in Serbian, much much easier than the previous ones:
Anyway, I think this is a good example how you can practise making natural sentences in Serbian on your own, simply by reading together with me and supplying the words which are missing. You can also do the follow-up exercise in writing.
Sorry for the poor audio quality - I'll try to fix it somehow !
- About Jeremy in the Latin alphabet
- About Jeremy in Serbian Cyrillic script
- About Jeremy's wife
- Again about Jeremy's wife
Anyway, I think this is a good example how you can practise making natural sentences in Serbian on your own, simply by reading together with me and supplying the words which are missing. You can also do the follow-up exercise in writing.
Sorry for the poor audio quality - I'll try to fix it somehow !
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