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Listen carefully to this song ... Can you recognize it ?
Friday, August 30, 2013
Thursday, August 29, 2013
- nekome je sve ravno ( do Kosova )= it's all the same ; it makes no difference
example: Uradi kako ti je drago - meni je sve ravno (do Kosova) !
translation: Do as you please - it makes no difference to me !
example from the song: Ravno mi je sve : because of the word "mi" this phrase means that he is indifferent, while the sentence before he means literally "ravno, nigde brda" = flat, no hill around
- ravan kao dlan = as flat as a pancake
example: Vojvodina je ravna kao dlan. (Vojvodina is as flat as a pancake.)
- na ravnoj nozi = on an equal footing; on equal terms
example: Razgovarali smo o svemu na ravnoj nozi (We talked about everything on equal terms)
- na ravne časti = share and share alike; even Stephen
example: Sve što zaradimo delimo na ravne časti (Everything we earn we share and share alike)
example: Kao lekaru nema mu ravna (As a doctor he is second to none.)
- nema mu ravna = without a peer; second to none
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Listen to this beautiful song and try to figure out which word is missing in the following lines:
Od Banata prema Sremu nisko oblaci,
noć __ spustila, pa ___ ne vidi...
samo moje misli po ravnici putuju -
ja ih pošaljem al ___ vraćaju...
A ti, a ti ___ nećeš vratiti....
To je bilo davno, pa ___ niko ne seća -
rode nestale jednog proleća...
vratiće __ , kažu ljudi, ove godine...
ove godine il dogodine...
A ti, a ti ___ nećeš vratiti....
REFREN:
Ravno, nigde brda, sve je ravno - ravno mi je sve,
jer u tvome srcu već odavno drugi stanuje...
Ej,kad bi znala ti...(kad bi samo znala ti)
koliko trebaš mi!
Hajde noći tiho, tiše, sitni tonovi,
da ____ nikome to ne ponovi...
bruje zice, srce trne, grom te pogodi-
to ___ dogodi il ne (__) dogodi....
A ti na belom perju zaspi mi...
REFREN
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
One of the most beautiful Serbian oldtown songs is surely "Što se bore misli moje"
Let me link two stories about this song:
Let me link two stories about this song:
Nakon čitanja ova dva teksta da li možete da donesete zaključak ko je autor ove pesme i obrazložite vaš odgovor ?
Monday, August 26, 2013
In the previous post with easy Serbian texts, you were able to learn a few facts about Branko and his family.
Today's exercise is from the same Serbian 101 course, but this time your job is to look at the photo with some facts about Milan, and then make a short story and tell it along with this video:
Sunday, August 25, 2013
- Policija / milicija (police)
- Policajac (police officer)
- Advokat (lawyer)
- Prestup (violation)
- Prekršaj (offence)
- Zovite policiju ! (call the police)
- Prolbemi
- Novčanik (wallet)
- Lopov (thief)
- Provalnik (burglar)
- Izgubljene stvari (lost property)
- Ukrasti (to steal)
- Izgubiti (to lose)
- Zaboraviti (to forget)
- Zaboravio sam ključ (I forgot my key)
- Izgubio sam ključ (I lost my key)
- Neko mi je ukrao pare / novac (Somebody stole my money)
- Upomoć ! (Help)
- Nesrećan slučaj (accident)
- Kvar (breakdown)
- Služba za hitnu popravku (emergency breakdown service)
- Sudar (accident, collision)
- Osiguranje (insurance)
- Automobil mi se pokvario (my car has broken down)
- Vaše osiguranje (Your insurance documents)
- Prijaviti sudar (to report an accident)
- To je vaša krivica (it's your fault )
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
- OVO = THIS
- JE = IS
- OVO JE = THIS IS...
- BRAT = BROTHER
- SESTRA = SISTER
- MUŽ = HUSBAND
- ŽENA = WIFE
- LEP = BEAUTIFUL (Fem: lepa)
- MLAD = YOUNG (Fem: mlada)
- RUŽAN = UGLY (Fem: ružna)
- STAR = OLD (Fem: stara)
- VISOK = TALL (Fem: visoka)
- NIZAK = SHORT (Fem: niska)
- IMATI = TO HAVE
- GODINA = YEARS
- DETE = CHILD, DECA = CHILDREN
- BLIZANCI = TWINS
- JOŠ = STILL
- MALI = YOUNG / LITTLE / SMALL
- PAS = DOG
*** POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES ***
- MOJ -mojA sestrA - mojE detE - mojI prijateljI - mojE prijateljicE - mojA decA
- TVOJ
- NJEGOV
- NJEN
- NJEGOV
- NJIHOV
- NJIHOV
- NJIHOV
Exercise 1 - Verbs are missing. You can mute the video in order to do the exercise on your own.
Exercise 2 - Make a similar story about your family.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
One word verb: pevati (to sing)
Future tense of PEVATI (to sing): "I'll sing."
Subject (S) + predicate (P)
- Pevaću. N
- Ja ću pevati.
- Ti ćeš igrati, a ja ću pevati. N
- Sedećeš i slušaćeš, a ja ću pevati. N
- Prijatelji su čuli kako ću pevati na koncertu. N
- Priznajem da ću pevati na koncertu. N
S + P + direct object (dO)
- Pevaću pesmu. N
- Ja ću pevati pesmu.
- Čuće oni kako ću im otpevati pesmu. N (im= njima= to them, indirect object)
- Svi su čuli da ću pevati tu pesmu. N
S + P + dO + adverb of time (AoT)
- Pevaću pesme svaki dan. N
- Svaki dan ću pevati pesmu. N
- Moji prijatelji su pitali kada ću pevati pesmu sledeći put. N
S + P + dO + AoT + AoP (adverb of place)
- Pevaću pesmu svaki dan kod kuće. N
- Pevaću pesmu kod kuće svaki dan. n
- Svaki dan ću pevati pesmu kod kuće. N
- Kod kuće svaki dan ću pevati pesmu.
- Moje komšije će sutra čuti zašto ću kod kuće pevati pesmu. N
- Moje komšije će čuti zašto ću pevati pesmu za nedelju dana kod kuće. N
- Moje komšije će igrati uz iks-boks dok ću ja pevati pesme uz xbox kod kuće za nedelju dana. N
Monday, August 19, 2013
I surely wasn't doing a great job tagging and linking the blog posts properly when I first started it back in 2007 - 2008. As it transpired, it seems there were only two posts covering the topic of comparison of adjectives in Serbian ! Shame on me ! This should be urgently fixed...
For now, try to compare the animals you see in the video sticking to the following sentence structure, using only the adjective "dangerous" = opasan (comparative : Singular: opasniji (masc) - opasnija(fem) - opasnije (neut.) Plural: opasniji (masc) - opasnije (fem) - opasnija (neut) )
Animals in the video with their Genitive form:
For now, try to compare the animals you see in the video sticking to the following sentence structure, using only the adjective "dangerous" = opasan (comparative : Singular: opasniji (masc) - opasnija(fem) - opasnije (neut.) Plural: opasniji (masc) - opasnije (fem) - opasnija (neut) )
- For pre-intermediate level: Lav je opasniji od zebre (Gen. of "zebra")
- For intermediate and upper levels: Mislim da je lav opasniji od zebre.
Animals in the video with their Genitive form:
- zebra - od zebre
- tigar - od tigra
- ajkula - od ajkule
- orao - od orla
- medved = od medveda
- lav = od lava
- panda = od pande
- vuk = od vuka
- žirafa = od žirafe
- aligator = od aligatora
- golub = od goluba
- zmija = od zmije
- lane = od laneta
Sunday, August 18, 2013
One of the recent ones was to list phrases with the verb "faliti", which can mean "to miss", "not to have", "to lack", but in some idioms it cannot be translated in such a simplistic manner:
- Šta fali ? = So what ? or What's wrong with that ? This phrase is often used to strongly disagree with someone who has a different point of view. Let me make up a short dialogue:
Pera: Što ? Šta joj fali ????
- Fali joj/mu daska u glavi ! = To have a screw loose in one's head or Not to have all their marbles.
- Neće ti faliti ni dlaka s glave ! = Not a hair on your head will be harmed !
If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comment box below ;-)
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).
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