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Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Saturday, April 05, 2014
If you have been in Novi Sad, I am sure you will enjoy doing this fun speaking/writing exercise which can be done along with Pharrell Williams' Happy [WE ARE FROM NOVI SAD] version:
You can make simple sentences when you recognize the places where the people are:
You can make simple sentences when you recognize the places where the people are:
- Ovo je autobus. On igra u autobusu.
- Ovo je trg. On igra na trgu.
- Ovo je kej. Oni igraju na keju....
The verbs you can use are as follows:
- igrati/ plesati u/na + Loc = to dance (deca igraju na ulici)
- nalaziti se + Loc= there is/are (oni se nalaze u parku)
- prepoznati + Acc = to recognize (prepoznajem Frušku goru)
- biti u/na + Loc = to be (bio/bila sam na ovom mestu)
- videti + Acc = to see (vidim or video/videla sam tvrđavu)
The idea is not to stop the video while making these short sentences :)
Monday, March 03, 2014
If you enjoy learning Serbian with easy texts, here comes a very simple one, which is actually a part of Serbian 102 course:
Vocabulary you might need:
Vocabulary you might need:
PUTOVATI - to travel
NA MORE - to the seaside
U ZAVISNOSTI OD - depending on
ODREDIŠTE - destination
IĆI - to go
A - and/but
NAJVIŠE VOLETI - to love most of all
ZATO ŠTO - because
ZAUSTAVITI SE - to stop
ZAŽELETI - to wish
SVE VREME - all the time
SVAĐATI SE - to argue
MENI - to me
MOM SUPRUGU - to my husband
POŠTO - because
MIRAN - peaceful
TRAJATI - to last
DUGO - long
Here comes the same text, but in the Cyrillic script:Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Regardless of the fact that if you learn Serbian, you will be able easily understand Croatian, Bosnian and recently Montenegrin, (so called BCS language) spoken in the region of ex Yugoslavia, I'm sure you'll appreciate to hear the different accents. Today, I chose this interesting story from a Montenegrin news Youtube channel about a musician physicist :) and transcribed it into Montenegrin/Serbian:
The follow-up exercise for this video can be received via Advanced Activator
The follow-up exercise for this video can be received via Advanced Activator
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
If you're learning Serbian, you'll surely need these commonly used phrases (on a daily basis LOL):
- Ostaviti (nekoga) na miru = Leave (someone) alone (e.g. ostavi me na miru! = leave me alone)
- Poludeću = I'll go crazy
- Učiniću sve da + present tense = I'll do everything to...
- Možda i grešim = maybe I'm mistaken
- Samo nebo zna koliko + phrase = (only) heaven knows how much ...
Let's learn them while singing this oldie song by Oliver Mandić:
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