.png)
Video with Verb Conjugations
- imati = to have
- videti = to see
- voleti = to like
together with nouns which denote:
- places
- plants and animals
- colours
- entertainment
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Monday, October 06, 2014
This is another fun exercise for real beginners in Serbian. I am sure it won't be difficult for you to figure out which words are missing :) Have fun!
For some help check out the previous posts with some grammar explanations for beginners in Serbian.
For some help check out the previous posts with some grammar explanations for beginners in Serbian.
Friday, July 18, 2014
Listen to this interesting story about Filip Vukša, a modest Belgrade hero, and try to do the following exercises dedicated to the verb forms in active and passive voice in Serbian.
a. Exercise 1 - filling in the gaps with the appropriate verb form in active voice.
b. Exercise 2 - turning the verbs which were in the active voice from into passive voice.
For some more exercises about the passive voice verb forms (trpni glagolski pridevi), here come two drills:
a. Lakša vežba
b. Teža vežba
a. Exercise 1 - filling in the gaps with the appropriate verb form in active voice.
b. Exercise 2 - turning the verbs which were in the active voice from into passive voice.
For some more exercises about the passive voice verb forms (trpni glagolski pridevi), here come two drills:
a. Lakša vežba
b. Teža vežba
Thursday, June 19, 2014
I'll post some of them here on the blog, but for the complete version, refer to the Serbian101-102 course. Here comes its short description:
Serbian 101 &102 is perfect for absolute and false beginners in Serbian. It is organized in such a way that you can either follow it chronologically, or choose only the topics you are interested in. Each topic consists of an explanatory video lesson and then video exercises with links to follow-up quizzes with instant feedback.
There are more than 100 lessons making well over 10 hours of video lessons and exercises which take you from the very start to the pre-intermediate level, covering:
- Tenses: Present Simple and Past Simple Tense
- Cases: Nominative, Accusative, Instrumental and Locative
- Modals: Can, Must
- Pronouns: Personal and Possessive Pronouns
- Adjectives: Possessive Adjectives and Noun-adjective Agreement
- Numbers: Cardinal and Ordinal
as well as basic:
- functions such as:
- Greetings
- Introductions
- Asking for Clarification/Explanation
- Asking about Directions
- Giving Directions
- Requesting
- Offering
- Expressing Likes and Dislikes
- Asking about Likes and Dislikes
- situations such as:
- Meeting People
- Small Talk
- In a Restaurant
- Shopping
- Arranging a Meeting
- Talking about Family
- Talking about Routines
- Talking about your Life
- vocabulary topics such as:
- Family members
- Numbers
- Food
- Souvenirs
- Places in a city
- Countries and Cities
- Means of transport
- Colours
- Jobs and occupations
Sunday, June 08, 2014
Here comes an ancient song called "Za treću smenu" = "For (people working) night/third shift" by Djordje Balašević. I want to share it with you here because this version is easy to follow, especially with the lyrics in the proper Latin script (not the "ošišana verzija", which is commonly found on Youtube - guess not many people heard of this lovely SlovoMajstor remedy).
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Thursday, May 01, 2014
If this simple exercise is too easy, watch this video survey about the year of the Battle of Kosovo and jot down all the numbers you hear:
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Jeremija je bio veoma srećan tog jutra, jer je bio potpuno siguran da će dobiti povišicu na poslu. Njegov šef je u nekoliko navrata natuknuo Jeremiji da će od sledećeg meseca omastiti brk, kao i da je to potpuno zaslužio. Jeremija se pravio lud i uspešno se uzdržavao da ne vuče šefa za rukav i postavlja dodatna pitanja. Bio je svestan da sve što bude dobio jeste rezultat njegovog sopstvenog rada i da nije jednostavno palo s neba. Posebno mu je bilo milo što ovaj put nije morao da se kiti tuđim perjem. Njegova zasluga je bila očigledna. Kada je tog jutra stigao na posao i otvorio svoju kancelariju, imao je šta da vidi. Na stolu je stajao potpuno nov kompjuter i pored njega još noviji mobilni, a šef je sav sijao od sreće! "Šta sam ti rekao? Borio sam za tebe kao vučica... i izborio sam se! Najnoviji model? Hm? Šta kažeš?" Jeremija nije morao da se pretvara - na njegovom licu se videlo da su mu sve lađe potonule... Bio je 100% siguran da će dobiti veću platu, a sada mu je postalo jasno da je ostao kratkih rukava! Šta će mu sada Spomenka reći?
Right, now there are three tasks for you:
- The easiest task: Can you find the synonyms for these words in the text:
- drago
- aludirao
- apsolutno
- pravi
- narednog
- jako
- blesav
- totalno
- puta
- shvatio
- sasvim
- samo
2. The more difficult task: which phrases and idioms mean:
- down in the dumps/ in the doldrums
- fight like a wolf
- to be absolutely certain about something
- keep asking for something
- get a raise
- take an advantage of something
- to deck oneself in borrowed finery
- to get the worst of a bargain/ to come away empty-handed
3. The most difficult task: what will Spomenka say to him when he arrives back home? Try to come up with a suitable idiom or expression. Let me help you with a few ideas, and you try to guess which ones are the most appropriate:
- ko drugome jamu kopa sam u nju upada
- svako nosi svoj krst
- nema ti ravna
- prvo skoči pa reci hop
- nije zlato sve što sija
- ko rano rani dve sreće grabi
- doterao je cara do duvara
- poklonu se u zube ne gleda
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Happy Easter to all the followers of LearnSerbianBlog.com who are celebrating Uskrs today. Let me share with you the links to the useful info, songs and pronunciation of the greetings for Serbian Easter:
- Pronunciation of the Easter greeting in Serbian
- Easter Morning song
- Video about Easter
- This song dedicated to Uskrs (if it's invisible, try to switch to Firefox browser)
Monday, April 14, 2014
Very popular "Državni posao" series are perfect for highly advanced Serbian lessons. One can learn a lot of common Serbian phrases and expressions. The fun part is to detect mistakes made by famous Đorđe Čvarkov, Dragan Torbica and Boškić (e.g. "lapsitops" instead of "laptop" or "Jututu" instead of "Jutjub").
Let's watch just the first three minutes and try to do the following tasks:
Task 1: Tick the phrases you hear
- Do juče se nisam brinuo
- To je samo fol
- Digneš narod na noge
- Prazne duše
- Bez i zrna energije, bez i zrna poleta
- I ne bi se digli
- Pogledajte šta nam rade
- Za mnogo manje sitnice
- Nikom ništa
- Mož' misliti
- Čime se ti baviš
- Ukinuli seriju
- To je neka mutna radnja
- Ako nisu umešali prste
- Imao (seriju) pa nemao
- Nije to bilo koja serija
- Neko će odgovarati
- Nema milosti
Task 2: Even if you don't understand each and every word, can you understand what the problem is?
Task 3: After watching the first part (0:20 - 1:30 - I added the subtitles to make things easier), try to answer the following questions:
a. Da li je Dragan Torbica mislio da je ukidanje serije istina ili ne?
b. Da li Đorđe Čvarkov misli da je narod u depresiji, ili pun energije?
c. Koje reči je Boškić čuo kada je ušao u kancelariju?
d. Na koje tekuće probleme je Boškić mislio kada je pričao o "dizanju naroda"?
e. Ko se čudi Boškiću?
f. Ko objašnjava u čemu je problem i kojim rečima?
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 :)
Posts
