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Last time we practiced the verb to live. Today, we are learning the verb to go with the following video:
and a couple of exercises:
and a couple of exercises:
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Wednesday, March 08, 2017
I have tried to make simple conjugation videos before, but was never satisfied with what they looked and sounded like. Last week, thanks to my dedicated patrons on Patreon and my students of Serbian whom I've been teaching for years, I was able to afford the first professional version of the software which I have always dreamt of. HVALA!!!
How do you like my first pro conjugation video?
Now that I have all the tools, I am sure you'll all enjoy my short video lessons about:
How do you like my first pro conjugation video?
Now that I have all the tools, I am sure you'll all enjoy my short video lessons about:
- verb conjugations in Serbian, both in the Cyrillic and Latin alphabet.
- short video stories, based on the video with conjugations
- short dialogues based on the texts and Serbian Phrases
- videos explaining Serbian idioms
- easy Serbian songs and chants for kids
Još jednom ogromno hvala mojim dragim pratiocima i učenicima koji pomažu održavanje ovog bloga i sve bolji kvalitet video lekcija srpskog jezika. Moje nove lekcije će izgledati super zahvaljujući Mirku, Milici i Milenki, Lari, Matiji, Dejanu i Danijeli, Marion, Pavlu, Dejvidu, Niku i Dženi i Jani!!!
Friday, February 17, 2017
Serbian Passive Voice with Exercises
Unfortunately, there haven't been many posts about the Passive Voice on this blog. I want this to change and that's why I would like to add a few more exercises about this topic. Based on the following fun song which has great lyrics about Rakija production, I'll make a few exercises for you.
Let's relax and watch the video by Cache & Djavo called "Kakvu sam rakiju pek'o" :)
Serbian Passive Voice with Exercises
Serbian Passive Voice with Exercises
Wednesday, February 08, 2017
His and Her in Serbian
While his = njegov and her = njen sounds pretty easy and straightforward, there is a little catch. These are possessive adjectives and therefore they agree with the noun they describe. That's why they will have all kinds of suffixes to mirror the main noun in number, case and gender.
Today will stick just to the basic Nominative case and see how NJEGOV and NJEN mirror the gender of the nouns through the following exercises:
HIS and HER in Serbian with a funny photo
Simply look at the photo and write his shirt (njegovA košuljA) or her shirt (njenA košuljA), based on the position of the question in the photo:
His and Her in Serbian
HIS and HER in Serbian with Quizlet
If you have learnt clothes with one of my previous lessons, this one will be a piece of cake = prosto ko pasulj:
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Tuesday, February 07, 2017
Thanks to your kind help the second lesson of Serbian for Children was released yesterday:
In this lesson you can practise saying "Ovo je..." (this is) as well as the vocabulary for family members!
Porodica
mama = mom
tata = dad
sestra = sister
brat = brother
sin = son
ćerka = daughter
***
moj / moja = my
Additional exercises:
1. https://quizlet.com/146121479/micromatch
2. https://en.educaplay.com/en/learningresources/2531536/serbian_for_children_lesson_1a.htm
The first part was published in the post about teaching Serbian with children songs, but I will add it here as well:
Hope you find them useful and come here for more!
If you would like to get all my video lessons with explanations in English, translations and additional exercises like the ones above, in the meaningful order, consider joining me on Patreon. HVALA!
In this lesson you can practise saying "Ovo je..." (this is) as well as the vocabulary for family members!
Porodica
mama = mom
tata = dad
sestra = sister
brat = brother
sin = son
ćerka = daughter
***
moj / moja = my
Additional exercises:
1. https://quizlet.com/146121479/micromatch
2. https://en.educaplay.com/en/learningresources/2531536/serbian_for_children_lesson_1a.htm
The first part was published in the post about teaching Serbian with children songs, but I will add it here as well:
Hope you find them useful and come here for more!
If you would like to get all my video lessons with explanations in English, translations and additional exercises like the ones above, in the meaningful order, consider joining me on Patreon. HVALA!
Sunday, February 05, 2017
There are so many reasons to learn Serbian. That's why I'd like you to help me find out what your main motivation is when learning this language. I am also interested what you need most and what you think could help you learn most efficiently.
That's why I have created an anonymous survey and I'd appreciate if you could spare a few minutes to do it. HVALA!
Thanks so much for your time! All the info is used to make my Serbian Activator e-mails and video lessons most relevant to you!
That's why I have created an anonymous survey and I'd appreciate if you could spare a few minutes to do it. HVALA!
Thanks so much for your time! All the info is used to make my Serbian Activator e-mails and video lessons most relevant to you!
Wednesday, February 01, 2017
Let's learn the past tense form of "She was" in Serbian the easy way: BILA JE with this beautiful song, step by step:
Now, an exercise:
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Now, an exercise:
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Would it be funny for you to hear a phrase "Don't argue with mine!", whatever that might mean?
Here comes a short clip with a similar phrase, which is obviously wrong and make people laugh (together with a specific pronunciation of Mr. Šojić's "ć" in "ćao" :)
- Nemaš! Šta moliš? Imaš (li) kod sebe 350 Evra?
- Ma gospodine Šojiću...
- Ma, ćao! Nemaš! Ćao! Ne raspravljaj se sa mene! Ne raspravljaj se!
Here comes a short clip with a similar phrase, which is obviously wrong and make people laugh (together with a specific pronunciation of Mr. Šojić's "ć" in "ćao" :)
- Nemaš! Šta moliš? Imaš (li) kod sebe 350 Evra?
- Ma gospodine Šojiću...
- Ma, ćao! Nemaš! Ćao! Ne raspravljaj se sa mene! Ne raspravljaj se!
Don't argue with me!
The correct Serbian phrase: "Don't argue with me" would be as follows:
- Ne raspravljaj se sa mnom! (not "sa mene"=)
The verb "to argue" is always used with "se" form: raspravljati se. A few synonyms would be:
svađati se and prepirati se. (Ne svađaj se sa mnom / Ne prepiri se sa mnom).
Instrumental of Serbian Pronouns
The preposition "with" requires the Instrumental form of the pronoun so you can use the mentioned verbs with the following pronouns as well:
- with me = sa mnom
- with you = sa tobom
- with him/it = sa njim
- with her = sa njom
- with us = sa nama
- with you = sa vama / Vama
- with them = sa njima
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Sunday, January 22, 2017
How to cope with all different forms of Serbian pronouns, in different cases and with all the different endings? Well, there are many different ways, starting with old-fashioned grammar learning;
to using them in phrases, without thinking about grammar at all. What I find really efficient, is to listen to Serbian songs and learn the pronouns in common phrases, by singing :)
Let me share with you the following song: Za Njom by S.A.R.S.
Now that you have heard this song, sang along, and done the exercise, can you tell me which prepositions were there in front of "NJOM"?
to using them in phrases, without thinking about grammar at all. What I find really efficient, is to listen to Serbian songs and learn the pronouns in common phrases, by singing :)
Let me share with you the following song: Za Njom by S.A.R.S.
How to Practice Serbian Pronoun SHE in the Instrumental Case
Now that you have heard this song, sang along, and done the exercise, can you tell me which prepositions were there in front of "NJOM"?
Friday, January 20, 2017
From time to time I get a request to publish more exercises for Serbian for an advanced and even proficient level. I guess that creating short tasks based on various films and series in Serbian certainly helps. One of such series which I wanted to recommend for more proficient speakers of Serbian is Prvi Servis, sponsored by VreleGume. I love their short format and a really great cast. The topics are everyday problems of ordinary people.
In the first episode, there is a short monologue with lots of mistakes, which can be easily corrected by an advanced student of Serbian.
Would you like to give it a try? You can write your suggestion in the comment below!
Example 1:
1:25 min: Kada sam u vaša zemlja ja ovo, a kod kuće imam Volvo.*Correction: Kada sam u vašOJ zmljI
Your task:
3:35 min: Majstor kaže da je teško kvarnost velika. Ili je amortizer ili je može biti da je možda ova …. kako kaže on kod vas… balans štanglica, ili je može biti da je stabilizatorski dio. Kaže popraviće, hitno mi je potrebno auto za sutra.
A auto moram imati jer mater meni stiže. Moram je pokupit. Moja mater je iz naša zemlja, srpska. Moja Mater je iz Vojnić.A otac mi je njihov, on je Lunski La iz Lunski Le, Moj otac je Turstend. Tako da mater moja dolazi. Stara je, ne može da hoda. Kaže više mi je samo da umrem, samo da umrem, već mi dosta to, da se sahrani u Vojnići to.
A hitno bi mi moralo se prebaciti ja za grad. Ako ima neko dobro da pozove taksi. Imam krune, plaćam sve, da. Ako može neko da mi nazove taksi, a majstor će se potruditi. Vidim da je dobar čovek.
You can write your suggestion in the comment below!
Monday, January 16, 2017
Today we are practising three simple questions and three simple answers:
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- Where do you / You live? = Где живиш / живите?= Gde živiš / živite?
- What do you / You do? = Шта радиш / радите? (Чиме се бавиш / бавите?) = Šta radiš / radite? (Čime se baviš / bavite?)
- What do you do in your free time? = Шта радиш / радите у слободно време? = Šta radiš / radite u slobodno vreme?
The answers are as follows:
- Живим у ... = Živim u ... (I live in ...Beogradu / Limi - check out the previous posts about the Locative case)
- Радим као ... = Radim kao ...(I work as a ...profesor / lekar - check out the video about occupations)
- У слободно време ... = U slobodno vreme ...( In my free time I learn Seriban - učim srpski - check out the previous video about hobbies)
Serbian Video Lessons with Pronunciation
Now that you understand what we are going to talk about, you are ready for the video lesson! Have fun!
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Thursday, January 12, 2017
Since rarely does anyone use days of the week in its Nominative form:
1. Ponedeljak = Monday = Понедељак
2. Utorak = Tuesday = Уторак
3. Sreda = Wednesday = Среда
4. Četvrtak = Thursday = Четвртак
5. Petak = Friday = Петак
6. Subota = Saturday = Субота
7. Nedelja = Sunday = Недеља
Let me share with you a few exercises at three different levels:
B: What are you doing on + DAY ( Accusative case )? = Šta radiš u subotu?
Let's practice together:
C: Words "svaki / sledeći / naredni / drugi + day "will trigger the Genitive case of both the adjective and the noun in the question:"What are you doing next Monday?" = "Šta radiš sledećeg ponedeljka?"
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