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Today we are learning two simple phrases in Serbian:
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For the pronunciation and additional exercises, check out my Patreon blog :)
Friday, June 09, 2017
Thursday, June 08, 2017
Let's listen to this short piece of news and jot down the numbers you hear!
Many thanks to Kratke vesti portal for sharing the news on a regular basis!
Many thanks to Kratke vesti portal for sharing the news on a regular basis!
Wednesday, June 07, 2017
Let's work on our sports vocabulary today :)
Tuesday, June 06, 2017
The Plural form in Serbian can be tricky. That's why I'd like to start with really easy Singular - Plural pairs for you to enjoy learning it :D
More examples:
Animals
Delfin - Delfini
More examples:
Animals
- pingvin - pingvini (penguins)
- konj - konji (horses)
- jelen - jeleni (deer)
Buildings
- muzej - muzeji (museums)
- neboder - neboderi (skyscrapers)
- stadion - stadioni (stadiums)
I have always enjoyed doing short tasks based on authentic news and fun texts. That is why I want to create and share with you the same kind of exercises based on daily news, both in the Latin alphabet and Cyrillic script. Today I'm sharing with you one of the common news section called "Dogodilo se na današnji dan" - "On this day in history" from KratkeVesti :)
Cyrillic version Latin alphabet version
Friday, June 02, 2017
Odakle je ova lasta?
Where is this sparrow from?
Odakle leti ova lasta?
Where does this sparrow fly from?
Ona leti od Beograda do Londona.
It (she) flies / is flying from Belgrade to London.
Ma neee, ona leti od Afrike do Evrope.
Nooo, it flies/ is flying from AFrica to Europe.
Ova deca nemaju pojma!!!
These kids have no clue!!!
Ona leti od kuće do reke.
It flies/ is flying from the house to the river.
Ova deca nemaju pojma!!!
These kids have no clue!!!
Ona leti od kuće do reke.
It flies/ is flying from the house to the river.
It's really complicated. Does anyone know the answer?
I think there is no correct answer, but we can enjoy learning Serbian by playing with this sentence using the Genitive case.
Genitive in Serbian
With the prepositions "from - to", you'll use the Genitive case. In the singular it changes as we have described before:
Singular
- London - od LondonA Masc. Sg. adds an -A
- Moskva - od MoskvE Fem. Sg. changes an -a into -E
- Selo - od selA Neut. Sg. changes an -o into -A
Practicing Genitive in Serbian
Your task is to think about these places and give your own answer about the sparrow using the same form:
Lasta leti od ... do ...
- Lisabon - Budimpešta
- Madrid - Atina
- Kopenhagen - Ankara
- Zagreb - Ljubljana
- Boston - Peking
- Moskva - Oslo
- Lima - Kairo
- Čikago - Berlin
- Subotica - Niš
- Temišvar - Bratislava
Photo Serbian with Gavrilo
If you are wondering who took this wonderful photo of a sparrow, OR "Od koga je ova slika?", let me tell you that the author is Gavrilo!
He has been my dear friend since forever and he has allowed me to use his beautiful photos in my photo lessons of Serbian. He is doing a great job promoting Serbia and its beauties and I invite all of you to thank him on his Pixoto page by liking and leaving comments under his photos :) Хвала Гојко!
Thursday, June 01, 2017
I am sure you are confident using the simple word "lep" thanks to the previous posts about adjectives in Serbian! You learnt that "lep" (beautiful) will change as follows:
Yes, the answers are as follows:
Singular
- Masc. LEP grad = grad je lep (beautiful city - the city is beautiful)
- Fem. LEPA zgrada = zgrada je lepa (beautiful building)
- Neut. LEPO dete = dete je lepo (beautiful child)
Plural
- Masc. LEPI mostovi = mostovi su lepi (beautiful bridges)
- Fem. LEPE zgrade = zgrade su lepe (beautiful buildings)
- Neut. LEPA deca = deca su lepa (beautiful kids)
That's why I'm sure you will be able to decide which forms of "lep" are missing in the gaps:
- _______ nebo (sky)
- _______noć (night)
- _______ dan (day)
Yes, the answers are as follows:
- lepo
- lepa
- lep
If you are still wondering why "noć" is "lepa", check out my video explanation and translation :D
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