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One of the best ways to learn SErbian is by playing games. I have recently found this website for learning Geography called Online Seterra and while playing this game, I made the following video lesson for you: A follow up exercise coming soon!
Thursday, August 16, 2018
One of the best ways to learn SErbian is by playing games. I have recently found this website for learning Geography called Online Seterra and while playing this game, I made the following video lesson for you: A follow up exercise coming soon!
Saturday, August 04, 2018
Now that you feel more confident telling a joke (ispričati vic) about an elephant and giraffe, let's do some grammar exercises for fun :)
Monday, July 30, 2018
Vic in Serbian means a joke.
Telling easy jokes makes learning a language fun and easy. That's why I am sharing with you the first two parts of a very long joke which has some of the most frequently used verbs:
Telling easy jokes makes learning a language fun and easy. That's why I am sharing with you the first two parts of a very long joke which has some of the most frequently used verbs:
- otvoriti = to open
- zatvoriti = to close
- staviti = to put
- izvaditi = to take out
In the first video you can watch the Present tense version of this story with an explanation and translation:
In the second video lesson you can see how you can change the same joke, so it has the same meaning, but you practice the Accusative and Genitive cases without noticing it :D
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Daily routines in Serbian - Game
The best way to learn a language is by playing games and listening to it. That is why I am sharing a new Memory game to help you out, followed by the video, so you can also listen and play :)Useful conjugations and common collocations with daily routines in Serbian
- PRATI zube / ruke /lice (to wash your teeth /hands / face) - perem - pereš - pere /// peremo - perete - peru
- SPREMATI (to get ready) doručak - spremam - spremaš - sprema /// spremamo - spremate - spremaju
- PRIPREMATI (to prepare) doručak - pripremam ... /// ... pripremaju
- PRAVITI (to make) doručak - pravim ... /// ... prave
- UMIVATI SE (to wash your face) - umivam se ... /// ... umivaju se
- TRČATI (to run) - trčim ... /// ...trče
- PECATI (to fish) - pecam ... / ... pecaju
- USTAJATI (to get up) - ustajem... /// ... ustaju
- BUDITI SE (to wake up) - budim se .../// ... bude se
Sunday, May 13, 2018
Useful conjugations:
- RAZMIŠLJATI: razmišljAM - razmišljAŠ - razmišljA /// razmišljAMO - razmišljATE - razmišljAJU
- RAZGOVARATI: razgovarAM ... razgovarAJU
- RADITI: radIM - radIŠ - radi /// radIMO - radITE - radE
- MISLITI: mislim - misliš - misli /// mislimo - mislite - misle
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What is the difference between MISLITI and RAZMIŠLJATI?
Common collocations with translations will certainly help:
- Mislim na tebe = I am thinking of you
- Razmišljam / Mislim o tebi = I am thinking of you
- Mislim da je knjiga dosadna = I think that the book is boring
- Razmišljam da te nešto pitam = I've been thinking to ask you something
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Take a look at these photos and make the following sentences:
Present Tense Conjugations of Odmarati
ODMARAM - ODMARAŠ - ODMARA ///ODMARAMO - ODMARATE - ODMARAJU
- Na prvoj slici vidim mladića u odelu koji SE ODMARA na poslu.
Past Tense Conjugations of To have a rest
Odmarao - odmarala - odmaralo /// odmarali - odmarale - odmarala
Primer.
- Na prvoj slici vidim mladića u odelu koji SE ODMARAO dok je bio na poslu.
Future Tense Conjugations of To have a rest
Odmaraću se - Odmaraćeš se - Odmaraće se /// Odmaraćemo se - Odmaraćete se - Odmaraće se
Primer.
- Na prvoj slici vidim mladića u odelu koji ĆE SE ODMARATI kada bude na poslu.
Friday, May 11, 2018
Today we are going to practice relative pronouns in Serbian in a fun way!Relative pronouns /question words which and who in Serbian also change according to the number and gender, so I want you here to have fun playing a memory game + use a bit more complex sentences, such as:
- Vidim čoveka koji radi na kompjuteru.
- Vidim čoveka koji nosi kapu.
- Vidim ženu koja razgovara s nekim.
- Vidim dete koje nosi haljinu.
Although the verb VIDETI to see, requires the accusative case, I'll list all the forms (declensions) of ko and koji below.
Nominative - ko/ koji = who /which
- čovek koji radi = a man who is working
- žena kojA radi = a woman who is working
- dete kojE radi = a child who is working
- ljudi koji rade = people who are working
- žene kojE rade = women who are working
- deca kojA rade = children who are working
Genitive - from whom / which
- od kojeg(a) / kog(a) čoveka
- od koje žene
- od kog deteta
- od kojih ljudi
- od kojih žena
- od koje dece
Dative - to whom / which
- kojem / kom čoveku
- kojoj ženi
- kojem / kom detetu
- kojim ljudima
- kojim ženama
- kojim ljudima
Accusative - who(m) /which
- kojeg / kog čoveka (animate category = gen.) ili koji hamburger (inanimate category)
- koju ženu
- koje dete
- koje ljude
- koje žene
- koju decu
Instrumental - with who(m) / which
- sa kojim čovekom
- sa kojom ženom
- sa kojim detetom
- sa kojim ljudima
- sa kojim ženama
- sa kojom decom
Locative - about who(m)/which
- o kojem / kom čoveku
- o kojoj ženi
- o kojem / kom detetu
- o kojim ljudima
- o kojim ženama
- o kojim ljudima
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Saturday, May 05, 2018
Let's practice your listening skills with the following exercise, which is based on this video. You can do this exercise in two ways:
Have fun!
- Try to drag the words in the gaps based on their meaning and then listen to the audio to check.
- Listen to the audio and then drag the words into the gaps.
Have fun!
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Serbian conjugations is essential for my students, so let me share one which can be downloaded and printed :)
Saturday, April 21, 2018
While adding new chapters and lessons to 5 Minute Serbian course 1, I started planning the next course which will be entirely dedicated to the verbs and prepositions which require a noun/pronoun in the Accusative case.
Let me show one of these videos with which you can practice:
Let me show one of these videos with which you can practice:
- Present / past tense of the following verbs: videti, tražiti, naći, uzeti (to see, to look for, to find, to take): deca vide / deca su videla - deca traže / deca su tražila - deca su našla ... - deca su uzela
- The Accusative with Sg. Masc of inanimate and animate category (brodić - vidim brodić, pas - vidim psa)
- The Accusative with Sg. Fem (lopta - tražim loptu)
Monday, April 16, 2018
Since many of my students told me how easy it is to learn Serbian by singing, I decided to introduce nice and catchy tunes with nice and easy Serbian collocations into my new Five Minute Serbian course.
Yesterday I released a free version of this course, so you can join it and see whether this way of learning suits you.
At first I thought it would be a great idea to organize each course from the very beginner to the most advanced levels (from A1 to C2), but my students suggested I should divide them into two groups - from A1 to B1 and another one from B2 to C2. That will allow me to add more language related lessons for each level.
For example, A1 level now covers not only "The weather/wine is good" but also two new chapters dedicated to members of family and how to introduce them. A2 level doesn't cover only what WAS the weather like, but also who WAS at home/work etc. B1 level is covering asking "kakva vs. kakav" when asking questions such as "What was the party like?" and similar.
Let me share with you two brand new lessons:
At the moment the course has more than three hours of content, but it is getting longer and richer each day. Once you join the course, you are given the links to the follow up exercises and quizzes. Since the course is expanding, the price of the course is going to increase accordingly. It is $US49 right now, but for the followers of this blog there is a 50% discount which is valid only in April.
The beauty of this series of the courses is that you will be able to add your suggestions and influence the topic of the upcoming chapters.
The following course will be dedicated to verbs and prepositions which require the Accusative case and I am sure you will love it! For now, do join the free version of this course and leave me your feedback in the comment below or through our joint Facebook page called StudySerbian.
Yesterday I released a free version of this course, so you can join it and see whether this way of learning suits you.
At first I thought it would be a great idea to organize each course from the very beginner to the most advanced levels (from A1 to C2), but my students suggested I should divide them into two groups - from A1 to B1 and another one from B2 to C2. That will allow me to add more language related lessons for each level.
For example, A1 level now covers not only "The weather/wine is good" but also two new chapters dedicated to members of family and how to introduce them. A2 level doesn't cover only what WAS the weather like, but also who WAS at home/work etc. B1 level is covering asking "kakva vs. kakav" when asking questions such as "What was the party like?" and similar.
Let me share with you two brand new lessons:
- At A1 level
- At A2 level
At the moment the course has more than three hours of content, but it is getting longer and richer each day. Once you join the course, you are given the links to the follow up exercises and quizzes. Since the course is expanding, the price of the course is going to increase accordingly. It is $US49 right now, but for the followers of this blog there is a 50% discount which is valid only in April.
The beauty of this series of the courses is that you will be able to add your suggestions and influence the topic of the upcoming chapters.
The following course will be dedicated to verbs and prepositions which require the Accusative case and I am sure you will love it! For now, do join the free version of this course and leave me your feedback in the comment below or through our joint Facebook page called StudySerbian.
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