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Thursday, August 16, 2018
A follow up exercise coming soon!
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Accusative in Serbian,
Games,
genitive in Serbian
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
Here comes a fun slider to help you improve your speaking skills while describing these two photos:
Useful conjugations:
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
In this exercise we are going to practice only the imperfective form of the verb ODMARATI SE = to be having a rest.
Take a look at these photos and make the following sentences:
ODMARAM - ODMARAŠ - ODMARA ///ODMARAMO - ODMARATE - ODMARAJU
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:
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