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Monday, August 27, 2018

Serbian Language Podcast - A2/B1 Level

Marina Listening comprehension , listening comprehension skills

Serbian Language Podcast

There are quite a few Youtube videos which can be used for practicing your listening comprehension skills. One of them is MarkaŽvala Youtube channel with short interviews with ordinary people. In their videos you can hear authentic, colloquial language spoken in Belgrade. Today I want to share with you a video in which passersby are asked to show what they HAVE=IMAJU in their pockets.

How to practice Serbian with Learn Serbian Podcast?

Let's listen to the video (only first two minutes) and try to watch and see what people usually have in their pockets. If you would like to be prepared for the items one can find in their pockets, check the vocabulary list below the video.
Listen to the video for the second time and jot down what you hear (and see)
After listening to it twice, you can check your answers in the comment below.
Finally, you can do the follow up exercise :)

Vocabulary

Džep = pocket / Džepovi = pockets / u džepu = in a pocket / u džepovima = in pockets
Ključ = key // ključevi = keys
pare = novac = lova (sleng) = money
sitne pare = sitniš = coins/change
mobilni = mobile phone
dokumenti = documents
dinari = Dinars
lična karta = ID
telefon = telephone
ništa više = nothing more
naočare = glasses
spajalica = paper click
novčanik = wallet
komad = piece
sveska = notebook
upaljač = lighter
slušalice = headset

Practicing with Serbian Language Podcast

Serbian Language - Reading Practice

Marina Conjugations , reading comprehension

A real fun and easy way to practice reading in Serbian. In the first part you will try to add the appropriate form of the following verbs:
biti - to be jesti - to eat piti - to drink

Later on you will be able to see if your answers were correct. Can you make a similar story about yourself?

Geography Lesson 1 - Serbian Accusative and Genitive

Marina Accusative in Serbian , Games

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!

Let's practice Locative, Accusative and Genitive with Vicevi

Marina Accusative in Serbian , genitive in Serbian

Now that you feel more confident telling a joke (ispričati vic) about an elephant and giraffe, let's do some grammar exercises for fun :)

Serbian Language with Vicevi

Marina Accusative in Serbian , genitive in Serbian

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:

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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Daily Routines in Serbian - Speaking Exercise

Marina daily Serbian , learning to conjugate

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

Serbian Speaking Exercise 001

Marina speaking drills , speaking drills in Serbian

Here comes a fun slider to help you improve your speaking skills while describing these two photos:

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

Serbian Conjugations - Speaking Exercise with To Have a Rest

Marina odmarati se in Serbian , verb conjugations in Serbian

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:

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.

Learning Serbian with Games - Relative Pronouns

Marina Games , relative pronoun koji

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

Learning Serbian with Games

Marina Accusative in Serbian , clothes in Serbian

If you liked my video lesson with TRAŽITI - NAĆI (to search - to find), and the Accusative case, I am sure you will enjoy playing the following game with clothes: