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Thursday, October 03, 2019
Tuesday, October 01, 2019
One of the useful phrases when learning Serbian is IZIVINTE = ИЗВИНИТЕ = excuse me.
After this phrase, you have certainly attracted someone's attention, so you can ask a follow up question. Today we are practicing the phrase GDE JE = ГДЕ ЈЕ = where is?
After practicing with the Flashcards, you are ready to play and win :D
Excuse me, where is ... in Serbian
After this phrase, you have certainly attracted someone's attention, so you can ask a follow up question. Today we are practicing the phrase GDE JE = ГДЕ ЈЕ = where is?
How to pronounce IZVINITE, GDE JE in Serbian
- Excuse me, where is the exit? = Izvinite, gde je izlaz?
Let's practice the phrase "Excuse me, where is ..."
After practicing with the Flashcards, you are ready to play and win :D
Monday, September 30, 2019
I am happy to announce that my third book with easy texts both in Cyrillic and Latin alphabet, Who is Who, has been published!
Let me remind you of the first two books, which you can read along with me on my Youtube channel and Patreon page:
This book called "What you can see on the farm" is just the first part of the series covering animal and farm vocabulary, together with the most common verbs in Serbian.
In the third book, Who is Who, we are dealing with some similar names like Jovan and Jovana or Ivan and Ivana. Since they can be a bit confusing, we are trying to figure out who is who, by following our friends in search of one another. At the end of the book there is an Activity book where you need to find the hidden page numbers... a little bit of Locative case will always prove useful in the days to come :D
Let me remind you of the first two books, which you can read along with me on my Youtube channel and Patreon page:
Easy to Read - Šta možemo da vidimo na selu?
This book called "What you can see on the farm" is just the first part of the series covering animal and farm vocabulary, together with the most common verbs in Serbian.
Easy to Read - Gde je ključ?
In this second book, Where is the Key? I continue using the most common verbs which require the accusative case. We are also practicing introducing ourselves and our friends. There is also a task for you to find ONE hidden key. If you are having problems finding it, do let me know!
Easy to Read - Ko je ko?
In the third book, Who is Who, we are dealing with some similar names like Jovan and Jovana or Ivan and Ivana. Since they can be a bit confusing, we are trying to figure out who is who, by following our friends in search of one another. At the end of the book there is an Activity book where you need to find the hidden page numbers... a little bit of Locative case will always prove useful in the days to come :D
The Fourth Easy to Read book
The name of the fourth book is "What we like" and it is all about games and seasons we like. It is to be published in October. This one is the easiest of all, and I am sure you'll love it! Watch this space :DSaturday, September 28, 2019
If you like learning Serbian with songs, I'm sure oyu will like some of the new exercises I published on the new SerbianLessons page:
Learning Serbian with Songs
- Super Easy - Boje
- Super Easy - Čokolada
- Elementary - Whistle at 8 = Zvižduk u 8
- Pre-intermediate, Present Simple Verbs - Da li čuješ?
- Intermediate, Genitive - Još volim te
Friday, September 27, 2019
In one of the more advanced Serbian language courses, you can learn how to use the following set of phrases to talk about yourself and important occasions when you want to:https://www.learnserbianblog.com/2018/09/serbian-advanced-course.html
- treat someone = častiti / počastiti nekog
- take someone out to a restaurant = izvesit nekog u restoran
as well as reasons
- to retire = otići u penziju
- to graduate = diplomirati
- to enroll = upisati se na fakultet
Serbian 701 - Exercises
Let's just watch again the first part, for about 1 minute, until Boškić goes out of the office. Can you hear the words:
- častim
- moja čast
- slavlje
- upisati akademiju
- upisati fakultet
Slušajte ponovo i pokušajte da čujete:
- Ko časti?
- Zašto časti?
- Kako časti?
- Koga časti?
Exercises with Lesson1, Serbian 701
If you haven't done all the exercises from the previous post, you can do them on this page. Now, we are going to do a brand new exercise and talk about ourselves:
Hajde da vežbamo ove glagole u prošlom vremenu
Govorne vežbe
Posle svih ovih vežbi, vreme je da kažemo nešto o sebi, u kojim prilikama častite prijatelje i porodicu i kako?Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Practicing Serbian Daily
Let me share with you a few good posts and resources with great ideas how to learn and practice Serbian on a daily basis:
- With Youtube videos
- Practicing Pronunciation
- Listening to Serbian authentic resources
- Doing exercises on my old website SerbianLesson.com and a new one SerbianLessons.com
- Practicing reading easy and fun books in Serbian Cyrillic and Latin alphabet
- Joining one of my Serbian language learning courses on Udemy
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
It is a good idea to use at least two Serbian phrases from the very first lesson:
- Šta znači? = What does ... mean?
- Molim? = Pardon?
Of course, there are other ones which are useful, and you can start using them while learning the language. In this blog post, the idea is for you to practice them with the following Quizlets:
Monday, September 23, 2019
Why Step by Step Serbian?
All you have to do is to follow:
- this blog
- my Facebook page
- join Quizlet, if you want your result to be recorded, otherwise it is free of charge
I also want to connect each post with the previous lessons covering the same topic, so you can practise using different materials (which are hidden in this ten year old blog). So, let's start!
How Step by Step Serbian?
First, you can read more about these two alphabets in the previous posts:
- Listening and seeing both alphabets, published back in 2008 :)
- Super easy guide to Serbian Cyrillic Script, from 2009
- Switching from the Latin alphabet to the Cyrillic script and back, dated 2010
Once you are acquainted with the theoretical part, let's play:
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Practicing Numbers while Listening
Another exercise where your task is to jot down the numbers you hear while watching this funny add:
Listening Comprehension Numbers - Answer Key
Brojevi koje čujemo (they are written in white, just select them and you'll see the answers)- 30
- 35
- 10
- 5
- 13
Vocabulary
Konotacije
- držati se dobro (keep oneself fit/taking good care of oneself)
- imati oko za nešto (have a keen/sharp eye)
- broj 13 donosi nesreću (number 13 is unlucky)
Brojevi kao imenice
Numbers used as grades (at school, college, etc) behaving as nouns
- jedan = jedinica
- dva =dvojka
- tri = trojka
- četiri = četvorka
- pet = petica
- šest = šestica
- sedam = sedmica
- osam = osmica
- devet = devetka
- deset = desetka
- jedanaest = jedanaestica
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Unfortunately, there are too few Serbian videos with subtitles in Serbian. Whenever I come across one, I do my best to share it with you. I hope that with BBC in Serbian comeback, there will be more and more videos with subtitles covering interesting topics, like this one about how to live without waste = kako živeti bez otpada:
Monday, September 09, 2019
Besides a wonderful recipe for King's Chicken, you will hear three stories about the origin of this simple and tasty dish. Let's listen the following video first.
You can listen to the video as many times as you want, try to listen to it a bit slower (change speed to 0.75) and write down at least one short story on our joint Padlet :) Simply click twice on the background and start writing. There is no need for you to write your name! Have fun :)
You can listen to the video as many times as you want, try to listen to it a bit slower (change speed to 0.75) and write down at least one short story on our joint Padlet :) Simply click twice on the background and start writing. There is no need for you to write your name! Have fun :)
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
A few years ago I shared with you a few posts about foreigners in Serbia. Since there are so many beautiful stories about this topic on RTS youtube channel, I decided to share all them and make some additional exercises.
Današnja priča je o Sine iz Norveške. Odgledajte ovu prelepu priču i odgovorite na pitanja ispod:
Srbija je haos sa nekim čudnim redom
Današnja priča je o Sine iz Norveške. Odgledajte ovu prelepu priču i odgovorite na pitanja ispod:
- Kako se ona zove?
- Odakle je?
- Zašto je došla prvi put u Srbiju?
- Kako se zove prijatelj iz Srbije kog je prvo upoznala?
- Šta joj se svidelo prvi put kad je bila u Srbiji?
- Šta nije uobičajeno u Srbiji posle plivanja, a što je normalno u Norveškoj?
- Kada pričamo o tašnama i torbama, šta u Srbiji ljudi nikad ne rade, dok je u Norveškoj to normalno?
- Da li je Sine udata i da li će se udavati?
- Gde ona živi sada?
- Gde ona radi sada?
- Šta je studirala u Norveškoj?
- Šta je studirala u Srbiji?
- Čime se sve bavi?
- Kakvi su joj planovi za budućnost?
- Zašto?