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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Serbian 301 - Retelling Story

Marina asking questions in Serbian , Past tense

In Serbian 301 one is practicing to confidently ask and answer questions about some past tense events. This can be practiced in different ways:

talking about your past, or past events in your life
talking about your friends and family and their experiences
retelling a short story that we have previously learnt
retelling an interesting film/book plot

Additionally, you can also practice telling a story based on a suitable song. Let's take Kristing by Zdravko Čolić, for example!

Retelling Story in Serbian - Song

Retelling Story in Serbian

For the sake of understanding here comes a page with the lyrics translation (not the perfect one, though, but you'll get the gist) and now you can practice retelling the story with the following set of exercises:

Retelling Story by asking questions

Now that you know what has actually happen, can you add your questions in the comments below?

Let me start with just a few:

Kada je Zdravko išao na salaš?
Gde je bio salaš?
Šta sve znači "društvo"?
Ko je stajao na vratima?
Šta je petrolejka?

Serbian 201 - Zvati SE in Past Tense

Marina Past tense , past tense in serbian

In the previous post we practiced the phrase "what's your name" or "how are you called" = "kako se zoveš" in Present Tense. Today we are practicing the same phrase but in the past tense with the family vocabulary :)

Zvati se in Past Tense - MATCH

Learning Zvati se in Past

Test with zvati se in Past

Serbian 102 - Word order with SE

Marina Serbian 102 ,

It can be tricky to learn how to cope with some simple sentences and questions when this "se" word shows up. The best way to cope with it is to practice with a set of familiar phrases:

Word order with SE - Learn

Word order with SE - Flashcards

Word order with SE - Match

Serbian 101 - Asking Simple Questions in Serbian

Marina asking questions in Serbian , Serbian 101

Asking Questions about different topics

In the previous posts there are a bunch of exercises to practice asking questions in Serbian. You can find all of them here.

Today, I'll add some exercises for you to practice and play with:

Asking Questions with Ti

Flashcards

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Learn

Asking Questions with Vi

Flashcards

Match

Learn

PO- Prefix with Verbs - Serbian 701

Marina Prefixes in Serbian , Serbian 701

One of the common and very productive ways of expanding a verb meaning is the process of "prefixation" in Serbian. While in English this additional meaning is conveyed through use of different tenses or prepositions in phrasal verbs, at a sentence level, in Serbian it is achieved through only one word, at the lexicology level.

Today we are talking about PO- prefix and its meanings.

Meaning of Po- Prefix in Serbian

There are five main meanings of PO- prefix when added to a verb. These are as follows:

making a perfective verb out of an imperfective one: jesti - pojesti
adding up "distributive meaning", often combined with the word "sve": krasti - pokrasti (there will be a special post dedicated to this)
beginning of the action: leteti - poleteti
spatial meaning (additional meaning "over") : bacati - pobacati
action which lasts for a long time: živeti - poživeti

Exercise with Po- Prefix in Serbian

Let me add five lists of verbs for which you have to decide which group they belong to:

Can you think of any other examples?

Here are some of my ideas:

pokisnuti
poleteti
pozlatiti
pokrenuti
polupati
posvađati
porazbijati
pokrasti

Examples with Po- Prefix in Serbian Literature

Here comes the famous story Sve će to narod pozlatiti by Laza Lazarević, written back in 1881.

- What is the meaning of the noun ZLATO and verb POzlatiTI?
- What meaning(s) does this prefix add?
- What is the gist of the story?

QAs About Most Common Mistakes in Serbian

Marina common mistakes ,

Most Common Mistakes in Serbian

I'm sure you've seen a lot of interesting photos which explain most common mistakes in the Serbian language, such as this one:

Video with Most Common Mistakes in Serbian

Today, I've come across this great video with similar examples. I am sure you'll enjoy watching it!

Serbian 201 - Pronouns in Accusative

Marina Accusative in Serbian , Serbian 201

Serbian Pronouns in Accusative

The best way to practice this phrase is to play a game and point to the different food items in the kitchen saying:

Feminine singular: Vidim ribu, vidim je!

Masculine and Neuter Sg: Vidim hleb / meso, vidim ga!

Plural, all genders: Vidim jaja, vidim ih!

https://englishflashgames.blogspot.com/2008/09/food-game.html

Useful Vocabulary

Ananas = pineapple
Grožđe = grapes
Dinja = melon
Višnje = sour cherries
Trešnje = sweet cherries

How to pronounce Pronouns in Accusative

Serbian 102 - Past tense of Biti

Marina Past tense , past tense in serbian

Stiže još jedan / još jedna set of exercises to practice one of the lessons from Serbian 102 course!

Past tense of To be Explained

You can find the pronunciation and the form of the verb to be in Serbian in this post published earlier.

Past tense of To be with Exercises

Past tense of To be - Games

Serbian 101 - What do you see?

Marina Accusative in Serbian , Serbian 101

What do you see in Serbian?

The best way to start practicing Serbian cases, the Accusative for example, is to start simple and easy, with food. After the verb to see, you'll simply change the final A of the noun into U

VIDIM BANANU - BANANA
VIDIM JABUKU - JABUKA
VIDIM JAGODU - JAGODA
VIDIM LIMUNADU - LIMUNADA
VIDIM LUBENICU - LUBENICA
VIDIM PAPRIKU - PAPRIKA
VIDIM PICU - PICA
VIDIM POMORANDŽU - POMORANDŽA
VIDIM RIBU - RIBA
VIDIM SUPU - SUPA
VIDIM VODU - VODA

What do you see in Serbian - Exercises

What do you see in Serbian - Games

Serbian 401 - Mala istorija Srbije

Marina intermediate Serbian , Listening comprehension

Srpski 401 se bazira na preslatkoj mini seriji koja se zove Mala istorija Srbije, o kojoj sam pisala pre pet godina (vreme baš leti = time really flies by)!

Hajde da ponovo pogledamo prvu epizodu i uradimo sledeće vežbe:

Don't forget that for more exercises like this one with explanations and video lessons with slow pronunciation you can join Patreon page, tier one.

This is, These are in Serbian

Marina Serbian 101 ,

This is, These are - in Serbian

Let's jump with joy each time we come across a phrase or two which are easier in Serbian than in English.

There is no need for you to think how to say THIS and THESE, simply say OVO and it covers both categories!

Ovo je haljina = this is a dress

Ovo su čizme = these are boots

The only thing we are actually practicing is IS and ARE in Serbian, in different contexts:

Odeća = Clothes
Životinje = Animals
Hrana = Food
Poslovi = Jobs

Ovo je, ovo su with Clothes

This is, These are -Exercises

This is, These are - Games

Serbian 101 - Glagol BITI

Marina Biti in Serbian , verb to be in Serbian

Glagol BITI - značenje (meaning)

Even if you are really familiar with the verb to be in Serbian, let's simply review what we know with tthese fun exercises:

Glagol BITI - vežbe (exercise)

Glagol BITI - igre (games)

Glagol BITI - additional exercises

BITI with Nominative, Singular and Plural of International words

TO BE with Nominative, Singular and Plural of Family words

TO BE with Nominative, Singular and Plural of Occupations, International words

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Retelling Story in Serbian - Song

Retelling Story in Serbian

Retelling Story by asking questions

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Zvati se in Past Tense - MATCH

Learning Zvati se in Past

Test with zvati se in Past

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Word order with SE - Learn

Word order with SE - Flashcards

Word order with SE - Match

Monday, October 21, 2019

Asking Questions about different topics

Asking Questions with Ti

Match

Asking Questions with Vi

Match

Friday, October 11, 2019

Meaning of Po- Prefix in Serbian

Exercise with Po- Prefix in Serbian

Examples with Po- Prefix in Serbian Literature

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Most Common Mistakes in Serbian

Video with Most Common Mistakes in Serbian

Wednesday, October 09, 2019

Serbian Pronouns in Accusative

Useful Vocabulary

How to pronounce Pronouns in Accusative

Tuesday, October 08, 2019

Past tense of To be Explained

Past tense of To be with Exercises

Past tense of To be - Games

Monday, October 07, 2019

What do you see in Serbian?

What do you see in Serbian - Exercises

What do you see in Serbian - Games

Sunday, October 06, 2019

Saturday, October 05, 2019

This is, These are - in Serbian

Ovo je, ovo su with Clothes

This is, These are -Exercises

This is, These are - Games

Thursday, October 03, 2019

Glagol BITI - značenje (meaning)

Glagol BITI - vežbe (exercise)

Glagol BITI - igre (games)

Glagol BITI - additional exercises

Advanced Serbian - Srpski kao drugi jezik

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