Are the words "koga, kome & kim" the same as who?

In the previous post about Question words in Serbian, I covered just the main bunch of questions, such as ko, šta, gde, kada, zašto, kako, čiji, koliko. Today we are focusing only on WHO and its many forms. To understand and start using them correctly, you'll need to practice them in context first.

Serbian WHO through cases

1. KO  - who
2. KOGA - of whom
3. KOME - to whom
4. KOGA - whom
5. SA KIM - with whom
6. O KOME - about whom

Translation of Various Who Forms

• KO UČI SRPSKI? - Who is learning Serbian?
• KO JE UČIO SRPSKI? - Who was learning Serbian?
• KO ĆE UČITI SRPSKI? - Who will learn Serbian?
• KOGA SE PLAŠIŠ? - Who are you afraid of?
• KOGA SMO SE PLAŠILI? - Who were we afraid of?
• KOGA ĆEMO SE PLAŠITI? - Who will we be afraid of?
• KOME ODGOVARATE? - Who are you answering to?
• KOME SMO ODGOVORILI? - Who did we answer to?
• KOME ĆEMO ODGOVORITI? - Who will we answer?
• KOGA VIDIŠ? -Who do you see?
• KOGA STE VIDELI? - Who did you see?
• KOGA ĆETE VIDETI? - Who will you see?
• SA KIM IDEŠ NA MORE? - Who are you going to the seaside with?
• SA KIM SI IŠAO NA MORE? - Who did you go / were you going to the seaside?
• SA KIM ĆEŠ IĆI NA MORE? - Who will you go / will you be going to the seaside with?
• O KOME PRIČAŠ? - Who are you talking about?
• O KOME SI PRIČALA? - Who did you talk / were you talking about?
• O KOME ĆEŠ PRIČATI?  - Who will you talk about?

Exercises with Who: ko - koga - kome - sa kim - o kome

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Question Words in Serbian

The first one is going to be an easy one, with the basic questions such as:

1. KAD - When?
2. ZAŠTO - Why?
3. ŠTA - What?
4. KOJI - Which?
5. KO - Who?
6. KOLIKO DUGO - How long?
7. KOLIKO ČESTO - How often?
8. KAKO - How?
9. GDE - Where?
10. ODAKLE - Where from?
11. KUDA - Where to?
12. KOLIKO - How much/ many? 
13. ČIJI - WHOSE?

Exercises with Question Words in Serbian 

FLASHCARDS with Serbian Question Words

 Let me share with you one lesson from the brand new Serbian Phrases course I've been working on. As you can see from the table of contents, it covers a lot of phrases used in various situations:

Serbian Phrases - Table of Contents

General phrases in Serbian  - Game

Now, you can download the following PDF files to practice these words:

1. Test  
2. Airplanes
3. Multiple choice 
4. Anagrams 

Uživajte igrajući igrice i učeći srpski :) 

Uskoro stiže kurs Serbian Phrases ili Fraze na srpskom

Serbian 801 

Jedna od tema na ovom kursu je svakako odlična serija "Jutro će promeniti sve"  koja realno prikazuje život mladih na ovim prostorima. Danas sam napravila vežbu na osnovu kratkog video snima gde glumac Nikola Rakočević priča o liku kojeg tumači - o Filipu:

Listening Exercise 

Korisne fraze

Places in City in Serbian

Serbian 102 - Locative Exercises

What are the most common Serbian phrases you should keep using when learning Serbian?

• da - yes
• ne - no
• kako se kaže - how do you say
• znači - means
• šta znači "pica"? - what does "pizza" mean?
• hamburger znači "hamburger" - hamburger means "hamburger"
• ne razumem - I don't understand
• ne znam - I don't know
• znam - I know
• razumem - I understand
• levo - left
• desno - right 
• baš - really
• nema problema - no problem

Serbian Phrases with Pronunciation

Here comes a super easy and fun video lesson with these phrases:

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Exercises which follow these Serbian Phrases  

Let me share with you the exercise which I was doing while making this video. 

 Serbian THANK YOU Phrases  

Today we are practicing easy Serbian THANKING phrases with the bunch of nouns. The idea of the exercise is to properly connect HVALA NA and the following words:

• poklon 
• pokloni
• burek
• voda
• pivo 
• jabuke
• sve

Exercises with Serbian Thank You Phrases

Practicing Serbian with Songs 

Practicing Serbian Word Order with Songs 

Practicing Vocabulary Serbian Songs 

1. Doneti = to bring 
2. Donesi = bring! informal
3. Donesite = bring! formal or plural
4. Vino = wine 
5. Krčmarica = waitress arch. (Voc. case - krčmarice)
6. Rumen = red, flush 
7. lice = face 
8. Daj = give! informal 
9. Dajte = give! formal or plural
10. piti = to drink (pijem = first person sg in present simple)
11. tuga = sorrow 
12. razbiti = to break, shatter 
13. srce = heart
14. boleti = to hurt
15. hteti = to want/ will (hoću, hoćeš, hoće - sg. present simple)
16. izgoreti = to burn (izgorim, izgoriš, izgori - sg. present simple)
17. ružica = ruža = rose
18. oči = eyes 
19. crn = black 
20. žeravica = ember 
21. celo selo = The whole village
22. zaneti se = to get carried away
23. svi = everybody  
24. Bog = god
25. Bože = Voc case of Bog 
26. stvoriti = To create (što je stvori =why have you created her)
27. mlad = young 
28. momak = young man
29. mučiti = to torture
30. moriti = to torture/torment 

Exercises with These Words 

Match Exercise

Flashcards Exercise

Test Exercise

New Playlist with Serbian Songs for New Year 

Srećna i berićetna Nova godina <3 

Mali poklon - plejlista sa najlepšim starogradskim i (starijim) narodnim pesmama - naravno uz vežbe!

Exercise with Serbian Songs 

Exercise with Impersonal SE in Serbian

Since there aren't many exercises on perfective and imperfective aspect in Serbian, I'll share all my video lessons and exercises for you to practice. 

Aspect in Serbian - Short Explanation

The easiest way to see the difference and the most frequent forms are to contrast present and past tense in Serbian. 

Aspect in Serbian - Trošiti vs Potrošiti  

1. The Perfective Aspect of the verbs in Serbian shows most naturally in the past tense, denoting the finished action: Potrošila sam puno novca na kompjuter (I have spent /I spent a lot of money on the computer)
2. The Imperfective Aspect shows clearly in the present tense, showing duration: Dok ti štediš novac, ja ga trošim (While you are saving money, I am spending it) - HOWEVER, it can be used for regular actions and habits as well: koliko novca trošiš svakog mesec? (how much money do you spend each month) 

Aspect in Serbian - Video Exercise