Learn Serbian

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Serbian Greetings Challenge

Marina Serbian course , serbian online course

Maybe you have noticed that I started creating a series of different video lessons recently. They are going to make up a completely new course, which is based on all your wishes and needs you've been sharing with me since January.

The idea behind the course is for you to:

learn the vocabulary sets first
try to guess what's missing in the series of fun and colourful comics with captions in Serbian Cyrillic, Latin script and English.
do lots of fun exercises based on the dialogues and texts
become proactive by sending me your short texts, dialogues and voice recordings to get my feedback.

Hope you like my first video lesson. Before to listening to me, mute the audio first and try to guess which words are missing :) Have fun!

Why not Having Fun Learning Serbian Verbs?

Marina Conjugations , learning to conjugate

Having Fun Learning Serbian Verbs

Yes, it's possible. See how:

In order for you to do the same, I'd suggest you start first with the flashcards, and then to move onto games and finally the test:

Flashcards:

Games:

Tests:

Verb Conjugations in Serbian - Present Tense of Go

Marina Conjugations , learning to conjugate

Present Tense of to Go

Here comes a short lesson with the verb IĆI = TO GO to in the Simple Present tense. The conjugations are as follows:

Ja idem - ti ideš - on/ona/ono ide ///// mi idemo - vi idete - oni / one / ona idu

Common Serbian Phrases with this Verb

How can you use the verb IĆI to create the most common phrases:

Gde ideš? = Where are you going?
Kada ideš u školu? = When are you going to school?
Gde ideš u kupovinu/prodavnicu? = Where are you going shopping?
Zašto ideš na posao tako kasno? = Why are you going to work so late?
Gde ideš na odmor svake godine? = Where do you go on holiday every year?
Kad idete na odmor? = When are you going on holiday?
Ko ide u školu? = Who is going to school?
Ko ide sa mnom? = Who is going with me?
Ko ide ka Beogradu? = Who is going to (towards) Belgrade?
Kada ideš u Beograd sa mamom? = When are you going to Belgrade with me?

As you can see, this is a tricky verb, because it can be followed by nouns in different cases. The most common are:

1. Accusative with the preposition "u / na" = in or to, as in GO TO

examples:

a. Idem na posao.

b. Idemo u školu u 8 ujutro.

c. Idemo na odmor u avgustu.

d. Svake godine idem na odmor u Grčku.

e. Sutra idem u Beograd sa tobom.

f. Idem ( u Beograd) sa mamom u petak.

g. Deca idu u školu.

2. Instrumental with the preposition "sa" =with, as in GO with a friend

examples:

h. Baka ide sa mnom.

i. Idem ( u Beograd) sa mamom u petak.

j. Zato što idem biciklom.

3. Less frequently it will be followed by the Dative, with the preposition "ka / prema" = towards, as in GO TOWARDS.

examples:

k. Mi idemo ka Beogradu. Možete li da nas povedete?

Your task

Try to match the questions 1 to 10 with the answers a to k. and record them with www.Vocaroo.com. You can send them to me and get your replies via Patreon.

Daily Routines in Serbian

Marina Conjugations , serbian conjugations

Daily Routines in Serbian

1. PRATI RUKE = to wash hands
2. PRATI SUDOVE = to wash the dishes
3. SPAVATI = to sleep
4. UČITI = to learn
5. DRUŽITE SE = to hang out (with friends)
6. DORUČKOVATI = to have breakfast
7. RUČATI = to have lunch
8. VEČERATI = to have dinner
9. PITI VODU = to drink water

For the video lesson, check out my Patreon blog. Thanks for learning with my lessons :D HVALA! .

Let's Practice DAily Routines with Quizlet

Serbian Adjective HAPPY - Part 5

Marina Serbian adjectives ,

Serbian Adjective HAPPY

In the previous lessons about the adjectives in Nominative, we learnt the forms of the adjective HAPPY just for Sg. Masc and Feminine. Here comes the list with all the forms:

Masc. Sg. SREĆAN

Fem. Sg. SREĆNA

Neut. Sg. SREĆNO

Masc. Pl. SREĆNI

Fem. Pl. SREĆNE

Neut. Pl. SREĆNA

Let's expand our short sentences into longer ones, by combining it with the reason - why someone is happy:

Conjugation of the Verb to Go to

In order to figure out how to make the previous sentences, take a look at the conjugations of the verb TO GO = ići:

The full video with the slow pronunciation and explanation and exercises will be posted for my Patreons. Many thanks for supporting these short n fun video lessons - Hvala!

Where is Marko Now - Serbian Locative 3

Marina locative case in Serbian , locative in Serbian

In our fun Serbian comics we can learn where people are, or where they were in the past. Today we are using the same case, the Locative case to express where we are in a house and after that we can also say what we are doing in the house.

Instead of a comic, I recorded a video for you, so you can practice saying simple sentences:

Ovo je HODNIK. Ovo je Marko. Marko je u hodnikU. On ne radi ništa u hodniku.
Ovo je KUHINJA. Ovo je Marko. Marko je u kuhinjI. On pravi doručak u kuhinji.

Can you listen to the rest of the story and make similar sentences for:

KUPATILO
TRPEZARIJA
SPAVAĆA SOBA
RADNA SOBA
TERASA
TAVAN
DNEVNA SOBA

Singular Nouns in Locative in Serbian

Before thinking about the grammar, try to hear how I am using these words with the prepositon U or NA. If you are not sure, here comes a bit of advice:

Sg. Masc >>> add -U (u hodniku, u Londonu, u muzeju)

Sg. Fem >>> add - I (u kuhinji, u Moskvi, u galeriji)

Exercises and Practice

For more exercises with the activities and the locative case, check out my Patreon blog!

Common Phrases in Serbian - Destinacija broj jedan

Marina common phrases , phrases in Serbian

Today we are learning two simple phrases in Serbian:

For the pronunciation and additional exercises, check out my Patreon blog :)

Listening Comprehension - Advanced Serbian, Numbers

Marina Advanced Serbian , Listening comprehension

Let's listen to this short piece of news and jot down the numbers you hear!

Many thanks to Kratke vesti portal for sharing the news on a regular basis!

Advanced Serbian - Sports Events on 5th June 2017

Marina Advanced Serbian ,

Let's work on our sports vocabulary today :)

Plural Nouns in Serbian - Delfin

Marina Singular and Plural in Serbian ,

The Plural form in Serbian can be tricky. That's why I'd like to start with really easy Singular - Plural pairs for you to enjoy learning it :D

Delfin - Delfini

More examples:

Animals

pingvin - pingvini (penguins)
konj - konji (horses)
jelen - jeleni (deer)

Buildings

muzej - muzeji (museums)
neboder - neboderi (skyscrapers)
stadion - stadioni (stadiums)

Advanced Serbian exercises - Sixth June

Marina Advanced Serbian , daily Serbian

I have always enjoyed doing short tasks based on authentic news and fun texts. That is why I want to create and share with you the same kind of exercises based on daily news, both in the Latin alphabet and Cyrillic script. Today I'm sharing with you one of the common news section called "Dogodilo se na današnji dan" - "On this day in history" from KratkeVesti :)

Cyrillic version Latin alphabet version

Photo Serbian - From To Genitive 4

Marina genitive in Serbian , PhotoSerbian

Odakle je ova lasta?

Where is this sparrow from?

Odakle leti ova lasta?

Where does this sparrow fly from?

Ona leti od Beograda do Londona.

It (she) flies / is flying from Belgrade to London.

Ma neee, ona leti od Afrike do Evrope.

Nooo, it flies/ is flying from AFrica to Europe.

Ova deca nemaju pojma!!!
These kids have no clue!!!

Ona leti od kuće do reke.
It flies/ is flying from the house to the river.

It's really complicated. Does anyone know the answer?

I think there is no correct answer, but we can enjoy learning Serbian by playing with this sentence using the Genitive case.

Genitive in Serbian

With the prepositions "from - to", you'll use the Genitive case. In the singular it changes as we have described before:

Singular

London - od LondonA Masc. Sg. adds an -A
Moskva - od MoskvE Fem. Sg. changes an -a into -E
Selo - od selA Neut. Sg. changes an -o into -A

Practicing Genitive in Serbian

Your task is to think about these places and give your own answer about the sparrow using the same form:

Lasta leti od ... do ...

Lisabon - Budimpešta
Madrid - Atina
Kopenhagen - Ankara
Zagreb - Ljubljana
Boston - Peking
Moskva - Oslo
Lima - Kairo
Čikago - Berlin
Subotica - Niš
Temišvar - Bratislava

Photo Serbian with Gavrilo

If you are wondering who took this wonderful photo of a sparrow, OR "Od koga je ova slika?", let me tell you that the author is Gavrilo!

He has been my dear friend since forever and he has allowed me to use his beautiful photos in my photo lessons of Serbian. He is doing a great job promoting Serbia and its beauties and I invite all of you to thank him on his Pixoto page by liking and leaving comments under his photos :) Хвала Гојко!

Serbian Adjectives - Part 4

Marina Serbian adjectives ,

I am sure you are confident using the simple word "lep" thanks to the previous posts about adjectives in Serbian! You learnt that "lep" (beautiful) will change as follows:

Singular

Masc. LEP grad = grad je lep (beautiful city - the city is beautiful)
Fem. LEPA zgrada = zgrada je lepa (beautiful building)
Neut. LEPO dete = dete je lepo (beautiful child)

Plural

Masc. LEPI mostovi = mostovi su lepi (beautiful bridges)
Fem. LEPE zgrade = zgrade su lepe (beautiful buildings)
Neut. LEPA deca = deca su lepa (beautiful kids)

That's why I'm sure you will be able to decide which forms of "lep" are missing in the gaps:

_______ nebo (sky)
_______noć (night)
_______ dan (day)

Yes, the answers are as follows:

lepo
lepa
lep

If you are still wondering why "noć" is "lepa", check out my video explanation and translation :D

Serbian Adjectives in Nominative - Part 3

Marina Serbian adjectives ,

The aim of the first two blog posts about the Serbian adjectives was to introduce you to the feminine/masculine change in adjectives in Singular:

Today, I'd like to introduce a new adjective "LEP" which means "beautiful". It is universally used for people (men, women, children), animals, plants, objects as well as abstract concepts.

This time you can see that the word in neuter singular is introduced and you can see how the adjective changes along with it.

LEP MOST (a beautiful bridge)
LEPA ZGRADA ( a beautiful building)
LEPO DRVO (a beautiful tree)

You can practice answering the following questions as well:

Kakav je Kip slobode? (What is the Statue of Liberty like?)
Kakva je reka? (What is the river like?)
Kakvo je nebo? (What is the sky like?)

In the background you can see some objects in plural and I invite you to think how the same adjective "lep" ends when describing:

zgradE (buildings)
balonI (baloons)

The answer with the pronunciation waits for you at my Patreon blog.

Fun Serbian - Pronouns

Marina personal pronouns in Serbian , pronouns in Serbian

Before watching the video try to figure out which words are missing in this short exercise:
Tramp brutalno odgurnuo Markovića

Serbian Genitive - Part 3

Marina genitive in Serbian ,

While in the previous simple Serbian cartoons we ppractised the prepositions followed by the Genitive:

today we are revising the same case, with words, both in Masc. and Feminine Singular, such as:

Rim, London, Pariz >>> iz RimA, iz LondonA, od ParizA - Sg. Masc.
Srbija, Engleska >>> iz SrbijE, iz EngleskE - Sg. Fem.

However, this time I am also introducing demonstrative adjectives this and these in Serbian:

This and These in Serbian

for "she" (like in "this girl" - devojčica) >>> Ova devojčica
for "he" (like in "this boy" - dečko) >>>Ovaj dečko
for "it" (like in "this sun" - sunce) >>> Ovo sunce
for they Masc. Pl or Masc. and Fem. Pl. together (like in "these people" - ljudi) >>>Ovi ljudi
for "they" Fem. Pl.(like in "these women" - žene) >>> Ove žene
for "they" Neut. Pl. (like in "these kids" - deca) >>> Ova deca

Serbian Genitive Task

I'm going to write the translations of these captions. Your task is to match them with colours :)

Boje (colours) su: narandžasta (1), crvena (2), tamno plava (3), ljubičasta (4), tamno ljubičasta (5), zelena (6)

a) My village is more beautiful than Paris (the preposition "than" in comparison always requires the Genitive case)
b) This one with an umbrella is from London for sure (the preposition "from" requires the Genitive)
c) If they are from Rome, we are from Paris!
d) If this sun sees me, it must think I am from Paris!
e) This little one (=a girl) is surely from Serbia!
f) These postcards from Italy are funnier than the ones from France!

Google Tag Head

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Having Fun Learning Serbian Verbs

Monday, June 19, 2017

Present Tense of to Go

Common Serbian Phrases with this Verb

Your task

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Daily Routines in Serbian

Let's Practice DAily Routines with Quizlet

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Serbian Adjective HAPPY

Conjugation of the Verb to Go to

Monday, June 12, 2017

Singular Nouns in Locative in Serbian

Exercises and Practice

Friday, June 09, 2017

Thursday, June 08, 2017

Wednesday, June 07, 2017

Tuesday, June 06, 2017

Delfin - Delfini

Cyrillic version Latin alphabet version

Friday, June 02, 2017

Genitive in Serbian

Practicing Genitive in Serbian

Thursday, June 01, 2017

Monday, May 29, 2017

Friday, May 26, 2017

Thursday, May 25, 2017

This and These in Serbian

Advanced Serbian - Srpski kao drugi jezik

Facebook

Total Pageviews

Search This Blog

Serbian for Children

Coloring Book in Serbian

Serbian Easy Reads on Amazon

Followers

Reading Serbian Textbook - available on Amazon

Serbian 101

Subscribe To Learnserbian

Testimonials

Featured Post

Recent Post

Tags

Recent Comments

Google Tag Body