Take a look at the previous blogpost and let's try to explain why (ZAŠTO) we are waiting for someone or something.

Čekamo mamu da idemo u prodavnicu.

We are waiting for my mum to go to the shop.

Now. Let's do it together using 'we' (MI):

1. Čekamo autobus da idemo u Beograd.

2. Čekamo tatu da idemo na pijacu. (market)

3. Čekamo priljatelje da idemo na ručak. (lunch/dinner)

4. Čekamo rođake (relatives) da idemo na izlet. (picnic)

5. Čekamo decu (kids) da idemo na sajam. ( fair)

6. Čekamo roditelje (parents) da idemo u galeriju porcelana. (porcelain gallery)

Audio by Ivan

***** Now, you try the same but imagine you are talking about your friends :o)

Example: (Oni) čekaju mamu da idu u prodavnicu.

Daily actions answer Šta radiš? with a conjugated verb, a useful object and often a time phrase. Begin with Trenutno slažem opran veš.; its scene gives the new language somewhere concrete to stand.

Connect with the final spark in sta radis what are you doing

Daily actions answer Šta radiš? with a conjugated verb, a useful object and often a time phrase. Compare the five examples for meaning before analysing their forms. In Maja popravlja lampu u hodniku., identify the word that carries the central idea; then notice how the remaining words make its person, place or time precise.

Five sentences that belong only to sta radis what are you doing

LatinicaĆirilicaEnglish
Trenutno slažem opran veš.Тренутно слажем опран веш.I am currently folding the clean laundry.
Posle posla hranim kokoške.После посла храним кокошке.After work I feed the chickens.
Maja popravlja lampu u hodniku.Маја поправља лампу у ходнику.Maja is repairing the hall lamp.
Šta radite dok čekate doktora?Шта радите док чекате доктора?What do you do while waiting for the doctor?
Večeras učimo novu društvenu igru.Вечерас учимо нову друштвену игру.Tonight we are learning a new board game.

From Posle posla hranim kokoške. to independent speech

Read Večeras učimo novu društvenu igru. once as a statement with real intention. Next, change the subject or time phrase and repair every form affected by that choice. Finish by linking your new sentence to Posle posla hranim kokoške. in a two-line exchange that could genuinely happen.

A five-step challenge shaped by Maja popravlja lampu u hodniku.

  1. Give the English meaning of Trenutno slažem opran veš..
  2. Reconstruct in Serbian: “After work I feed the chickens.”
  3. Write Maja popravlja lampu u hodniku. in Cyrillic.
  4. Change one grammatical detail in Šta radite dok čekate doktora?.
  5. Ask a natural question that could produce Večeras učimo novu društvenu igru. as an answer.

Answers waiting beyond Šta radite dok čekate doktora?

  1. I am currently folding the clean laundry.
  2. Posle posla hranim kokoške. / После посла храним кокошке.
  3. Маја поправља лампу у ходнику.
  4. More than one answer is possible; all connected forms must remain in agreement.
  5. Questions vary, but the final Serbian sentence must answer them naturally.