Words that you might not know are as follows:

  1. on = he
  2. iz = from 
  3. godina = year
  4. godine = years
  5. imati = to have
  6. on ima = he has
  7. star = old
  8. inspektor = inspector
  9. raditi = to work
  10. on radi = he works
  11. oženjen = married
  12. udata = married
  13. dete = child
  14. deca = children
  15. sin = son
  16. ćerka = daughter


An inspector enters the video with an incomplete file

The vocabulary list contains the pieces of a personal profile: origin after iz, age with imati and godina, occupation with raditi kao, and family details with oženjen, udata, dete, sin and ćerka. Listen for which fact belongs to which person instead of merely ticking off words.

Gender matters in marital status. Oženjen describes a married man, while udata describes a married woman. For age, Serbian uses imati rather than the verb “to be”: On ima četrdeset godina. After numbers, the form of godina changes according to the number pattern.

Each replay supplies one missing biographical fact

LatinicaЋирилицаEnglish
Inspektor ima četrdeset dve godine i radi noću.Инспектор има четрдесет две године и ради ноћу.The inspector is forty-two years old and works at night.
Njegova koleginica je udata i ima jednog sina.Његова колегиница је удата и има једног сина.His colleague is married and has one son.
Osumnjičeni je iz malog grada na zapadu zemlje.Осумњичени је из малог града на западу земље.The suspect comes from a small town in the west of the country.
Njihovo dete postavlja neobično pitanje o fotografiji.Њихово дете поставља необично питање о фотографији.Their child asks an unusual question about the photograph.
Svedok radi kao kuvar u porodičnom restoranu.Сведок ради као кувар у породичном ресторану.The witness works as a cook in a family restaurant.

Question the evidence before completing the profile

Create a case file with six fields: name, origin, age, job, marital status and children. Watch without pausing once, then replay only to fill empty fields; mark every answer that remains an inference rather than a heard fact.

  1. Translate oženjen.
  2. Write radi kao inspektor in Cyrillic.
  3. Complete: On ______ pedeset godina.
  4. Which word describes a married woman?
  5. What does ćerka mean?

The case closes with a spoken portrait

  1. married, for a man
  2. ради као инспектор
  3. ima
  4. udata
  5. daughter

Present the finished profile as a sixty-second briefing, then let a partner challenge one detail with Kako znaš? Your answer must point back to something actually heard or seen.
Marina Petrović