A spoken routine gathers momentum from the first alarm to the final evening sentence.

Daily routines in Serbian - Game

The best way to learn a language is by playing games and listening to it. That is why I am sharing a new Memory game to help you out, followed by the video, so you can also listen and play :)

Useful conjugations and common collocations with daily routines in Serbian


  1. PRATI zube / ruke /lice  (to wash your teeth /hands / face) - perem - pereš - pere /// peremo - perete - peru
  2. SPREMATI (to get ready) doručak - spremam - spremaš - sprema /// spremamo - spremate - spremaju
  3. PRIPREMATI  (to prepare) doručak - pripremam ... /// ... pripremaju
  4. PRAVITI (to make) doručak - pravim ... /// ... prave
  5. UMIVATI SE  (to wash your face) - umivam se ... /// ... umivaju se
  6. TRČATI  (to run) - trčim ... /// ...trče
  7. PECATI (to fish) - pecam ...  / ... pecaju
  8. USTAJATI (to get up) - ustajem... /// ... ustaju
  9. BUDITI SE (to wake up) - budim se .../// ... bude se

Connect the Routine with Time

Daily Routines in Serbian - Speaking Exercise is expanded here through Speaking about an ordinary day without reading. Start with the original post, then use the new material to notice form, meaning and the situation in which a Serbian speaker would naturally choose it.

Latin scriptCyrillic scriptEnglish
U sedam i pet kuvam prvu kafu.У седам и пет кувам прву кафу.At five past seven I make my first coffee.
Pre časa proveravam poruke učenika.Пре часа проверавам поруке ученика.Before class I check students’ messages.
Oko podneva šetam psa kroz selo.Око поднева шетам пса кроз село.Around noon I walk the dog through the village.
Kasno popodne sređujem radni sto.Касно поподне сређујем радни сто.Late in the afternoon I tidy my desk.
Uveče planiram lekcije za naredni dan.Увече планирам лекције за наредни дан.In the evening I plan lessons for the next day.

Put Your Day into Serbian

Read these five sentences horizontally to compare Latin, Cyrillic and English. Then read only the Serbian columns vertically. Every example belongs specifically to the subject of Daily Routines in Serbian - Speaking Exercise, so keep that context when you adapt it.

Five Details from a Real Working Day

For active practice, change one meaningful detail in each model while preserving the target structure. Say the altered line aloud, write it in the other Serbian script and explain what changed. This turns the focus of Daily Routines in Serbian - Speaking Exercise into language you can retrieve independently.

Tell the Same Day in a New Order

Use these English cues to produce the Serbian practised in Daily Routines in Serbian - Speaking Exercise. Supply both scripts, then read every checked answer aloud.

  1. At five past seven I make my first coffee.
  2. Before class I check students’ messages.
  3. Around noon I walk the dog through the village.
  4. Late in the afternoon I tidy my desk.
  5. In the evening I plan lessons for the next day.

Answers for Daily Routines in Serbian - Speaking Exercise

  1. U sedam i pet kuvam prvu kafu.
    У седам и пет кувам прву кафу.
  2. Pre časa proveravam poruke učenika.
    Пре часа проверавам поруке ученика.
  3. Oko podneva šetam psa kroz selo.
    Око поднева шетам пса кроз село.
  4. Kasno popodne sređujem radni sto.
    Касно поподне сређујем радни сто.
  5. Uveče planiram lekcije za naredni dan.
    Увече планирам лекције за наредни дан.