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Showing posts with label Question form in Serbian. Show all posts

Monday, October 25, 2010

Asking Questions in Serbian



Fill in the gaps = popuni prazna mesta:

Q: A _______________ (what) najviše ____________ (like) u tenisu ?
A: Pa najviše ____________(like) u tenisu forhend, bekhend _______ (and) volej. S njima pobeđujem ove __________________ (opponents).

Q: A da _________ se protivnici ljute _____________ (when) ih pobediš ?
A: Ne

Q: A ti __________ (when) te ___________ (they) pobede ?
A: ______
Q: Znači, ______________ (real) fer plej:o)

Q: Dobro, a da ________ se __________________ (you play)?
A: Paa, igram _______, igram se _____________ (at night). Pošto ______________ (during the day) __________________ (I have) školu i treninge imam ________________
(in the afternoon), i završim domaći ________________ (after) treninga, i zato se _______________ (I play) noću.

Q: Da li je tenis za tebe igra ____________ (or) obaveza?
A: Pa tenis za _____________ (me) je obaveza.

Q: _________ (what) ti je cilj u tenisu?
A: Cilj u _____________ (tennis) mi je ____ _______________ (to become) prvak.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Speaking practice with Accusative, Questions and Conjugations

Watch this video and do the following exercises:



Speaking Exercise 1.
***Say the coulours as you see them (key in the comment)
Speaking Exercise 2.
*** Start with simple sentences such as:
''I like (green colour)/I don't like (blue colour)"
= VOLIM ZELENu /NE VOLIM PLAVu
(bear in mind that after this verb you need Accusative case:
plava boja --->plavu boju )
Speaking Exercise 3.
*** Say what you see (videti) "I can see (blue colour)" = VIDIM PLAVu BOJu
Speaking Exercise 4.
*** Ask a question "Can you see blue or green colour?"
a. form > DA LI VIDIŠ PLAVu ILI ZELENu BOJu?
b. form> VIDIŠ LI PLAVu ILI ZELENu BOJu?
--- exercises 3 and 4 include Present Simple Conjugations for the first and second person Singular, but you can make it for the plural and/or Past Simple as well (I'll give you one example in the following exercise)
Speaking Exercise 5.
*** Say what you've seen "I've seen/saw blue colour"
(Fem) VIDELA SAM PLAVu BOJu
(Masc) VIDEO SAM PLAVu BOJu
Speaking Exercise 6.
*** Ask a question in the past :
"Which colour have you seen?"
(Fem) KOJU SI BOJu VIDELA?
(Masc) KOJU SI BOJu VIDEO?
"Did you see blue colour?"
(Fem) DA LI SI VIDELA PLAVu BOJu?
(Masc) DA LI SI VIDEO PLAVu BOJu?

HAVE FUN = UŽIVAJTE

Monday, November 17, 2008

Asking Yes/No questions in Serbian

If you want to ask Yes/No questions in Serbian always start with 'DA LI', no matter what tense. For the Present Tense keep this word order :
  • Da li (+Subject if it is necessary, or cannot be inferred from the conjugation) + Verb ... Example: Da li Ivan živi u Novom Sadu? Da li živimo u Novom Sadu?
  • Da li + Verb TO BE  (+ S ) Example: Da li si u Parizu? Da li si ti Ivan? 
  • Da li + se  (+ S) + Verb  in case of verbs with reflexive pronoun 'se' ... Example: Da li se on zove Ivan? Da li se budiš u pet ili u šest?

Let me add the word order commonly used in colloquial speech:



  • Živi li Ivan u Novom Sadu ? - Verb + li + (S)
  • Jesi li u Parizu ? - To be (only the full forms: jesam/jesi/jeste/jesmo/jeste/jesu) + li + (S) ...
  • Zoveš li se Ivan ? - Verb + li + se + (S)  / Jel' + se +(S) + Verb


Exercise: Make 6 Yes/No questions about Ivan. The answers are in the first comment, because Ivan doesn't feel like recording his own voice right now :o(

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