Perfective and Imperfective Aspect in Serbian through TensesI guess you will like the following exercises focusing only on the verbs TO BUY and TO VISIT, both in the perfective and imperfective aspect & through different tenses. Let me know in the comment if you would like more exercises like these two?POSETITI - POSEĆIVATI...
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Showing posts with label aspect in Serbian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aspect in Serbian. Show all posts
Friday, January 13, 2023
Monday, November 08, 2021
Since there aren't many exercises on perfective and imperfective aspect in Serbian, I'll share all my video lessons and exercises for you to practice. Aspect in Serbian - Short ExplanationThe easiest way to see the difference and the most frequent forms are to contrast present and past tense in Serbian. Aspect...
Saturday, December 01, 2018
In this video lessons you can simply practice translating sample sentences with the verbs in the imperfective aspect from English into Serbian.
Once you feel more confident, you can do the tasks yourself!
Imperfective - Perfective pairs of Verbs mentioned in this video
ČITATI - proČITATI >>> to be reading...
Friday, September 21, 2018
While I was searching for some songs for learning Serbian, I came across this aspect-friendly one called Nisam te se nagledao, which inspired me to create two sets of quizzes for you to practice Serbian aspect while listening to it :) I bet you'd be delighted to find out that there's an easy and more efficient way...
Tuesday, January 02, 2018
Do you know the difference between odmoriti and odmArAti (to have a rest)? Which one shows a finished action (perfective aspect), which one shows an action in progress (imperfective aspect)?
If you know the word trAjAti, which means to lAst, it will help you connect the form with double A with the action in progress,...
Saturday, April 22, 2017
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Apr
In today's lesson we will learn the following verbs
Perfective Aspect = Svršeni glagolski vid
1. šutnuti = to kick
2. skočiti = to jump
3. potrčati / trčati = to run
4. povući = to pull
5. otvoriti = to open
6. gurnuti = to push
7. zatvoriti = to close
8. uhvatiti = to catch
Imperfective Aspect = Nesvršeni glagolski...
Saturday, May 07, 2016
How to Practice Aspect in Serbian?
When talking about aspect in Serbian, I must admit it is best learnt by using the phrases in everyday situations. A good example is a set of the most frequently used verbs when talking about house chores:
Imperfective vs. Perfective Aspect in Serbian
Prati / oprati...
Thursday, March 07, 2013
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Mar
Although the intermediate lessons are dedicated to the grammatical category of aspect in Serbian, today we are revising the ordinal numbers with this video lesson.
After watching this video lesson try to do the following tasks:
Which ordinal numbers did you hear ?
Why is this man behaving like...
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Before we continue with the video lessons focusing on aspect differences, let's be impratctical and talk only about the grammar today:
As you probably noticed in the previous post for the intermediate level, one can turn an imperfective verb into a perfective one by adding a prefix (buditi - probuditi , razbuditi...
Thursday, February 21, 2013
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Feb
I hope you enjoyed revising the Simple Past in Serbian and wondering why the last lesson was so easy for someone at an intermediate level. The obvious reason is the introduction into this tense, because it'll lead us to the trickiest aspect of the Serbian language:
While in the English language there's an elaborate system...