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Saturday, January 11, 2020

Exercises with Songs in Serbian - Serbian 701

Marina comprehension exercises , serbian songs

Exercises with Songs in Serbian

What about practicing Serbian with this lovely, ancient song by Radmila Karaklajić? I think I was in love with this song at the age of three or four :D It helped me learn Serbian for sure, but also it would always cheer me up. I hope it does the same for you.

Practicing Serbian with Songs

Make sure you change the speed in the settings (down on the right) - the perfect would be 0.75, but you can also opt for 0.5.

What is so special about 3, 6 and 9?

Marina comprehension exercises , Listening comprehension

Numbers and Addition in Serbian

Let's watch the video where you can see and hear numbers being added in Serbian. If you click CC you will be able to follow the English translation as well. If you decrease the speed, from normal to 0.75, you can practice your pronunciation :) Have fun!

For more advanced learners, there are a few, actually 3, questions:
1. Can you recognize the accent? Which one is it - Serbian or Bosnian or Montenegrin?
2. Could you hear the name of the famous scientist who is mentioned in the video?
3. Why are numbers 3, 6, and 9 magical?

Giving advice in Serbian

Marina Advanced Serbian , comprehension exercises

Here comes a very simple exercise, based on two short texts. Hope you'll be able to do it perfectly well:

Asking for Advice in Serbian

Giving Advice in Serbian

Practicing Montenegrin and Serbian with Songs

Marina comprehension exercises , Montenegrin language

If you watched Eurosong 2015 yesterday night, you may have noticed that Montenegrin song was one among few ones which wasn't in English. It has such a catchy tune and beautiful lyrics that I decided to share it with you today and create a few follow-up activities.

Exercise with Verbs

Exercise with Pronouns

Exercise with Instrumental Case in Serbian

Marina comprehension exercises , exercises in Serbian

If you enjoy learning Serbian with easy texts, here comes a very simple one, which is actually a part of Serbian 102 course:

Vocabulary you might need:

PUTOVATI - to travel

NA MORE - to the seaside

U ZAVISNOSTI OD - depending on

ODREDIŠTE - destination

IĆI - to go

A - and/but

NAJVIŠE VOLETI - to love most of all

ZATO ŠTO - because

ZAUSTAVITI SE - to stop

ZAŽELETI - to wish

SVE VREME - all the time

SVAĐATI SE - to argue

MENI - to me

MOM SUPRUGU - to my husband

POŠTO - because

MIRAN - peaceful

TRAJATI - to last

DUGO - long

Here comes the same text, but in the Cyrillic script:

Serbian History Exercise with Video - Part one

Marina Advanced Serbian , comprehension exercises

While watching the video try to figure our which sentences I changed and which synonims I used. You can also try to solve which numbers 1- 5 are missing. After the careful comparison, try to do the additional exercises:

with numbers and adjectives (in the Latin alphabet)
with nouns (the Cyrillic script - still under construction)

Godine .1. slovenska plemena su našla novu domovinu na teritoriji nekadašnjeg vizantijskog Ilirika.

Od reka Save i Dunava pa sve do Peloponeza, Sloveni su pronašli domovinu. Te teritorije na kojima žive Sloveni, vizantijski pisci zovu Sklavinijama. To su plemenski organizovane oblasti u kojima je središnja vlast poglavara ograničena.

Nekadašnja metropola Ilirika ostaće kod Slovena poznata kao Caričin Grad. Imena stotine vizantijskih gradova biće zauvek izgubljena - a sećanja na njih zameniće opšti slovenski pojam za napušten grad "gradina" ili "gradište".

Učeni vizantijski pesnik, Georgije Pisida u Carigradu , piše stihove o teškim vremenima koji su zadesila njegovu zemlju. U jednom stihu kaže da se i Varvari međusobno bore: Avar ubija Slovena i potom biva ubijen - i time su ometeni u vođenju jedinstvene borbe. Na osnovu ovog usamljenog podatka, pretpostavlja se da je .2. godine, nakon neuspele avarsko-slovenske opsade Carigrada, došlo do značajnih sukoba Avara i Slovena.

Learn Serbian Language 365 Days by Watching Youtube

Marina comprehension exercises , Listening comprehension

I'm sure you enjoyed my last post about Poletarac ! Bilo je zabavno, zar ne ? Today, I'd like to remind you of four great interviews with foreigners living in Serbia, which I posted last year:

They share their view of many different aspects of life and I'm sure you'll enjoy watching them, as well as doing some extra exercises and video lessons:

Word order in Serbian, Exercise based on the first video
Collocations about city life, based on Video 2 (the first two parts of the video)

Serbian Language 365 - Day 5 Singing in Serbian

Marina comprehension exercises , Serbian language 365

If you have been following this blog, you've certainly noticed that there are a lot of songs with which you can practise your language. The main reason is that songs will help you with fluency, because while singing you repeat the same structures, collocations and fixed verb+case noun sets, and this boosts your confidence and automatic responses.

Before I continue creating new songs+exercises, such as this one, let me give you a short review of the past songs and grammar points which my students really loved:

Hymn Dedicated to Saint Sava

Marina comprehension exercises , Serbian Saints

Merry Saint Sava day to all the schools, learners of the Serbian language and all the faithful followers of this blog, with this magnificient hymn (click here for the lyrics and translation & click here for the exercise.)

What's Something Like in Serbian

Marina comprehension exercises , exercises

How to say "what is something like in Serbian" ? Listen to this song and answer my questions in the quiz. Make sure you click "Finish Survey" at the end in order to get an instant feedback:

Uradite kviz odmah = Do the quiz immediately!

Let's Practise Conditionals in Serbian

Marina comprehension exercises , Conditional Sentences in Serbian

1. Flick through this World Traveller magazine in Serbian and tell me which places you would visit this summer and why (make sure you add a reason from this online booklet ). Use the conditional patterns:

Kad bih mogao/mogla da biram, posetio/posetila bih Egipat, zato što želim da vidim piramide.

2. Find the following info:

Kad bi otišli na letovanje u Španiju, kada bi mogli da kupite markice za razglednice u pošti ?
Da odete na letovanje u Egipat, u kom periodu ne bi mogli da promenite novac u menjačnici ?
Kada bi putovali u Rim, da li bi Vam trebala viza ?
Da odlučite da dođete u Srbiju, a ljubitelj ste dobrog vina, koja mesta bi vredelo posetiti ?
Ako bi želeli da vidite Kraljevu vinariju u Srbiji, podignutu 1931. godine, u koje mesto bi se uputili?

Learning Serbian Present Tense via Daily Motion

Marina comprehension exercises , exercises in Serbian

Learn Serbian - Serbian Phrases about Free Time by LearnSerbian

A šta ti radiš u slobodno vreme ?

Reflexive pronoun 'se' in Serbian

Marina comprehension exercises , exercises in Serbian

Here is the news from my town, followed by the video. I deleted all 'se' words. Try to guess where they are missing and then check your answers at the news source link.

U nesreći koja pre 4 dana desila u centru Novog Sada nekoliko lica je zadobilo lakše povrede, a na YouTube-u se ubrzo nakon toga našao video snimak ove nezgode. Kako navode svedoci, Fiat Punto sa novosadskim registarskim tablicama kretao ulicom Jovana Subotića iz pravca Trga Marije Trandafil ka centru. Prešao je na suprotnu stranu kolovoza, okrznuo sa jednim gradskim autobusom i Opel Corsom, te direktno sudario da drugim autobusom GSP-a odmah iza Corse. (4 missing 'se')

Practise Personal Pronouns in Serbian

Marina comprehension exercises , Listening comprehension

Pronoun for the First Person Plural:
WE = mi

mi
nas (from us)
nama (to us)
nas (us)
mi
s nama (with us)
o nama (about us)

Possessive Adjective for the
First Person Plural:
OUR = naš
Singular
Fem. naša sestra
Masc. naš brat
Neuter. naše dete

Plural
Fem. našE sestrE
Masc. našA braćA
Neuter. našA decA

Now, enjoy listening to this 'ancient' song and filling the gaps:

Ljubav _______ (to us) više nije prijatelj
ponekad svrati ___________ (only) kao gost
zašto se ljubav gubi _________ (without) traga
__________ (my) draga?

Do juče smo se lepo __________ (we lied)
i verovali slepo u ________ __________ (that lie)
____________ (why) se ljubav gubi bez traga
moja ________________ (darling)?

Chorus:

_________ (where) je sad tvoj Beograd
gde _________ (is) sad moj Beograd
_________ _______ (where is) sad tvoj Beograd
a gde _______ (are) sada _____ (you)
a gde _______ (am) sada ______ (I) ?

Sreća nam _________ (more) nije dobar drug
sa __________ (us) trči poslednji put
zašto se ljubav ___________ (it disappears) bez traga
________ (my) draga?

Sad život __________ (our) ne vredi kao pre
a i vreme kao da _____________ (to us) izmiče
zašto se ljubav gubi bez ____________ (trace)
___________ (my) draga ?

Chorus

Future Tense in Serbian - exercise

Marina comprehension exercises , exercises in Serbian

Future Tense in Serbian

RULE: infinitive stem + Future tense suffix, depending on the person

Future Tense suffixes:

-ću, ćeš, će, ćemo, ćete, će

Example: to sing=pevati ---> peva+ćeš

Now, you do the same for the first (I= ja) and second person singular (you=ti) for these verbs:

to have = imati

to play = igrati

to kiss = ljubiti

to be = biti

Great! Now, listen to this song and check your answers:

______________ (You'll have) ih mnogo _______________ (you'll play) se njima
______________ (You'll kiss) ih mnogo ali ne daj se baš svima
U ponoć _____________ (I'll be) tu i _____________ (I'll kiss) te tad
U ponoć poželi tvoj deda-mraz sam ______ (I).

Nove godine zato _______________ (are coming)
Nove godine u pravi čas za ______ (us).

Nove __________ (years) zato dolaze
Nove __________ (years) u pravi čas za nas.

______________ (You'll have) ih mnogo _______________ (you'll play) se njima
______________ (You'll kiss) ih mnogo ali ne daj se baš svima
U ponoć _____________ (I'll be) tu i _____________ (I'll kiss) te tad
U ponoć poželi tvoj deda-mraz sam ______ (I).

Chorus

Chorus

Language learning tip - reading

Club Francais comprehension exercises ,

Comparative reading exercise using the BBC website. First choose a popular story from BBC Serbian & then choose the same story the English (French) or whatever language you use. http://www.bbc.co.uk/serbian/

It is not quite parallel text reading but it will help you in gaining more of a gist of the story in Serbian. An example is:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/serbian/news/2009/06/090601_air_france.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8076848.stm

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Saturday, January 11, 2020

Exercises with Songs in Serbian

Practicing Serbian with Songs

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Numbers and Addition in Serbian

Monday, March 18, 2019

Asking for Advice in Serbian

Giving Advice in Serbian

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Exercise with Verbs

Exercise with Pronouns

Monday, March 03, 2014

Thursday, April 04, 2013

Monday, February 25, 2013

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Friday, November 02, 2012

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Saturday, June 25, 2011

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Wednesday, December 01, 2010

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