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Friday, April 03, 2020

Serbian 102 - Here and There

Marina easy Serbian , Serbian 102

Here and There in Serbian

A well known poem "Beautiful World" by Jovan Jovanović Zmaj can be the perfect content for learning the words such as:

Here - ovde
There - onde = tamo
Here it is = evo
There it is = eno

Song with Here and There

Let's listen to this slow version of the song:

Ala je lep ovaj svet
Onde potok ovde cvet
Tamo njiva ovde sad
Eno sunce evo hlad
Tamo dunav zlata pun
Onde trava ovde žbun
Slavuj pesmom ljulja lug, ja ga slušam i moj drug.

(translation)

Now it's time to listen to the faster version:

Exercise with HERE and THERE

Learning Serbian Cyrillic with Easy to Read Books

Marina easy Serbian , Practice Serbian Cyrillic Script

I am happy to announce that my third book with easy texts both in Cyrillic and Latin alphabet, Who is Who, has been published!

Let me remind you of the first two books, which you can read along with me on my Youtube channel and Patreon page:

Easy to Read - Šta možemo da vidimo na selu?

This book called "What you can see on the farm" is just the first part of the series covering animal and farm vocabulary, together with the most common verbs in Serbian.

Easy to Read - Gde je ključ?

In this second book, Where is the Key? I continue using the most common verbs which require the accusative case. We are also practicing introducing ourselves and our friends. There is also a task for you to find ONE hidden key. If you are having problems finding it, do let me know!

Easy to Read - Ko je ko?

In the third book, Who is Who, we are dealing with some similar names like Jovan and Jovana or Ivan and Ivana. Since they can be a bit confusing, we are trying to figure out who is who, by following our friends in search of one another. At the end of the book there is an Activity book where you need to find the hidden page numbers... a little bit of Locative case will always prove useful in the days to come :D

The Fourth Easy to Read book

The name of the fourth book is "What we like" and it is all about games and seasons we like. It is to be published in October. This one is the easiest of all, and I am sure you'll love it! Watch this space :D

Easy to Read Serbian - Prva knjiga

Marina Accusative in Serbian , easy Serbian

I am happy to present you my first Easy to read Serbian named "Šta možemo da vidimo na selu" book which consists of three parts:

First part written in Serbian Latin alphabet
Second part written in Serbian Cyrillic script
Third part with an exercise both in both alphabets

I have also recorded a video where you can listen to me all three parts of the book.

I would appreciate your honest feedback and suggestions as to which topics you would like me to cover in the future.

Have fun!

Many thanks to my patrons who continually support me in creating Serbian language learning materials and who give me invaluable feedback!

Serbian Language Course - Family

Marina easy Serbian , family vocabulary in Serbian

I hope you enjoyed following my free Serbian language course at the elementary level, dedicated to Greetings! This month I have been working on a new one where you can learn:

How to introduce your family members to someone
Hear clearly and learn to pronounce family members
Verbs to have + family members (in the appropriate case)
Short texts about this topic

All the video lessons and exercises are both in the Cyrillic and Latin script so you can learn Cyrillic in no time :)

Today I wanted to share one of the video exercises from the course.

More videos with conjugations are on this playlist.

Serbian with Easy Texts and Exercises

Marina easy Serbian , exercises in Serbian

Today we are practicing Serbian with this simple exercise:

The meaning of this story is as follows:

Marina likes to eat sweets, especially chocolate, Eurocream, jam and buiscits. She likes to drink milk, juice and coffee. Each morning while she has breakfast, Marina doesn't watch TV, but she is on the Internet, listens to songs on Youtube and sings them.

The missing verbs are as follows:

VOLETI (ja volim ... oni vole)
PITI (ja pijem... oni piju)
GLEDATI (ja gledam ... oni gledaju)
SLUŠATI (ja slušam... oni slušaju)
PEVATI (ja pevam... oni pevaju)

After doing this exercise, you can record your own story by making comparisons. For example:

Marina voli da jede slatkiše, ali ja ne volim da jedem slatkiše. OR Marina voli da jede Eurokrem, ali ja ne volim da ga jedem. (Pronouns: him/it >>>"ga" stands for "it", but in Serbian "Eurocream" is he, so here "ga" means "him", her >>>"je" and "them"= ih, regardless of the grammar gender)

For more advanced students: Write this text or record it in the past simple or future simple!

For all the versions and video lessons based on this text, check out my Patreon blog. Hvala :)

Greetings from Genitive - Part 2

Marina easy Serbian , Genetive in Serbian

If you really had fun learning Genitive yesterday, I'm sure you'll have a blast today:

As you can see, there's a bunch of characters speaking to you in Serbian (written both in the Cyrillic and Latin alphabet :) Because they are talking about where they are right now, they are using (guess what?) the Genitive case. Now, I have a few tasks for you. Let's find out:

A. Who is saying what? = Ko šta kaže?

Sunce kaže:
Majmun kaže:
Ptica kaže:
Dečko kaže:

B. Where are = Gde su...

dečko (a boy)
devojčica (a girl)
pingvin (a penguin)
ptica (a bird)
majmun (a monkey)
sunce (the sun)
mačka (a cat)

C. One Cyrillic text is missing - which one? Write it in the comment below:

Serbian Genitive with Sg. Feminine Nouns

I hope you have mastered your Genitive with Sg. Masc. nouns. That's why we are working on the nouns which are Fem. Sg. today. Look at the examples:

Ja sam iznad zgrade! Ko sam ja? Da li sam ja ptica?
Danas sam ispred zgrade! Ko sam ja? Da li sam ja mačka?
Oni su iznad mene! Ko su oni? Ko sam ja?
On nije iznad mačke! Ja sam iznad mačke! Ko sam ja?

What happens with the following nouns?

zgrada = building
ptica = bird
mačka = cat
devojčica = girl
voda = water

when they follow the prepositions:

iznad = above or over
ispod = below or under
iz = from
pored = near or beside

By looking the examples, you can see that the final -a disappears, becoming an -e:

Iznad zgradE = above the building
Ispod pticE = under the bird
Pored mačkE = beside the cat
Iza devojčicE = behind the girl
Iznad vodE = above the water

Asking simple questions with the verb TO BE in Serbian

I am sure you have noticed two types of questions in this exercise:

Wh-? questions: Ko sam ja = Who am I and Ko su oni? Who are they?
Yes-no questions: Da li sam ja pingvin? = Am I a penguin?

With the verb to be=biti, it is obvious that there is

a wh-? question word before an inversion (ja sam becomes KO sam ja)
da li question phrase before an inversion (ja sam becomes DA LI sam ja)

Yes, it's that simple :)

Rešenje = Solution

Now that you understand EVERYTHING, it's time to solve the mystery...

Family Members and Friends in Serbian

Marina easy Serbian , Serbian pronunciation

Another Quizlet video exercise for you to practice the pronunciation of the following words:

mama = mother
tata = father
sestra = sister
brat = brother
sin = son
ćerka = daughter
drug = close friend masc.
drugarica = close friend fem.
prijatelj = friend masc.
prijateljica = friend fem.
kolega =colleague masc.
koleginica = colleague fem.

Best Way to Learn

Let's Practice Serbian Cyrillic Script - Answer to Part 2

Marina easy Serbian , serbian conjugations

Sorry for the "late tomorrow" answer key video :)

Serbian Lessons Online - Colours

Marina easy Serbian , Serbian language 365

Since I've been working on the new series of Serbian 102 lessons, I wanted to share some of them with you on this blog. Today's lesson is dedicated to the conjugation of the verb "voleti" and colours in Serbian:

Asking Questions in Serbian - Present Simple

Marina asking for clarification in Serbian , easy Serbian

Let me show you one more video in the series called Easy Texts in Serbian. This time you have to ask direct questions about the word which is in red.

For example: "Zovem se Tanja" - your task is to ask:

"Kako se zoveš ?" informal
"Kako se zovete ?" formal

For the following questions start with these question words:

Gde ... (where)
Kako ... (how)
Koliko godina ... (how old)
Kakvi ... (what...like)

Talking about Yourself in Serbian

Marina easy Serbian , Serbian for beginners

In the previous post with easy Serbian texts, you were able to learn a few facts about Branko and his family.

Today's exercise is from the same Serbian 101 course, but this time your job is to look at the photo with some facts about Milan, and then make a short story and tell it along with this video:

Easy Texts in Serbian

Marina easy Serbian , Serbian language 365

Here comes a sample video exercise of a very basic and simple text in Serbian, much much easier than the previous ones:

Anyway, I think this is a good example how you can practise making natural sentences in Serbian on your own, simply by reading together with me and supplying the words which are missing. You can also do the follow-up exercise in writing.

Sorry for the poor audio quality - I'll try to fix it somehow !

Serbian for Children - Numbers

Marina easy Serbian , numbers in serbian

The best way for kids to learn Serbian is through numerous songs, poems and chants. That's why I'll dedicate one blog post a week to this topic. Let's start with numbers in Serbian and this beautiful song by the famous Branko Kockica:

Don't forget to do this exercise based on the song lyrics!

Easy Serbian Lessons -365 days of Serbian

Marina easy Serbian , Free lessons of Serbian

If you downloaded Serbian 101 e-book, you can easily access the video lessons explaining how to use the verb TO BE and practice both writing and speaking with it:

Uvod = Introduction

Watch the videos and try to pronounce the personal pronouns and the verb TO BE together.

 Video with explanations
 To Be - Classroom Practice
 Online Exercise 1
 Online Exercise 2

Let me remind you that the previous beginner lessons can be found under Serbian for beginners tag, as well as on SerbianLesson pages.

Serbian Language with Explanation in Spanish

Marina easy Serbian , Serbian in Spanish

Thanks to my diligent student of Serbian, Mirko Radović, from now on you'll be able to follow easy Serbian lessons with explanations in Spanish. I send many thanks to Mirko and all the members of the FaceBook community Serbios en Latino America!

Describing an Event

Marina easy Serbian , how to learn Serbian

Take a look at this dark photo, light it bit by bit and try to explain what's going on by starting each sentence with:

"Mislim da ..."
"Vidim ..., znači da ..."

Click here for larger version

North - South - East - West in Serbian

Marina easy Serbian , how to learn Serbian

Task - Make this Jigsaw Puzzle look like this one :)

Click here for larger version

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Friday, April 03, 2020

Here and There in Serbian

Song with Here and There

Exercise with HERE and THERE

Monday, September 30, 2019

Easy to Read - Šta možemo da vidimo na selu?

Easy to Read - Gde je ključ?

In this second book, Where is the Key? I continue using the most common verbs which require the accusative case. We are also practicing introducing ourselves and our friends. There is also a task for you to find ONE hidden key. If you are having problems finding it, do let me know!

Easy to Read - Ko je ko?

The Fourth Easy to Read book

Monday, July 01, 2019

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Monday, October 23, 2017

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Serbian Genitive with Sg. Feminine Nouns

Asking simple questions with the verb TO BE in Serbian

Rešenje = Solution

Sunday, May 07, 2017

Best Way to Learn

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