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Sunday, May 13, 2018

Serbian Speaking Exercise 001

Marina speaking drills , speaking drills in Serbian

Here comes a fun slider to help you improve your speaking skills while describing these two photos:

Useful conjugations:

RAZMIŠLJATI: razmišljAM - razmišljAŠ - razmišljA /// razmišljAMO - razmišljATE - razmišljAJU
RAZGOVARATI: razgovarAM ... razgovarAJU
RADITI: radIM - radIŠ - radi /// radIMO - radITE - radE
MISLITI: mislim - misliš - misli /// mislimo - mislite - misle

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What is the difference between MISLITI and RAZMIŠLJATI?

Common collocations with translations will certainly help:

Mislim na tebe = I am thinking of you
Razmišljam / Mislim o tebi = I am thinking of you
Mislim da je knjiga dosadna = I think that the book is boring
Razmišljam da te nešto pitam = I've been thinking to ask you something

Practice Speaking Serbian

Marina speaking drills , speaking drills in Serbian

A great way to practice speaking Serbian is by playing fun online games which are as simple as:

finding a hidden object
dress up flash games
cooking and similar
spotting a difference
asteroid language games

You can practice speaking by following these steps:

at first watch the video with me pronouncing the phrases/sentences
try to speak along with me
next, mute the video and say the phrases or sentences on your own
finally, you are ready to play these games yourself and speak in Serbian while playing them :)

Let me show you a few examples of the videos I created for my students.

Speaking Exercise in Serbian with GA, JE, IH

Practice Speaking Serbian - NOSITI

Parctising Serbian Vocabulary

Plural in Serbian - Video Exercise

Marina free video lessons of Serbian , Serbian video lessons

Plural in Serbian

In this video exercise you can practice forming plural in Serbian and drilling it with the following phrases:

Da li je to banka?
Da li su to banke?

The explanation about the plural in Serbian can be found on the video or more detailed one, with exercises here.

More examples from the video:

The examples in the video are as follows:
1. banka - banke
2. prodavnica -. prodavnice
3. apoteka - apoteke
4. park - parkovi
5. trg - trgovi
6. muzej - muzeji
7. bioskop - bioskopi
8. pozorište - pozorišta
9. mesto - mesta

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

Revising Serbian Phrases

Marina Serbian language 365 , Serbian phrases

It's true that it might be difficult to understand some of the Serbian phrases if pronounced quite fast and somewhat incomprehensibly, but the real challenge is surely how to respond appropriately!

That's why I recorded a new video lesson for you, which can be used at all levels (click stop when you are out of your depth). You can use it in different ways:

To check how well you can understand fast speech, simply listen to the phrases and try to jot them down, without watching the video below!
If it is too easy, try to hear the phrase and then respond to it, as fast as you can, without clicking the pause button.
If you are not sure if you understood the phrases, play the video while watching it.
Now, if you are sure what all the phrases mean, try to respond to them, even try to write down/practice with your language partner, how you'd continue the conversation.
Have fun!

Who is More Dangerous ?

Marina adjective comparison in Serbian , Serbian language 365

I surely wasn't doing a great job tagging and linking the blog posts properly when I first started it back in 2007 - 2008. As it transpired, it seems there were only two posts covering the topic of comparison of adjectives in Serbian ! Shame on me ! This should be urgently fixed...

For now, try to compare the animals you see in the video sticking to the following sentence structure, using only the adjective "dangerous" = opasan (comparative : Singular: opasniji (masc) - opasnija(fem) - opasnije (neut.) Plural: opasniji (masc) - opasnije (fem) - opasnija (neut) )

For pre-intermediate level: Lav je opasniji od zebre (Gen. of "zebra")
For intermediate and upper levels: Mislim da je lav opasniji od zebre.

Animals in the video with their Genitive form:

zebra - od zebre
tigar - od tigra
ajkula - od ajkule
orao - od orla
medved = od medveda
lav = od lava
panda = od pande
vuk = od vuka
žirafa = od žirafe
aligator = od aligatora
golub = od goluba
zmija = od zmije
lane = od laneta

Case Practice - the Dative with Adjectives

Marina Dative in Serbian , Listening comprehension

In order to the following exercise easily, I'd suggest you flick through the previous posts on the topic of the Dative case in Serbian:

Now that you feel more confident about the form and usage, let's try to do two exercises:

try to figure out how adjectives agree with a noun in Dative (what are the endings)
you can listen to the instructions and repeat the same phrases only with the pronouns in this case (Sg. njemu -mu (masc), njoj-joj (fem.) or Pl. njima-im)

Practise Modal Verbs in Serbian

Marina Free lessons of Serbian , free Serbian lessons

NOSITI = to wear

The link to all the conjugations of NOSITI

Talking About Summer Holidays

Marina past tense in serbian , speaking drills

To answer these questions correctly, you can check how to make sentences in the Past Tense in Serbian. Verb conjugations which you'll need to answer the questions in the video are as follows:

sunčao, sunčala, sunčalo, sunčali, sunčale, sunčala
gledao, gledala, gledalo, gledali, gledale, gledala
vozio, vozila, vozilo, vozili, vozile, vozila
surfovao, surfovala, surfovalo, surfovali, surfovale, surfovala
brao, brala, bralo, brali, brale, brala
jeo, jela, jelo, jeli, jele, jela
plivao, plivala, plivalo, plivali, plivale,plivala
posmatrao, posmatrala, posmatralo, posmatrali, posmatrale, posmatrala
šetao, šetala, šetalo, šetali, šetale, šetala

Study Serbian via Youtube

Marina speaking drills ,

You can study Serbian by simply watching Youtube channels. With this new tool which I've discovered recently, I'll be adding annotations to a certain part of the video, in its basic form, and you can use it when learning / teaching Serbian. For example:

When you see "+ulica", make one of the following sentences:

1. Želeo / želela bih da vidim + mesto (= place, but in Accusative)
2. Hoću da vidim /posetim (visit) + mesto in Accusative
3. Interesuje me + mesto in Nominative (use plural with common nouns)
4. Sviđa / sviđaju mi se + mesto in Nominative (sviđa + Sg. or sviđaju + Pl.)

The first example:
1. Želela bih da vidim zgrade (u Beogradu).
2. Želela bih da posetim Skupštinu (u Beogradu).
3. Interesuje me da vidim Sava centar (u Beogradu).
4. Sviđaju mi se ulice (u Beogradu).

What is it? Šta je ovo?

Marina speaking drills ,

It looks like...

Meni izgleda kao neka lopta.
Meni liči na neku loptu.

Meni izgleda kao kugla sladoleda.
Meni liči na kuglu sladoleda.

Izgleda mi kao galerija.
Liči mi na galeriju.

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Sunday, May 13, 2018

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Speaking Exercise in Serbian with GA, JE, IH

Practice Speaking Serbian - NOSITI

Parctising Serbian Vocabulary

Thursday, October 05, 2017

Plural in Serbian

Sunday, May 07, 2017

Best Way to Learn

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