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Wednesday, November 06, 2019

Serbian 201 - Present and Past of Raditi

One of the best ways to practice different tenses is to contrast them. Today, the focus is on the verb TO WORK = raditi. Can you figure out which one is PAST and which one is PRESENT tense?

Šta radiš?
Šta si radila?
Radimo u školi.
Radili smo u bolnici.
Sada ništa ne radim.
Nisam ništa radila.

Yes, I am sure you guessed that 1-3-5 sentences are in the present tense and the others are in the past. Now, let's do one exercise to choose the verb which is missing

Present and Past of Raditi - Exercise

Exercise with Present and Past of Raditi

Game with Present and Past of Raditi

Present and Past of Raditi - Test

Serbian 101 - Telling Time in Serbian Exercise

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Telling Time in Serbian - Exercises

Let's practice telling the time in Serbian with the following series of exercises:

Telling Time in Serbian - Learning

Telling Time in Serbian - Game

Telling Time in Serbian - Test

Srpski 102 - Lokativ, drugi deo

Marina locative case in Serbian , locative in Serbian

I am sure you managed to find all the page numbers in the book Ko je ko? Here comes a mobile friendly exercise to help you with pages number 28 to 26. Have fun

Don't forget to flick through the pages in the sample version. If you like it, the book can be purchased through Amazon, or at a special price for the bulk purchase, for the followers of the blog through my BookMe page :)

Serbian for Kids - Locative Case Fun Way

Marina locative case in Serbian , locative in Serbian

Serbian for Kids - Locative Case

There are two parts in this video. In the first part you are just listening to me searching for and finding numbers. In the second part, I added the answer key to the left and right, so you can see why some words get an "i" at the end, and the others get an "u" at the end.

So, whenever you want to say that you are somewhere, we use the Locative case which will change the ending of the word which describes your the location. The same is with the numbers in this video.

Locative Case Fun Way

Words ending in -a (most of Feminine, Singular)

GDE su brojevi stranica?

OGRADA - 4 je na ogradi
ČARAPA - 6 je na čarapi
TRAVA - 8 je na travi
PATIKA - 10 je na patici
MAJICA - 14 je na majici
KOŠULJA - 14 je na košulji
ŠKOLA - 16 je na školi
KLACKALICA - 18 je na klackalici
PALMA - 20 je na palmi
KOSA - 22 je na kosi
TRAMPOLINA - 24 je na trampolini

Words ending in a consonant (Masc. Sg.) or -E/O (Neut. Sg.)

BALON - 5 je na balonu

OBLAK - 7 je na oblaku

CVET - 9 je na cvetu

DRVO - 11 je na drvetu

ŠORC - 13 je na šorcu

TOBOGAN - 15 je na toboganu

CIRKUS - 21 je na cirkusu

KROV - 21 je na krovu

OBRAZ - 23 je na obrazu

LICE - 23 je na licu

U potrazi za ostalim brojevima = Searching for other numbers

Now it's time for you to search the other part of the book and write in the comments where all the other numbers are... I'm curious! Jedva čekam vaše odgovore :)

Serbian 401 - Mala istorija Srbije, drugi deo

Marina exercises in Serbian , Serbian 401

Serbian 401 - Mala istorija Srbije, drugi deo

Sigurna sam da ste uživali vežbajući srpski uz Malu istoriju Srbije, prvi deo. Danas stiže drugi deo da vidim koliko se sećate i šta ste naučili do sada ;)

Mala istorija Srbije - vežba, Serbian 401

Perfective and imperfective "se" verbs in Serbian 401 - Mala istorija Srbije, drugi deo

SMEJATI SE = to laugh (nasmejem se/nasmejao sam se - smejem se/smejao sam se)
UDARATI SE = to hit oneself (udarim se/udario sam se - udaram se/udarao sam se)
ZAGRCNUTI SE /zadaviti se = to choke oneself with food (zagrcnem se/zagrncuo sam se - zadavim se/zadavio sam se)
DEŠAVATI SE = to happen (desi se/ desilo se - dešava se / dešavalo se)
ZVATI SE = to be called (this is used both as a perf. and imperf. verb, but I can add a similar perf. form with a slight change in meaning (give oneself a name): prozovem se/prozvao sam se - zovem se / zvao sam se)... this reminded me of two-aspect verbs, which we could cover in the future!

Nadam se da ste uživali gledajući seriju Mala istorija Srbije i radeći vežbe!

Serbian 301 - Retelling Story

Marina asking questions in Serbian , Past tense

In Serbian 301 one is practicing to confidently ask and answer questions about some past tense events. This can be practiced in different ways:

talking about your past, or past events in your life
talking about your friends and family and their experiences
retelling a short story that we have previously learnt
retelling an interesting film/book plot

Additionally, you can also practice telling a story based on a suitable song. Let's take Kristing by Zdravko Čolić, for example!

Retelling Story in Serbian - Song

Retelling Story in Serbian

For the sake of understanding here comes a page with the lyrics translation (not the perfect one, though, but you'll get the gist) and now you can practice retelling the story with the following set of exercises:

Retelling Story by asking questions

Now that you know what has actually happen, can you add your questions in the comments below?

Let me start with just a few:

Kada je Zdravko išao na salaš?
Gde je bio salaš?
Šta sve znači "društvo"?
Ko je stajao na vratima?
Šta je petrolejka?

Serbian 201 - Zvati SE in Past Tense

Marina Past tense , past tense in serbian

In the previous post we practiced the phrase "what's your name" or "how are you called" = "kako se zoveš" in Present Tense. Today we are practicing the same phrase but in the past tense with the family vocabulary :)

Zvati se in Past Tense - MATCH

Learning Zvati se in Past

Test with zvati se in Past

Serbian 102 - Word order with SE

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It can be tricky to learn how to cope with some simple sentences and questions when this "se" word shows up. The best way to cope with it is to practice with a set of familiar phrases:

Word order with SE - Learn

Word order with SE - Flashcards

Word order with SE - Match

Serbian 101 - Asking Simple Questions in Serbian

Marina asking questions in Serbian , Serbian 101

Asking Questions about different topics

In the previous posts there are a bunch of exercises to practice asking questions in Serbian. You can find all of them here.

Today, I'll add some exercises for you to practice and play with:

Asking Questions with Ti

Flashcards

Match

Learn

Asking Questions with Vi

Flashcards

Match

Learn

PO- Prefix with Verbs - Serbian 701

Marina Prefixes in Serbian , Serbian 701

One of the common and very productive ways of expanding a verb meaning is the process of "prefixation" in Serbian. While in English this additional meaning is conveyed through use of different tenses or prepositions in phrasal verbs, at a sentence level, in Serbian it is achieved through only one word, at the lexicology level.

Today we are talking about PO- prefix and its meanings.

Meaning of Po- Prefix in Serbian

There are five main meanings of PO- prefix when added to a verb. These are as follows:

making a perfective verb out of an imperfective one: jesti - pojesti
adding up "distributive meaning", often combined with the word "sve": krasti - pokrasti (there will be a special post dedicated to this)
beginning of the action: leteti - poleteti
spatial meaning (additional meaning "over") : bacati - pobacati
action which lasts for a long time: živeti - poživeti

Exercise with Po- Prefix in Serbian

Let me add five lists of verbs for which you have to decide which group they belong to:

Can you think of any other examples?

Here are some of my ideas:

pokisnuti
poleteti
pozlatiti
pokrenuti
polupati
posvađati
porazbijati
pokrasti

Examples with Po- Prefix in Serbian Literature

Here comes the famous story Sve će to narod pozlatiti by Laza Lazarević, written back in 1881.

- What is the meaning of the noun ZLATO and verb POzlatiTI?
- What meaning(s) does this prefix add?
- What is the gist of the story?

QAs About Most Common Mistakes in Serbian

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Most Common Mistakes in Serbian

I'm sure you've seen a lot of interesting photos which explain most common mistakes in the Serbian language, such as this one:

Video with Most Common Mistakes in Serbian

Today, I've come across this great video with similar examples. I am sure you'll enjoy watching it!

Serbian 201 - Pronouns in Accusative

Marina Accusative in Serbian , Serbian 201

Serbian Pronouns in Accusative

The best way to practice this phrase is to play a game and point to the different food items in the kitchen saying:

Feminine singular: Vidim ribu, vidim je!

Masculine and Neuter Sg: Vidim hleb / meso, vidim ga!

Plural, all genders: Vidim jaja, vidim ih!

https://englishflashgames.blogspot.com/2008/09/food-game.html

Useful Vocabulary

Ananas = pineapple
Grožđe = grapes
Dinja = melon
Višnje = sour cherries
Trešnje = sweet cherries

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Wednesday, November 06, 2019

Present and Past of Raditi - Exercise

Exercise with Present and Past of Raditi

Game with Present and Past of Raditi

Present and Past of Raditi - Test

Monday, November 04, 2019

Telling Time in Serbian - Exercises

Telling Time in Serbian - Learning

Telling Time in Serbian - Game

Telling Time in Serbian - Test

Friday, November 01, 2019

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Serbian for Kids - Locative Case

Locative Case Fun Way

Friday, October 25, 2019

Serbian 401 - Mala istorija Srbije, drugi deo

Mala istorija Srbije - vežba, Serbian 401

Perfective and imperfective "se" verbs in Serbian 401 - Mala istorija Srbije, drugi deo

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Retelling Story in Serbian - Song

Retelling Story in Serbian

Retelling Story by asking questions

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Zvati se in Past Tense - MATCH

Learning Zvati se in Past

Test with zvati se in Past

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Word order with SE - Learn

Word order with SE - Flashcards

Word order with SE - Match

Monday, October 21, 2019

Asking Questions about different topics

Asking Questions with Ti

Match

Asking Questions with Vi

Match

Friday, October 11, 2019

Meaning of Po- Prefix in Serbian

Exercise with Po- Prefix in Serbian

Examples with Po- Prefix in Serbian Literature

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Most Common Mistakes in Serbian

Video with Most Common Mistakes in Serbian

Wednesday, October 09, 2019

Serbian Pronouns in Accusative

Useful Vocabulary

How to pronounce Pronouns in Accusative

Advanced Serbian - Srpski kao drugi jezik

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