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Friday, November 04, 2011

Practise Gerund in Serbian

Marina gerund in Serbian , reading comprehension

Try to make the following sentences while watching this video:

Volim / ne volim /obožavam / mrzim + the verb in the form of the Gerund (add -nje)

For example: Pevati (to sing)
You say: Volim pevanje

Feel free to use the Gerund forms which follow this video:

voziti se - vožnja
svirati - sviranje
kuglati se - kuglanje
fotografisati - fotografisanje
surfovati - surfovanje
plesati - plesanje
igrati - igranje (mini-golfa)
šetati - šetanje
plivati - plivanje
slikati - slikanje
pecati - pecanje
skupljati - skupljanje (markica)

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

Comparatives of Serbian Adjectives in Context

Marina adjective comparison in Serbian , Serbian adjectives

This is actually one of the lessons I created in Serbian 201 course, so if you want to see it clearly feel free to check it out on my courses page, as I posted it as a free sample lesson.

Adjective Comparison in Serbian

Marina adjective comparison in Serbian , Serbian adjectives

Want to practise comparing adjectives in Serbian ? Best way is to do it in relaxed atomsphere, while listening to "old-town songs" and playing the comparison game I made for you, rather than learning the myriads of sound change rules :) Hope you like it!

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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 ..."

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North - South - East - West in Serbian

Marina easy Serbian , how to learn Serbian

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

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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).

Can You Understand Serbian ?

Marina Listening comprehension , locative case in Serbian

Listen to this video lesson and try to write down where the objects are:

Practise Locative in Serbian

Marina locative case in Serbian ,

Imagine where some objects are, and play this game with your friend by

asking these questions:

Singular = Jednina:

Da li je sat u dnevnoj sobi ? = Is the clock in the living room ?

Da / Ne

Znači ovo je dnevna soba? Baš je lepa ! = So this is the living room ?

It is really beautiful/nice (lep - lepa - lepo)

Plural = Množina:

Da li su stolice na balkonu ? = Are the chairs on the balcony ?

Da /Ne

Znači ovo je balkon ? Baš je prostran! = This is the balcony ?

It is really spacious (prostran - prostrana - prostrano)

p.s. you can also check out the gapped quizz with the song.

Pronouns in Serbian through Cases - Personal Pronoun I = JA

Marina how to learn Serbian , Learn Serbian Podcast

Listen to this song and fill in the gaps with the missing forms of the personal pronoun "I" in different cases:

JA - (od) mene - (ka) meni - mene=me - / - (o) meni - (sa) mnom
I - of me - to me - me - / - about me - with me

Daj ____ vina da se napijem
Daj ____ čašu da je razbijem
Daj ____ snage da zaboravim
Kad si rekla da ____ ne voliš
Kad si rekla da ___ ostavljaš
Kad si rekla da zaboravim.

How to Enroll and Use Serbian Online Course via Udemy

Marina how to learn Serbian , Learn Serbian online

If you'd like to learn Serbian online, you can do it in many different ways:

1. learn Serbian for free by following my youtube channels: LearnSerbian and SerbianLessons
2. purchase a video course of Serbian via Udemy.
3. book an online lesson of Serbian via Myngle
4. join a free Serbian Aktivator newsletter

Serbian Online Course

Marina Learn Serbian online , Serbian 301

If you've been following SerbianLessons pages on this blog, you've probably noticed that there is a growing number of Serbian online courses which I am adding there.

Why do you need a course ?

Because you need a clear step-by-step guidance, and that is exactly what you get when you enroll one of the courses.
Because you need an easily accessible site where you can easily refer back to the videos from the previous lessons, as well as to the videos of upcoming sessions in order to prepare for the online sessions in advance. By joining one of my courses, you are granted unlimited access and downloading option to all the MP4s, MP3s and PDFs.

What do you learn ?

All my courses are goal oriented - each lesson is organized in such a way that you learn to understand/say something useful, inspired by everyday situations.

Foreigners Living in Serbia about Serbia - Part 4

Marina Listening comprehension ,

1. Who lived in Vietnam, Bulgaria and Albania ?
2. Who decided to continue living in Niš ?
3. What are the reasons for people to come to live in Serbia?
4. Who is married to Svetlana ?
5. What does "živeti bubreg u loju " mean ?
6. What are the two main advantages of living in Serbia for the family from Germany ?

Foreigners Living in Serbia about Serbia - part 3

Marina Listening comprehension ,

Here is the third part of our listening comprehension exercises. If you found part 1 and part 2 difficult to understand, I hope this time it will be a bit easier. The questions are in English, and you can also write the answers in English.

1. Who didn't tell his mother that he lived and worked in Belgrade ?
2. Why ?
3. Who got married in Serbia ?
4. Why ?
5. Who is postive about changes in Serbia ?
6. Why have both interviewees learnt Serbian quickly ?
7. How did they learn Serbian ?
8. Who likes Serbian food ?

Foreigners about Serbia - 2 -

Marina Listening comprehension ,

1. Ko sve misli da Beograd ima problema koje treba rešavati ?
2. Ko sve misli da ljudi u Srbiji misle samo na svoje dvorište ?
3. Ko ne voli što se grade zgrade od stakla i betona ?
4. Ko se ne oseća ugroženo u Beogradu ?
5. Ko sve misli da je srpska hrana jednostavna ?
6. Ko voli što se u Srbiji jede supa ?
7. Ko je odmah zavoleo srpsku hranu ?

Foreigners about Serbia - 1 -

Marina Foreigners in Serbia , Listening comprehension

Listen to this video and answer the following questions:

1. Ko je iz Italije ?
2. Ko je iz Španije ?
3. Ko je iz Francuske ?
4. Čija žena je iz Srbije ?
5. Ko radi u osnovnoj i srednjoj školi ?
6. Ko sve drži časove jezika ?
7. Ko sve misli da Beograd svaki dan ima nešto novo da ponudi ?
8. Ko se sve misli da Srbi vole strance ?
9. Ko se oseća egzotično ?
10. Ko sve misli da su ljudi u Srbiji otvoreni ?
11. Kome Beograd daje energiju ?
12. Ko misli da je život u Beogradu opušteniji i slobodniji ?

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