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Monday, October 21, 2019

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

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Asking Questions with Vi

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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

Marina common mistakes ,

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

How to pronounce Pronouns in Accusative

Serbian 102 - Past tense of Biti

Marina Past tense , past tense in serbian

Stiže još jedan / još jedna set of exercises to practice one of the lessons from Serbian 102 course!

Past tense of To be Explained

You can find the pronunciation and the form of the verb to be in Serbian in this post published earlier.

Past tense of To be with Exercises

Past tense of To be - Games

Serbian 101 - What do you see?

Marina Accusative in Serbian , Serbian 101

What do you see in Serbian?

The best way to start practicing Serbian cases, the Accusative for example, is to start simple and easy, with food. After the verb to see, you'll simply change the final A of the noun into U

VIDIM BANANU - BANANA
VIDIM JABUKU - JABUKA
VIDIM JAGODU - JAGODA
VIDIM LIMUNADU - LIMUNADA
VIDIM LUBENICU - LUBENICA
VIDIM PAPRIKU - PAPRIKA
VIDIM PICU - PICA
VIDIM POMORANDŽU - POMORANDŽA
VIDIM RIBU - RIBA
VIDIM SUPU - SUPA
VIDIM VODU - VODA

What do you see in Serbian - Exercises

What do you see in Serbian - Games

Serbian 401 - Mala istorija Srbije

Marina intermediate Serbian , Listening comprehension

Srpski 401 se bazira na preslatkoj mini seriji koja se zove Mala istorija Srbije, o kojoj sam pisala pre pet godina (vreme baš leti = time really flies by)!

Hajde da ponovo pogledamo prvu epizodu i uradimo sledeće vežbe:

Don't forget that for more exercises like this one with explanations and video lessons with slow pronunciation you can join Patreon page, tier one.

This is, These are in Serbian

Marina Serbian 101 ,

This is, These are - in Serbian

Let's jump with joy each time we come across a phrase or two which are easier in Serbian than in English.

There is no need for you to think how to say THIS and THESE, simply say OVO and it covers both categories!

Ovo je haljina = this is a dress

Ovo su čizme = these are boots

The only thing we are actually practicing is IS and ARE in Serbian, in different contexts:

Odeća = Clothes
Životinje = Animals
Hrana = Food
Poslovi = Jobs

Ovo je, ovo su with Clothes

This is, These are -Exercises

This is, These are - Games

Serbian 101 - Glagol BITI

Marina Biti in Serbian , verb to be in Serbian

Glagol BITI - značenje (meaning)

Even if you are really familiar with the verb to be in Serbian, let's simply review what we know with tthese fun exercises:

Glagol BITI - vežbe (exercise)

Glagol BITI - igre (games)

Glagol BITI - additional exercises

BITI with Nominative, Singular and Plural of International words

TO BE with Nominative, Singular and Plural of Family words

TO BE with Nominative, Singular and Plural of Occupations, International words

"Excuse me, where is..." - Serbian 101

Marina Serbian 101 ,

One of the useful phrases when learning Serbian is IZIVINTE = ИЗВИНИТЕ = excuse me.

Excuse me, where is ... in Serbian

After this phrase, you have certainly attracted someone's attention, so you can ask a follow up question. Today we are practicing the phrase GDE JE = ГДЕ ЈЕ = where is?

How to pronounce IZVINITE, GDE JE in Serbian

Excuse me, where is the exit? = Izvinite, gde je izlaz?

Let's practice the phrase "Excuse me, where is ..."

After practicing with the Flashcards, you are ready to play and win :D

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

Learning Serbian with Songs

Marina Listening comprehension , listening comprehension skills

If you like learning Serbian with songs, I'm sure oyu will like some of the new exercises I published on the new SerbianLessons page:

Learning Serbian with Songs

Super Easy - Boje
Super Easy - Čokolada
Elementary - Whistle at 8 = Zvižduk u 8
Pre-intermediate, Present Simple Verbs - Da li čuješ?
Intermediate, Genitive - Još volim te

Serbian 701 - Lesson 1, Exercises

Marina Advanced Serbian , Serbian 701

In one of the more advanced Serbian language courses, you can learn how to use the following set of phrases to talk about yourself and important occasions when you want to:https://www.learnserbianblog.com/2018/09/serbian-advanced-course.html

treat someone = častiti / počastiti nekog
take someone out to a restaurant = izvesit nekog u restoran

as well as reasons

to retire = otići u penziju
to graduate = diplomirati
to enroll = upisati se na fakultet

Serbian 701 - Exercises

Let's just watch again the first part, for about 1 minute, until Boškić goes out of the office. Can you hear the words:

častim
moja čast
slavlje
upisati akademiju
upisati fakultet

Slušajte ponovo i pokušajte da čujete:

Ko časti?
Zašto časti?
Kako časti?
Koga časti?

Exercises with Lesson1, Serbian 701

If you haven't done all the exercises from the previous post, you can do them on this page. Now, we are going to do a brand new exercise and talk about ourselves:

Hajde da vežbamo ove glagole u prošlom vremenu

Govorne vežbe

Posle svih ovih vežbi, vreme je da kažemo nešto o sebi, u kojim prilikama častite prijatelje i porodicu i kako?

How to practice Serbian - Ideas and Links

Marina how to learn Serbian , serbian

Practicing Serbian Daily

Let me share with you a few good posts and resources with great ideas how to learn and practice Serbian on a daily basis:

With Youtube videos
Practicing Pronunciation
Listening to Serbian authentic resources
Doing exercises on my old website SerbianLesson.com and a new one SerbianLessons.com
Practicing reading easy and fun books in Serbian Cyrillic and Latin alphabet
Joining one of my Serbian language learning courses on Udemy

Useful Phrases when Learning Serbian

Marina Serbian language 365 , Serbian phrases

It is a good idea to use at least two Serbian phrases from the very first lesson:

Šta znači? = What does ... mean?
Molim? = Pardon?

Of course, there are other ones which are useful, and you can start using them while learning the language. In this blog post, the idea is for you to practice them with the following Quizlets:

Step by Step Serbian

Marina Free lessons of Serbian , free Serbian lessons

Why Step by Step Serbian?

Having made hundreds of quizzes and exercises in Serbian, I thought of posting them here on this blog on a daily basis, starting from the easiest ones. This will make it easier for you to learn regularly and have some kind of continuity.

All you have to do is to follow:

this blog
my Facebook page
join Quizlet, if you want your result to be recorded, otherwise it is free of charge

I also want to connect each post with the previous lessons covering the same topic, so you can practise using different materials (which are hidden in this ten year old blog). So, let's start!

How Step by Step Serbian?

Let's start with the alphabets used in the Serbian language: Ćirilica and Latinica

First, you can read more about these two alphabets in the previous posts:

Listening and seeing both alphabets, published back in 2008 :)
Super easy guide to Serbian Cyrillic Script, from 2009
Switching from the Latin alphabet to the Cyrillic script and back, dated 2010

Once you are acquainted with the theoretical part, let's play:

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Monday, October 21, 2019

Asking Questions about different topics

Asking Questions with Ti

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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

Tuesday, October 08, 2019

Past tense of To be Explained

Past tense of To be with Exercises

Past tense of To be - Games

Monday, October 07, 2019

What do you see in Serbian?

What do you see in Serbian - Exercises

What do you see in Serbian - Games

Sunday, October 06, 2019

Saturday, October 05, 2019

This is, These are - in Serbian

Ovo je, ovo su with Clothes

This is, These are -Exercises

This is, These are - Games

Thursday, October 03, 2019

Glagol BITI - značenje (meaning)

Glagol BITI - vežbe (exercise)

Glagol BITI - igre (games)

Glagol BITI - additional exercises

Tuesday, October 01, 2019

Excuse me, where is ... in Serbian

How to pronounce IZVINITE, GDE JE in Serbian

Let's practice the phrase "Excuse me, where is ..."

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

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Learning Serbian with Songs

Friday, September 27, 2019

Serbian 701 - Exercises

Exercises with Lesson1, Serbian 701

Hajde da vežbamo ove glagole u prošlom vremenu

Govorne vežbe

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Practicing Serbian Daily

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Monday, September 23, 2019

Why Step by Step Serbian?

How Step by Step Serbian?

Advanced Serbian - Srpski kao drugi jezik

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