Basic Serbian for adults

(material for online learning)

-lessons 1-5-
Osnove srpskog jezika za odrasle
(materijal za onlajn asove)
-lekcije 1-5-

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First lesson Prva lekcija

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LETTERS, FAMILY MEMBERS
Lets talk about the letters
Read the letters and recognize the
objects
Pronunciation of difficult letters

OVEK, AJ (tongue is touching upper palate; hard letter; as in English

word chalk)
UP, UTATI (soft letter; top of the tongue is touching lower teeth; middle
part of the tounge is touching upper palate and upper teeth; no equivalent in
English)
D DEP, DIP (similar tounge position as , only you are also moving lower lip;
hard letter; many equivalents in English - d as in gin, Jerry, John, Jack)
AK, UBRE (soft letter; no equivalent in English; similar tongue position as
, only tongue is lower)
LJ LJUBAV, LJULJAKA (soft letter, as soft L; no real equivalent in English, but
similar to L in milion; tongue is down, touching lower teeth; mouth is half open)
NJ NJIVA, NJEN (soft letter, as soft N; no real equivalent in English, but similar to
N in onion; both lips forward, tongue linned on low teeth)
UMA, AMAR (sound like when you want to make silence shhhhh; as in
English shark)
Z ZVONO, ZUB (sound like bees buzzing, zzzzzzzz; like in English zest)
ENA, IVOT (sound like stronger Z, like in English pleasure)
Exercise:
Find letters in Serbian alphabet which exist in English alphabet.
Find letters in Serbian alphabet which dont exist in English
alphabet.
Write 5 Serbian words with beginning letters: A, B, R, M, S.
Exercise:
READ LETTERS AND WORDS:
(PROITAJ SLOVA I REI:)

IZMA OVEK
Nj NjIVA
IRAFA ABA
Lj LjUBAV LjUDI
Z ZVEZDA ZMAJ
N NEBO
M METAR
O OKO
B BORBA BRAT
P POLITIKA PISMO
R ROAK RUA
D DOBAR DAN
Family members:

Majka (mama) Otac (tata)

erka Sin
Brat Sestra
Baba Deda
Tetka Ujak
Strina Stric
Roak Mu
ena Beba
Unuk Unuka
Tast Tata
Snaja
Exercise:
Look at the following picture and write down what are
people on it to Fiona.
Which family members do you see?
Exercise: fill in the blanks
Exercise: Read the words and sentences:
(pay attention to the correct pronounciation)

amac plovi.
ekamo udnog oveka.
ija ptica je ono?
Njegovo i njeno dete zove se Njego.
Usred ume peva eva na irokom polju.
olja je arena.
Crvena zvezda je bila izvidana.
Zamenio sam abu za irafu.
Ljiljani su na cvetnom polju.
Exercise: Underline the words for family members:

Kada doe zima, baka i deka nam dou u posetu. Oni mnogo
vole da se igraju sa svojim unucima i praunucima.
Tetka i tata organizuju drutvene igre. Svi sedimo za stolom i
igramo Slagalice ili Monopol. Anina majka donese kolae. Njeni
sin i erka vole kolae sa okoladom. Tada jo dodju moji tast i
tata, i mnogi drugi roaci. Beba Marko esto plae, pa ga ujak
ljulja. Ja volim najvie mog brata, a i sa sestrom se dobro slaem.
Slike koriene za pripremu prve Skajp lekcije su sa sajtova /
References:

http://slovce.blogspot.nl/
http://www.zlatnadjeca.com/2011/07/slovarica-slagalica.html
http://www.agendaweb.org/vocabulary/family-exercises.html
http://www.agendaweb.org/vocabulary/family-exercises.html
Second lesson Druga lekcija

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INTRODUCTION, GREETINGS, PERSONAL
PRONOUNS, VERB ZVATI SE
Lets read and talk about the pictures 1 and 2.
INTRODUCTION
GREETINGS
VERB ZVATI SE
1
2
Zdravo, ja sam Ana. Kako se ti zove?

Ja se zovem zovem se
Ti se zove zove se
On , ona, ono se zove zove se

Mi se zovemo zovemo se
Vi se zovete zovete se
Oni, one, ona se zovu zovu se
INTRODUCTIONS AND GREETINGS IN SERBIAN LANGUAGE

You may introduce yourself in several ways:

1) Ja se zovem Ana. / Zovem se Ana. (I am called Ana.)
2) Ja sam Ana. (I am Ana.)
3) Moje ime je Ana. / Ime mi je Ana. (My name is Ana.)

You may ask someone to introduce himself:

1) Kako se ti zove? (How are you called?)
2) Kako je tvoje ime? (What is your name?)
3) Kako se Vi zovete?
4) Kako je Vae ime? (The same meaning as 1) and 2), only you will use 3) and 4) as expression of respect - T-V distinction)

After introduction:
1) Drago mi je. (Nice to meet you. / I am glad.)

Greetings when you are entering the room:

1) Zdravo. (Hi.)
2) ao. (Ciao.)
3) Dobar dan. / Dobro jutro. / Dobro vee. (Good afternoon. / Good morning. / Good evening. more formal expressions
than 1) and 2) )

Greetings when you are leaving the room:

1) Zdravo. (Bye.)
2) ao. (Ciao.)
3) Dovienja. (Goodbye.)
4) Vidimo se. (See you.)
3
Text read and translate

Razgovor na ulici

- Ana: Zdravo.
- Marko: Zdravo.
- Ana: Kako si?
- Marko: Dobro sam. Sve je ok. Kako si ti?
- Ana: I ja sam dobro. Putujem u Pariz.
- Marko: Kada?
- Ana: Sutra ujutru.
- Marko: Srean put!
- Ana: Hvala.
Exercise Fill in the blanks:

- Zdravo, kako se ti zove?

- ____________________ . ______________
- Moje ime je Ana. A ovo je moj brat.
- ____________________
- On se zove Marko.
- Drago mi je.
- ____________
Text Read and translate:

Petar upoznaje Mariju

Read and translate:

- Dobar dan.
- Dobar dan. Kako ste, komija?
- Nije loe. A Vi?
- Dobro sam. Ko je to sa Vama?
- To je moja sestra iz Amsterdama. Zove se Marija.
- Lepa devojka.
- Hvala.

- Marija, ja sam Petar.

- Zdravo, drago mi je.
- Takoe. Koliko ostajete u Beogradu?
- 10 dana.
 Izvori korieni za pripremu druge lekcije / References:

- Udbenik i radna sveska: Nauimo srpski I. Bjelakovi, J.

Vojnovi, M. Ajdanovi, M. Alanovi, J. Drai, D. Zveki-
Duanovi, u izdanju Univerziteta u Novom Sadu
- Slika sa sajta http://www.kelsopr.com/file/public-relations-
agency-networking-1-jpg
Third lesson Trea lekcija

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PERSONAL PRONOUNS, AUXILIARY VERB
JESAM
LINE ZAMENICE (PERSONAL PRONOUNS)

JEDNINA (SINGULAR)
1. JA
2. TI
3. ON, ONA, ONO

MNOINA (PLURAL)
1. MI
2. VI
3. ONI, ONE, ONA
POMONI GLAGOL JESAM (AUXILIARY VERB JESAM)

JEDNINA (SINGULAR)
1. (ja) SAM
2. (ti) SI
3. (on, ona, ono) JE

MNOINA (PLURAL)
1. (mi) SMO
2. (vi) STE
3. (oni, one, ona) SU
Exercise:
Fill in the blanks with personal pronouns or auxiliary verb jesam :

___ sam profesorka.

Ona ___ u Londonu.
Marko ___ upoznao Anu.
___ smo vredni.
Danas ___ oni u kui.
Moja sestra sada ___ u koli.
Vi ___ uenici.
Sanja, Marko i Maja ___ na fakultetu.
vajcarska ___ lepa zemlja.
Moj mu ___ dobar.
____ su dobre devojke.
Vreme __ lepo.
Exercise: Fill in the blanks with personal pronouns or auxiliary
verb jesam.

Ana ___ u Japanu.

___ smo studenti.
___ sam menader.
Sutra ___ oni u kui.
Moja majka sada ___ u kuhinji.
Hans ___ video Jovana.
Oni ___ uenici.
Sanja, Marko i Maja ___ na fakultetu.
Sudan ___ siromana zemlja.
WRITING EXERCISE

Write 5 sentences and use personal pronouns and auxiliary

verb jesam.
Exercise - Finish the sentences:

Ja sam...
Moja sestra je...
Moj otac je...
Moja kominica je...
Ti si...
Moji prijatelji su...
Moj pas je...
LISTENING EXERCISE:

Teacher reads short text and student writes down known words.
In repeated reading, student writes down unknown words and
teacher explains the meanings.
WRITING EXERCISE

How would you introduce your wife/husband/sister/brother to someone?

How would you introduce yourself at some casual party to unknown person?

Write down something about yourself in simple sentences I am

Write down your favorite female family members.

Write down some house objects.

Write down difficult letters and word which starts with that letter.

Choose one male family member and write few sentences about him. He is
Fourth lesson etvrta lekcija

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BODY PARTS, TIME, COLORS, PRESENT TENSE
OF REGULAR VERBS
WE LEARN WORDS FOR BODY PARTS
KOLIKO JE SATI?
Text - Proitaj i prevedi (obrati panju na podvuene rei).
Read the text and translate (pay attention to underlined words):

U januaru slavimo Boi. To je divan praznik. Cela porodica je kod

kue: mama, tata, brat, tetka, baba i deda. Volim sve to mama i
baka tada kuvaju.
U februaru je Markov roendan. Tada je zima. Pada sneg. Dani su
kratki i hladni. Deca se igraju na snegu. Grad je najlepi kada pada
sneg.
WE LEARN WORDS FOR COLORS

braon

svetlo zeleno

tamno zeleno uto

oker
plavo
narandasto
teget
crveno
crno
bordo

svetlo braon
PRESENT TENSE OF REGULAR VERBS

GLEDATI
1. JA GLEDAM 1. MI GLEDAMO
2. TI GLEDA 2. VI GLEDATE
3. ON/ONA/ONO GLEDA 3. ONI GLEDAJU

MISLITI
1. JA MISLIM 1. MI MISLIMO
2. TI MISLI 2. VI MISLITE
3. ON/ONA/ONO MISLI 3. ONI MISLE

EKATI
1. JA EKAM 1. MI EKAMO
2. TI EKA 2. VI EKATE
3. ON/ONA/ONO EKA 3. ONI EKAJU

NEGATIVE FORM OF REGULAR VERBS WE ARE MAKING BY ADDING WORD NE IN FRONT OF VERB

Examples:
Ja ne volim.
Ti ne gleda.
Oni ne pevaju.
GENERAL RULE FOR MAKING PRESENT TENSE FOR
REGULAR VERBS

Take the first part of the verb, without ending ti, and add

M

__

Mo
Te
Ju/U/E
Exercise - Write down regular verbs in present tense like in
example:
SPAVATI JA SPAVAM, TI SPAVA, ON SPAVA, MI SPAVAMO, VI
SPAVATE, ONI SPAVAJU

GLEDATI (WATCH)
GOVORITI (TALK)
IMATI (HAVE)
RADITI (WORK)
UITI (LEARN)
TRAITI (SEARCH)
Exercise: Use present tense

Dopuni:

Mama ______ .
Pas i maka ________ .
Deak _______ i _______ .
Deda i otac _________ _________ .
Kia ________ .
Moja sestra _______ , _________ i _________.
Ti ________ .
 Izvori korieni za pripremu etvrte lekcije / References:

Udbenik i vebanka Az buki N. Milievi-Dobromirov, B.

Novkovi, M. Aranitovi, izdava Centar Azbukum
 Fifth lesson Peta lekcija

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VERB NISAM, NUMBERS, DAYS, MONTHS
Exercises

Popuni praznine odgovarajuim oblikom line zamenice:

____ su profesori. ____ je pilot.

Ko ste ____ ? Kako se ____ zove?
_____ je moja mama. ____ sam student.
_____ se zove Marko. ____ si Marko?

Popuni praznine odgovarajuim oblikom pomonog glagola jesam:

- Dobar dan, ja ____ nova uenica.

- Zdravo.
- Da li ____ ti Ana?
- Ne, ja _____ Danijela Petrovi.
- Ovo _____ moje sestre, Nela i Ena.
- Drago mi je.
READING EXERCISE - Read the words and sentences:

ika aslav spava.

iji amci plove Dunavom?
ekaj malo. ekau ak malo due.
Njoj i njemu nije lako.
uti lie.
aran pliva.
Zauvek su zautali.
NEGATIVE FORM OF AUXILIARY VERB JESAM = VERB
NISAM

JEDNINA (SINGULAR)
1. (ja) NISAM
2. (ti) NISI
3. (on, ona, ono) NIJE

MNOINA (PLURAL)
1. (mi) NISMO
2. (vi) NISTE
3. (oni, one, ona) NISU
Exercise - Fill the blanks with right form of verb nisam (negative
from of verb jesam):

Ona ____ kod kue.

Ja ______ u parku.
Danas ti _____ sa mnom.
Nai gosti ______ ovde.
Haljina ______ lepa.
Na asu mi ______ sluali.
Oni _____ uradili domai.
Ja ______ Ana.
BROJEVI:

BASIC NUMBERS:
20 DVADESET
1 JEDAN
21 DVADESET JEDAN
2 DVA
...
3 TRI
30 TRIDESET
4 ETIRI
...
5 PET
34 TRIDESET ETIRI
6 EST
...
7 SEDAM
40 - ETRDESET
8 OSAM
100 STO
9 DEVET
101 STO JEDAN
10 DESET
...
11 JEDANAEST
121 STO DVADESET JEDAN
12 DVANAEST
...
13 TRINAEST
14 ETRNAEST
15 PETNAEST
16 ESNAEST
 157 STO PEDESET SEDAM ORDINAL NUMBERS
... 1. PRVI
200 DVESTA 2. DRUGI
... 3. TREI
300 TRISTA 4. ETVRTI
... 5. PETI
400 - ETRISTO 6. ESTI
... 7. SEDMI
500 PETSTO 8. OSMI
... ...
600 ESTO 11. JEDANAESTI
... ...
1000 HILJADA 15. PETNAESTI
...
20. DVADESETI
21. DVADESET PRVI
...
121. STO DVADESET PRVI
DANI:

PONEDELJAK
UTORAK
SREDA
ETVRTAK
PETAK
SUBOTA
NEDELJA
MESECI:

JANUAR
FEBRUAR
MART
APRIL
MAJ
JUNI
JULI
AVGUST
SEPTEMBAR
OKTOBAR
NOVEMBAR
DECEMBAR
READING EXERCISE - poem FIFI
Ovaj as, ovaj as - Fifi, gledaj pravo,
jedan pas,
na uzici od svile,
sa noktima lila,
s manicom od tila
prolazi kraj nas.
Jedna ena stara
sa njim razgovara:
Fifi, digni rep.
Fifi, pazi drvo.
Fifi, nisi slep.
Fifi, manu pazi.
Fifi, lepo gazi.
Fifi, to ne njui.
Fifi, gore ui.
Fifi, ti zna ko si.
Fifi, ne prkosi.
Fifi, jezik nie.
Fifi, hodi blie.
Fifi, ne skakui.
Fifi, sad e kui!

Tako Fifi ivi

na uzici od svile,
sa noktima lila,
sa manom od tila,
Tako ena stara,
sa njim razgovara.
Tako ovaj as
prooe kraj nas.
BROJEVI, DANI, MESECI EXERCISES

Koliko godina ima meseci?

Koliko tvoj brat ima godina?
Koji je dan danas?
Koji je dan sutra?
U kom mesecu slavimo Uskrs?
U kom mesecu slavimo Novu godinu?
Kada je tvoj roendan?
Kada je roendan tvojoj najboljoj prijateljici?
Koji mesec najvie voli?
U kom mesecu je hladno?
Koji meseci poinju na M ?
U kom mesecu e beba biti roena?
Koliko vajcarska ima kantona?
Izvori korieni za pripremu pete lekcije / References:

Udbenik i radna sveska:

Nauimo srpski I. Bjelakovi, J. Vojnovi, M. Ajdanovi, M.
Alanovi, J. Drai, D. Zveki-Duanovi, u izdanju Univerziteta u
Novom Sadu
This learning material is the best to use with help of Skype
teacher.
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blog:

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nastavnika.
Vie informacija o Skajp asovima moete nai na blogu:

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sincerely, your Skype teacher

s potovanjem, Va Skajp-nastavnik
Lidija Novakovi Lagrini