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What's your name? - My name is ...

What is your name?

- Kako se zoveš? -- we say it often on this way! - Kako je tvoje ime? --this is rare! - Koje je tvoje ime? --this is rare! - Tvoje ime je...? -- your name is...? --well, we use this sometimes :D My name is ... - Zovem se ... - Ja sam ... -- I am... --Also very usual :)

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TO BE - BITI

I am - Ja sam (Ја сам) You are - Ti si (Ти си) He is - On je (Он је) She is - Ona je (Она је) It is - Ono je (Оно је) We are - Mi smo (Ми смо) You are - Vi ste (Ви сте) They are - Oni su (Они су)

Now you can use combination of other words with any of these phrases and make some very useful sentences, describe something or tell somebody about yourself or about world around you.  Here are some examples:

You can also add descriptive words with 'I'm' such as: extremely – izuzetno OR ekstrenmo very - veoma OR jako terribly - strašno super – super a bit – malo ***In Serbian you don’t need to use full form like: “Ja sam zbunjena.” every time! You can use shorter version: “Zbunjena sam.” As you can see we don’t put Ja, Ti, On, Ona, Ono, Mi, Vi, Oni every time! That is because our verb TO BE is different for every form: SAM, SI, JE, SU, SMO, STE… On that way even without personal word we know about know we are talking? Is this hard for you? Is my explanation confusing? Leave me comments and I will try to explain it to you again! :D

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Lesson 5 - Colors

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Lesson 4 - Ordinal numbers

Ordinal Numbers - Redni broјevi - Редни бројеви

  first - prvi - први

second - drugi - други

third - treći - трећи

fourth - četvrti - четврти

fifth - peti - пети

sixth - šesti - шести

seventh - sedmi - седми

eighth - osmi - осми

ninth - deveti - девети

tenth - deseti - десети

eleventh - јedanaesti - једанаести

twelfth - dvanaesti - дванаести

thirteenth - trinaesti - тринаести

fourteenth - četrnaesti - четрнаести

fifteenth - petnaesti - петнаести

sixteenth - šesnaesti - шеснаести

seventeenth - sedamnaesti - седамнаести

eighteenth - osamnaesti - осамнаести

nineteenth - devetnaesti - деветнаести

twentieth - dvadeseti - двадесети

once - јednom - једном

twice - dvaput - двапут

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Lesson 3 - Numbers

Numbers - broјevi - бројеви It's very easy to count in Serbian!

1 - јedan - један

2 - dva - два

3 - tri - три

4 - četiri - четири

5 - pet - пет

6 - šest - шест

7 - sedam - седам

8 - osam - осам

9 - devet - девет

10 - deset - десет

11 - јedanaest - једанаест

12 - dvanaest - дванаест

13 - trinaest - тринаест

14 - četrnaest - четрнаест

15 - petnaest - петнаест

16 - šesnaest - шеснаест

17  - sedamnaestoro - седамнаесторо

18 - osamnaest - осамнаест

19 - devetnaest - деветнаест

20 - dvadeset - двадесет

100 - sto - сто

1000 - hiljadu - хиљаду

million - milion - милион After 20 counting goes like this: 21 - dvadeset i jedan - двадесет и један

22 - dvadeset i dva - двадесет и два .... we are using " i " = " and " and link numbers together in one :D

157 - sto pedeset i sedan - сто педесет и седам

It's ok to throw out " i "... like this: 157 - sto pedeset sedan - сто педесет седам

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Lesson 2 - Serbian Alphabet

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Lesson 1 - Where is Serbia?

Serbia - officially the Republic of Serbia  is a country located in Europe, or to be more precise on Balkan Peninsula.

This small country is very easy to find on map!

Capital and the largest city is Belgrade, but also well known cities are Novi Sad, Subotica, Inđija, Kragujevac, Kruševac and Niš. Serbia is a county with very intersting tradition, rich history, beautiful cuisine, stunning nature and amazing people... It is very difficult to describe life in Serbia, because this country has a unique, unbreakable spirit and endless entertainment needs. If you were in Serbia and/or know some Serb you can understand me completely. BUT if you did not... well you should definitely come! Anyway, welcome to Serbian lessons!

I hope you will have a lot of fun on this class, ask everything what you need and please learn it with heart! --Dragana