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Ćao! Welcome to the new beginner episode! It’s been a while since I posted! Today, we are learning how to talk to your partner in Serbian. Before we start, make sure to visit our website: www.serbianlanguagelessons.com where you can book a free trial lesson! Soon there will be an online self-paced video course for beginners, so make sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be the first one to get the access to it! You can follow our Instagram page as well: learn__serbian (Serbian Language Network). So, let’s start with this episode!
A lot of my students are learning Serbian because of their partner. You know someone really loves you when they have the patience and when they put in effort to learn such a complex language! That really tells you something about love! Probably a lot of you already know some basic phrases and sentences. Let’s take a look at some useful verbs!
voleti, volim – to love
sviđati se, sviđam se – to like
nedostajati, nedostajem – to miss
(po)ljubiti, (po)ljubim – to kiss
(za)grliti, (za)grlim – to hug
maziti se, mazim se – to cuddle
obožavati, obožavam – to adore
zaprositi, zaprosim – to propose
raskinuti, raskinem – to break up
smuvati se, smuvam se – to hook up
muvati, muvam; flertovati, flertujem – to flert
svađati se, svađam se – to argue
These verbs can be used to make a lot of different sentences. Remember, verbs are the most important vocabulary, since they carry the most of the information in the sentence. The verbs in Serbian are given in infinitive and first person present tense. You can use infinitive (the form that ends on –ti) to construct past or future tense, and you can use first person present tense (the one that ends on –m) to continue constructing other persons. Now, let’s take a look at some nouns and adjectives.
dečko, momak – boyfriend
devojka, cura – girlfriend
muž – husband
žena – wife
verenik – fiancé (male)
verenica – fiancé (female)
bivši, bivša – ex
ljubav – love
zaljubljen – in love
veza – relationship
par – couple
raskid – breakup
buket – bouqet
cveće – flowers
poklon – present
godišnjica – anniversary
zagrljaj – hug
poljubac – kiss
ljubav – love
sastanak - date
Dan zaljubljenih – Valentine’s day
romantičan – romantic
sladak, slatka - cute
Using these nouns and verbs, we can make short sentences and phrases. Let’s take a look at the most frequent ones:
Volim te. – I love you.
I ja tebe volim. - I love you too.
Sviđaš mi se. – I like you.
I ti se meni sviđaš. – I like you too.
Zagrli me. – Hug me.
Poljubi me. – Kiss me.
Daj mi ruku. – Give me your hand.
Nedostaješ mi. – I miss you.
Da li me voliš? – Do you love me?
Da li hoćeš da izađeš sa mnom? – Do you want to go out with me?
Da li hoćeš da idemo na kafu? – Do you want to go for a coffe?
Da li hoćeš da te otpratim kući? – Do you want me to walk you home?
Srećna godišnjica! – Happy anniversary!
There is a high probability you already heard the most of these phrases and sentences. In our course, you can learn all different elements of grammar that is included here. We have some more advanced stuff, for example a sentence with logical subject in grammatical case of dative: “Sviđaš mi se.” When learning language, you should focus on using the grammar productively. Learn how to use the grammar as a tool in making your own sentences. For the final part, let’s take a look at the short text.
A: Srećna godišnjica!
B: Srećna nam godišnjica, ljubavi! Volim te najviše na svetu!
A: I ja tebe volim, zauvek! Ne mogu da verujem da je već prošlo deset godina!
B: Da! Hvala ti za cveće, baš je lepo!
A: Nema na čemu! Poljubi me!
B: Nedostajao si mi! Da li hoćeš da idemo u restoran večeras?
A: Da, možemo da imamo romantičnu večeru!
B: Može! Idemo na sastanak večeras!
A: Posle možemo da gledamo film i pijemo vino.
B: Zvuči super! Daj mi tvoju ruku!
Translation:
A: Happy anniversary!
B: Happy aniversary, love! I love you the most!
A: I love you too, forever! I can’t believe that ten years have passed!
B: Yes! Thank you for the flowers, it’s really pretty.
A: You’re welcome! Kiss me!
B: I missed you! Do you want to go to the restaurant tonight?
A: Yes, we can have a romantic dinner.
B: Sure! We are going on a date!
A: We can watch a movie and drink wine after.
B: Sounds great! Give me your hand!
There it is! Try making your own sentences! Use nouns, adjectives and verbs form previous episodes, and all material from the website in our course. Try using them with your partner! There is never enough of: „Volim te!“, is there? Here are some useful, nicknames for your partner:
ljubavi – love
dušo – honey (lit. soul)
srećo – lit. happines
bebo – baby, babe
kuco – puppy
maco – kitty
medo – teddy bear
srce – heart
zlato – gold
Now you are all set to express all your love for you partner in Serbian language! Let them know how much you love them in their native language! If you want to communicate more with your partner, try one of our courses. You can find them on our website: www.serbianlanguagelessons.com or on our Instagram page: learn__serbian (Serbian Language Network). Remember, soon there will be a beginner online video course available for purchasing on our website. That’s it for this episode! I hope you enjoyed! Srećan Dan zaljubljenih, ćao!
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