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Serbonika - A1 Unit 03 Greetings

The document provides common greetings and farewells in Serbian, along with their English translations. It includes exercises for practicing these phrases in both informal and formal contexts. Additionally, it explains the use of singular and plural pronouns for 'you' in Serbian, highlighting the importance of formality in different social interactions.

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Serbonika - A1 Unit 03 Greetings

The document provides common greetings and farewells in Serbian, along with their English translations. It includes exercises for practicing these phrases in both informal and formal contexts. Additionally, it explains the use of singular and plural pronouns for 'you' in Serbian, highlighting the importance of formality in different social interactions.

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Kada je jutro, kažemo: Dobro jutro! When it's morning, we say: Good morning!

Kada je dan, kažemo: Dobar dan! When it's day, we say: Good day!
Kada je veče, kažemo: Dobro veče! When it's evening, we say: Good evening!
Kada odlazimo, kažemo: Doviđenja, prijatno! When we're leaving, we say: Goodbye!
Kada idemo u krevet, kažemo: Laku noć! When we're going to bed, we say: Good night!

Šta kažemo kada je jutro? - Kada je jutro, kažemo: Dobro jutro!


Šta kažemo kada je dan? - Kada je dan, kažemo: Dobar dan!
Šta kažemo kada je veče? - Kada je veče, kažemo: Dobro veče!
Šta kažemo kada odlazimo? - Kada odlazimo, kažemo: Doviđenja, prijatno!
Šta kažemo kada idemo u krevet? - Kada idemo u krevet, kažemo: Laku noć!

Razgovor na času / Conversation in class


Šta kažemo u 8 ujutro? Šta kažemo u 3 po podne? Šta kažemo u 8 uveče? Kada obično ideš u
krevet?

Zdravo! Hi!
Ćao! Ciao!
See you!
Vidimo se! [we see each other]
Čujemo se! Talk soon!
[we hear each other]

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Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks / Popuni praznine

Dobro __________! Dobar __________! Dobro __________!

____________! Prijatno! Laku __________!

Exercise 2: Connect the right parts in the two columns to make phrases

1) Prijatno a) Prijatno!
2) Doviđenja b) Hvala, izvoli!
3) Zdravo c) Ćao!

Exercise 3: Match the phrases with the images.


Vidimo se! Prijatno! Čujemo se!

____________________ ____________________ ____________________

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Neformalan susret Informal encounter

- Zdravo! Kako si? - Hi! How are you?


- Dobro. A ti? - Fine. And you?
- Nisam loše. - I'm not bad.

- Šta ima novo kod tebe? - What's new with you?


[kod = at]
- Nema ništa. A kod tebe? - [There’s] nothing. And
you?

Formalan susret Formal encounter

- Dobar dan! - Hello! How are you


Kako ste? (plural)?
- Odlično! A Vi? - Great! And you?
- Dobro, hvala. - Fine, thank you.

- Šta ima novo kod Vas? - What's new with you


(formal)?
- Nema ništa. A kod Vas? - [There’s] nothing.
And you?

Asking about others Exercise 4: Answer the questions / Odgovori na


pitanja
Kako je Ana? – Dobro je.
Dobro su. Nije loše. Odlično sam. Dobro smo.
Kako je Milan? – Nije loše, hvala
na pitanju. 1. Kako si? - ________________________
2. Kako ste ti i tvoj brat? - _____________
Kako su tvoji? – Dobro su. 3. Kako je tvoja sestra? - ______________
4. Kako su tvoji? - ____________________
Kako su vaši? – Odlično su, hvala
na pitanju.

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In the Serbian language, we have two pronouns for „you“ , like in French, Italian, Castilian Spanish,
Greek, German and many other languages:
1) ti, that is used for you singular, when addressing one person directly, and
2) vi used for you plural, as in 'you all', when addressing more then one person directly.
This plural form vi is also used when speaking to one person in a polite and formal way. In business
correspondence, this pronoun Vi is usually capitalized to show respect.
The other words are also used so that they correspond to the 'ti' or 'vi' way of speaking, like in the
table below. If you're speaking to one person informally, choose the left column. If you're speaking
to two or more people, or if you're trying to be polite or keep distance, use the right column.
We're expected to use Vi with our superiors, teachers, with our friends' parents, with merchants,
clerks and strangers, until we're instructed otherwise, with the words: 'Možemo na ti' (we can switch
to informal) or: 'Nema potrebe da mi persiraš' (there's no need to speak formal to me).

A fun fact: persirati is a verb that means 'to speak formally'. It comes from the German expression
'per Sie' – to speak using Sie (she), which is how one speaks formally in German and Italian.

neformalno formalno

ti Vi (vi)

Zdravo! Ćao! Dobro jutro! Dobar dan! Dobro veče!


Vidimo se! Čujemo se! Doviđenja! Prijatno!

Kako si? Kako ste?


A ti? A vi?
Šta ima novo kod tebe? Šta ima novo kod vas?

Kako su tvoji? Kako su vaši?


tvoji vaši

Izvini Izvinite
Izvoli Izvolite

Pay attention: Note how the verbs for ti (you singular) end in –i: si, izvini, izvoli;
and the verbs for vi (you plural or formal) end in –te: ste, izvinite, izvolite.

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Izvini, izvinite Izvoli, izvolite
1) Excuse me 1) Help yourself
2) I'm sorry 2) Please come in
3) I apologize 3) How can I help you?

Exercise 5: Connect the right parts in the two columns

1) ti a) Doviđenja!
2) izvini b) Kako ste?
3) izvoli c) Kako su vaši?
4) Vidimo se! d) vi
5) Čujemo se! e) Dobar dan!
6) Kako si? f) izvinite
7) Kako su tvoji? g) izvolite
8) Zdravo! h) Prijatno!

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