The Serbian present tense is difficult. I’ve heard this so many times. And let’s be honest- it can be challenging. But here’s some great news. It doesn’t have to be. The key is not to try to memorize all at once.
I still remember the time I started learning English. So if you feel overwhelmed, I feel you because I’ve been there. If you start learning the Serbian present tense and try to memorize all verb groups, singular and plural endings, and how to form the present stem you will feel lost.
Instead, focus on only one small step at a time. Today, we will learn only the Serbian present tense singular forms
When do we use the Serbian present tense?
We use it for:
actions happening now
regular activities
facts
general truths
How do we form the Serbian present tense?
It’s simple. We add the endings to the present stem.
Serbian present tense singular endings
It’s time to learn the singular endings. Let’s dive in.
If you look at the chart below, you will notice that in the 3rd person singular, there is no ending. Great news! Right? All you have to memorize for now is the ending for 1st person singular (-m) and 2nd person singular (-š).
Let’s apply the rules
Just a quick tip before we move on to applying the rules step: grab a pencil and a piece of paper, take notes from the blog, and write down the rules. This way, you will revise the rules and be ready for the next step.
Look at the image below and pay attention to the pronoun. Now, try to fill in the correct ending without looking at the rules or the answer key below.
Did you fill in the correct ending? Great job!
Practice makes perfect
Now that we are done with the boring part, it’s time for the final piece of the puzzle. Let’s practice and check what you’ve learned so far. As I mentioned before, my experience with learning English shaped the way I teach Serbian today. I always try to make the exercises as simple as possible. With this in mind, I designed 3 simple step-by-step exercises for complete beginners.
Answer key: on peva, ja pevam, ti pevaš, ono peva, ona peva
Answer key: ti čitaš, ona čita, on čita, ja čitam, ono čita
Answer key: ono gleda, ti gledaš, ona gleda, ja gledam, on gleda
Have you made some mistakes? Don’t stress about it. We are here to learn. And the best way to learn is by making mistakes. Grab a red pen and circle the mistakes. This way, you will memorize what you did wrong and avoid making the same mistakes again.
Most Serbian language learners would like to skip the boring grammar and go straight to speaking. The truth is the present tense is a great place to start if you wish to make your first setences in Serbian.
Let’s check what we learned today
The usage
The form
The singular endings
Practice
The Serbian grammar doesn’t seem challenging after all? If all puzzle pieces fit perfectly, I have something for you. 3 simple step-by-step exercises to help you revise and practice what you’ve learned today. A perfect cherry on the top? Don’t you think so?
Grab your free worksheet today, and I promise a new Serbian present tense post is just around the corner.
Are you looking for an easy way to help your kids master the Serbian Accusative Case?
You introduced the Serbian Accusative Case to your kids. Do you feel overwhelmed? Do you need simple materials to practice Accusative Case in Serbian? Take a deep breath! I have created three fun, free, and super easy-to-set-up activities your kids will love!
A simple bottle cap activity to revise the Serbian Accusative Case
I love using bottle caps to create hands-on activities. Why? Because they can turn even a boring grammar lesson into a fun activity.
You will need:
bottle caps
Accusative bottle caps printables
scissors
glue
This activity is quick and easy to set up
You can start by printing the bottle caps printable. Use scissors to cut out the nouns. Place nouns in the Nominative on the tops of the bottle caps, flip the bottle caps, and glue nouns in the Accusative Case.
Lay down the bottle caps in front of your child, nouns in the Nominative facing up. Let your child pick one bottle cap, read the noun in the Nominative, and put the same noun in the Accusative Case.
I love how you can have your child work independently and self-check by looking at the bottle caps inside.
If you have competitive kiddos, you can quickly turn this activity into a competition. Just grab a piece of paper, and write down your kids’ names and correct answers. Let the fun begin!
Encourage your kids to revise Accusative Case using a board game
Learning Serbian grammar isn’t easy, especially if your students are kids. Using a board game is a great way to practice grammar. Keep it as fun as possible; your kids will be eager to learn.
Are you ready to set up this simple board game?
Gather your materials. Print one board game, grab a die, counters, and colored pencils.
Kids take turns rolling a dice and placing counters in the correct place. Ask your kids to read the noun they land on and put it in the Accusative Case.
If they land on a blue circle, they move the counters one space ahead, and if landing on a red circle, they must move one space back.
The winner is the kiddo who gets to the end first.
Roll a dice, play, and learn Serbian
The way children learn best is through play. If you are looking for an activity to get your kids excited about learning Serbian grammar, I have a perfect activity for you!
This activity is super easy to make
Gather your supplies. Start by printing. Roll a die sheet, a recording sheet for each kid, glue, and pencils.
Use scissors to cut out the die and glue to assemble it.
Kids roll a dice, look at the image they just rolled, name the picture, and put the noun in the Accusative Case by writing the missing letter on their recording sheet.
The player who fills up one column first is the lucky winner!
Your kids will be so excited about rolling a dice that it will not feel like learning.
Simple Serbian Accusative Case worksheets for kids
Do you need more materials to practice the Serbian Accusative? Don’t worry! I’ve got you covered.
These worksheets are great for practicing using the Accusative Case in a sentence. Kids look at the image and write the Accusative Case on the empty line. Now, they have to read the whole sentence.
In this post, you will find a link to my Teachers Pay Teachers store, my main income source. I encourage you to check it out! There are a lot of cool materials there, including free samples! Thank you for supporting my work!
Do you want to practice sounding out the Serbian alphabet in two-syllable words? We all know how learning a new alphabet can give you a headache, especially if that Alphabet is Cyrillic. However, it doesn’t have to be difficult or boring! I have prepared 15 printables for you that will make learning the alphabet in two-syllable words fun and easy with stickers and shape punchers.
I love shape punchers. Don’t you? You need self-adhesive colored paper and shape punchers to make your colorful stickers.
I usually make my stickers in advance and store them in plastic containers.
Activity#1 Let’s practice sounding out the Serbian alphabet
Do you wish your kids to practice sounding out the Serbian alphabet? This activity is perfect for practicing Serbian Cyrillic Alphabet letter recognition.
You will need:
initial Serbian sounds printable
a shape puncher ( I used a butterfly shape)
colored self-adhesive paper
This Serbian alphabet activity is super easy to set up:
Grab your shape puncher and colored paper, and make a lot of stickers. I used a butterfly shape as I wanted to make spring literacy activities for kids
Group the stickers by color and store them in containers
Take the initial Serbian sounds printable and place one sticker below each Serbian Cyrillic Alphabet letter
Use different stickers for each sound
Your kid sounds out the first letter, names the picture that starts with that letter, peels off the stickers, and places them on those pictures.
Print out Serbian syllables pdf and grab containers. At the top of each printable, there is a grid with syllables. Choose stickers and place them below the syllables.
Kids read the syllable, look at the images, find the missing syllable and complete the word. Now comes the fun part, pasting the stickers on the corresponding syllable.
Have your kids choose four different stickers. At the top of the printable, there is a grid with pictures. They must peel off the stickers and place one sticker under each image.
Your child must find the matching word, read it aloud, and place the correct sticker on it.
Activity#4 Reading Serbian two-syllable words board game
Kids who hate doing worksheets will love this free board game.
I love shape punchers because you can use them to turn your activity into a seasonal in no time.
How to play:
Kids take turns rolling a die and moving their counters. They must slowly read the word they land on, dividing it into syllables. You will notice that the first syllable is red, and the second is blue.
The winner gets to the end first.
In this post, you will find a link to my Teachers Pay Teachers store, my main income source. I encourage you to check it out! There are a lot of cool materials there, including free samples! Thank you for supporting my work!
Do you want your kids to practice reading Serbian?
Don’t worry. I created 20 fun, hands-on printables for young Serbian language learners, and they are free, too.
If your kids are into coloring and stickers, I promise you they will love these activities.
Activity#1
FREE Serbian reading comprehension printables- colors and prepositions (pored, iznad, ispod)
Version 1
You will need:
colored pencils
FREE Serbian reading comprehension printables- colors and prepositions (pored, iznad, ispod) pdf with butterflies
Let’s set up this activity
This activity is so simple and easy to set up.
You need to write color adjectives on empty lines. Here comes the fun part. Your kid has to read the sentences, grab the correct pencils and color the butterflies.
Version 2
You will need:
shape puncher
colored self-adhesive paper
FREE Serbian reading comprehension printables- colors and prepositions (pored, iznad, ispod) pdf without butterflies
It’s time to set up this activity:
Grab a shape puncher, self-adhesive paper, and make cute shape stickers. Write the color adjective on each empty line.
Instructions:
Kids read the sentences aloud, peel off the correct sticker and place it in the right spot.
Activity#2
FREE Serbian reading comprehension printables- colors and ordinal numbers (1-5)
Version 1
You will need:
Colored pencils
colored self-adhesive paper
FREE Serbian reading comprehension printables- colors and ordinal numbers (1-5) pdf with butterflies
Super easy to set up: Write color adjectives on empty lines. Ask your kids to read the sentences and color the butterflies.
Version 2
You will need:
shape puncher
colored self-adhesive paper
FREE Serbian reading comprehension printables- colors and ordinal numbers (1-5) pdf without butterflies
Let’s set it up
Help your child peel off the stickers. Kids read the sentences slowly and place the stickers in the right spot. If they are unsure where each sticker should go, you should help them out. Remember that the goal of these activities is for kids to learn but have fun as they do.
The less these activities feel like learning, and the more motivated your kids will be to learn.
Activity#3
FREE Serbian reading comprehension printables- colors, big and small
You will need:
2 shape punchers ( big and small)
Self-adhesive colored paper
FREE Serbian reading comprehension printables- colors, big and small pdf
Are you ready to set up this activity?
Write the color adjectives on empty lines.
mali/mala/malo +color adjective
veliki/velika/veliko +color adjective
Now, your kids read the sentences carefully and paste the stickers in the correct spot.
Grab your free Serbian printables today.
In this post, you will find a link to my Teachers Pay Teachers store, which is my main source of income. I encourage you to check it out! There are a lot of cool materials there, including free samples! Thank you for supporting my work!
Delighted to see you here! Welcome! I appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day to check out my little contribution to language learning community. Thank you!
I would appreciate any piece of advice or suggestion that you might have on how to make this place better. I am new to this so all well-intentioned feedback is more than welcome!
Furthermore, I understand that learning can be a very personal experience, and what works for one person might not work for another. Therefore, I welcome any ideas on new materials that might be of use to you and others. I am a creative person and always up for a challenge!
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