Serbian for Beginners: How to Introduce Yourself

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Today, you are going to learn how to introduce yourself in Serbian.

We will read text in three levels of difficulty, each more advanced than the

one before. However, the topic will mostly stay the same.

We will only change and add certain types of words.

There will be the list of words you can read at the end of

the transcript. Ok, let's start with the easiest text.

Level 1. Здраво, ja sam Nikola, imam 24 годine.

Ja živim u Beogradu, u Srbiji.

Studiram srpski jezik na univerzitetu.

Volim da čitam, pišem i slušam muziku.

Ja sviram gitaru, a dugo ne igram tenis.

Hoću da idem u London.

Could you understand anything?

I try to use short sentences, limited vocabulary and present tense only.

Even though nothing is wrong with this text, it's always better to expand it

and include more diverse vocabulary.

Let's try to do just that.

Level 2

Здраво! Како си?

Я сам Никола и я имам 24 године.

Сада живем у Београду, у Срби.

I am a student, studying Spanish language at University of Beograd.

I love reading, but I love writing.

I know that I'm playing guitar, but I'm playing tennis, but I'm playing tennis

A volim da igram i tenis, ali nisam igrao tenis baš dugo.

for a long time.

I want to travel and go to London. Želim da putujem i da idem u London.

Kako se ti zoveš? How do you call me?

Where do you live?

Gde živiš?

For some students, this can be more challenging.

I included new vocabulary, adverbs, verbs, and some common expressions like kako si.

Let's take a look at the level 3.

Level 3

Zdravo, kako si?

Ja se zovem Nikola i imam 24 godine.

Trenutno sam u Beogradu u Srbiji.

Ovde studiram srpski jezik na Beogradskom univerzitetu.

Ja sam na poslanjoj godini studija.

Baš volim da čitam, ali još uvek nemam omiljenu knjigu.

Volim i da pišem, također.

Svaki dan kada odmaram, slušam muziku.

Znam da sviram gitaru, ali ne sviram trenutno.

Kada sam bio mali, trenirao sam tenis, ali sada više ne treniram.

Želim da putujem.

Ići ću u London sljedeće godine.

Kako se ti zoveš?

Gdje živiš? Da li voliš Srbiju?

At this last level we used longer sentences, adjectives, more verbs and adverbs,

and three tenses, past, present and future.

You can also notice more frequent use of connectors.

So what do you think at the end?

Is this comparison helpful?

Of course, you should definitely try to write your own introduction.

If you're more comfortable, try upgrading sentences and phrases until you reach your

highest level of proficiency.

Use the list at the end of the transcript.

That would be all for this short beginner episode.

I plan on expanding and uploading more frequently each month, so stay updated.

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book your free trial lesson.

If you have any question, you can also write me an email in the

description of each episode.

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