Ep.7: Posao i poslovi

I am Maki.

This season of our podcast is a bit different from the previous ones.

I have another friend, also called Ivana, joining me to have short dialogues in

Serbian. Then we will explain them in English.

This new season will be like mini Serbian lessons.

So if you are ready, grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the podcast.

Ciao Svima! Ja sam Maki.

Ciao! Ja sam Ivana.

Okay, Ivana, what are we talking about today?

We will talk about posao, about work or job.

Yeah, both of them, right?

Yes. Yes.

Yeah, good. Posao is a word that kind of, you know, challenged me in

the beginning a lot because it's very irregular to me.

Because posao is singular, poslovi is plural.

Yes. So we will have a conversation on our jobs,

how we like them, are we satisfied with them?

And we will ask each other if we changed a lot of jobs or

not so far.

So after that, we are gonna dive into the vocabulary together.

Yes. Okay, let me start.

You are the first one.

Maki, how many jobs have changed until now?

More, because I've been sitting in different countries.

And you?

I've changed jobs, but I've been working for the same company for more than

10 years.

Were you happy when you were working there?

Yes, there wasn't much work over time and I was not under a lot

of stress. Nice.

And were you satisfied with the job?

Yes, it was quite good.

And you? Are you satisfied with your job?

Yes, I like what I do and I just organize myself a time for

work. Super. I'm glad I'm because of you.

Thank you. Okay.

So how did you start, Ivana?

Okay, Maki, how many jobs have you changed so far?

Which means, Maki, how many jobs have you changed so far?

Yeah, I did not want to give a number.

I just said, too many.

And then I said, because I moved to different countries, so I

grew up in different countries.

And I asked, how about you, are you?

Me too. I have been changing jobs, but I have been worked for the

same company more than 10 years.

I changed jobs, but I worked for the same company more than 10 years.

And then I asked you if you were happy while working there.

And I said, was you happy when you worked there?

Yes, it wasn't too much overtime working and I wasn't under big stress.

Yes, there was no much work in the time and I was not under

a big stress.

Are you satisfied with your job?

Which means, a ti?

Da li si zadovoljna svojim poslom?

And I said very positively, yes, I love what I do.

And I organize my own schedule.

So, da, volim ono što radim i ja sama sebi organizujem vreme za

rad.

Great. I'm glad because of you, which means super.

Drago mi je zbog tebe.

Yeah. Cool. So very positive.

Normally when people talk about jobs, they complain, but I want to talk about

it positively. So the first word is posao that I want to mention.

So posao, plural poslovi.

Yes. We hear because of koliko, I guess we say, koliko si poslova promenila,

right? Yes. Because of koliko, it is becoming poslova.

Poslova, yes. And it has to be in plural, of course.

Yeah, that's a male word, right, posao.

So let's say, let's find another male word with koliko and let's see if

it's going to end in the same way.

Aha, koliko... Telefon, for example, right.

Koliko telefona? Yes, it's going to be a.

Yes, it is koliko telefona si promenila.

Yes, you can say that, yes, of course.

Okay, cool. But if it was a female word, zemlija, for example.

Koliko? Zemlji si promenila.

Yes. Zemlji. So it became e, like locative.

I mean, to me, it's locative.

I don't know what it is.

Okay, let's do a neutral one.

How many villages, let's say.

Koliko selav. Selav, like male words.

Yes, like male.

Yes.

You remember that it's very often that the neutral and male going to the

same thing, yeah?

Yes, I'm very happy about that.

So, dosada is so far or until now, right?

Okay. And for POSA, I also wanted to mention that going to work

and being at work are said differently.

How do we say I'm going to work?

Idem na posao.

So it doesn't change.

Yeah. And I'm at work.

Ja sam na poslu.

Yes, na poslu.

That's a new thing.

Yeah. Yeah, it's different.

Idem na posao.

Ja sam na posao.

Okay. These are the two important words, I guess, sentences that we need to

know. Yes. And I also wanted to give one more or PoSao variation,

which is without job, like unemployed would be.

Bez PoSla, without job.

Yes. Bez PoSla.

Unemployment is completely another word in Serbian, actually.

Hmm. Nezaposlen. Okay.

It's not that far.

PoSla is that.

Yeah, yeah, you are right.

Ne is negative, so it's not that surprising.

Yes. Not as much as it's surprising for me to say posao, poslo, posla.

You know? And poslo, poslovi.

Okay, okay. Anyway, so first when I tried to write this conversation, I wanted

to use, what?

Menya. Yasama. Menyala.

So in the first sentence, when you asked me, koliko si poslova pro menila,

that was how many jobs have you changed?

Yes. And in the answer, ya sam menila poslova, I changed jobs.

This time, it's not pro menila, but just menila, right?

Yes.

It will be something like, I have been changing in English.

I have been changing jobs.

Yeah, it's perfect, imperfect.

Yes, yes, yes.

And it's a bit irregular, I guess.

Menila became Menyalla.

So yes, yes, yes.

Anyway. Yes, I'm Menyalla.

Menyalla sam, right?

Yes, yes, I'm Menyalla.

Correct. If I didn't have an object.

Oh, you changed a lot if I wanted to say.

Do I say, oh, tisi Menyalla?

Tisi Menyalla, yes.

That's correct, yes.

Okay. I like menjala.

And then we used one kind of colloquial, posla preko vremeno.

Right? That's two words used together, colloquial.

So what does that mean, posla preko vremeno?

Preko vremeno. That means you have a lot of work after hours,

meaning after working hours.

You have something to do after working hours, actually.

Yes, or in short, over time, right?

Over time, yes.

In English, it's over time.

In Serbian, it's two long words, like posla, preko vremeno.

But I understand, preko by itself means...

Over. Preko is over.

Yes, preko is over.

okay very nice time uh-huh so over time if i want to use it

with radim radim preko vremeno would it sound natural to you or not yes

we can we can hear this service so often yes

that's i heard that's why i was like yeah yeah yeah yeah and when

people talk about their work they use veliki stress right Ah, yes big stress

one with one S though stress.

We're not. Yeah.

Yeah. But under a big stress, under a lot of stress is Pod velikim

stressom. Stressom. Yes.

Under, bravo. Under big stress, pod velikim stressom.

Yes. I work under big stress.

Okay. We said I do not work under big stress.

Yeah. And we use the same, Jack, I think it's an adjective, right?

Zadovolna, zadovoljan. Yes, it is subjective, yes.

So you asked me to be, so we use biti zadovoljan.

Da, biti zadovoljan, meaning are you satisfied actually?

Yes. Being satisfied actually.

In English you would need with, but here we use om ending, right?

Zadovoljan, da, yes.

And platom i poslom.

Platom i poslom.

Plata is the female.

Ta plata. That's the female word.

So is that the one poslom is male?

It's the same.

Okay, perfect. And zadovolna or zadovoljan, right?

Has already dovolno in it.

right it has a prefix it's a prefix yes it's a perfect um double

means that you it's enough something that it's enough uh and zado actually it's

prefix but doesn't mean double meaning uh satisfied it's actually it's

a different word yeah because is enough yes a different word we just added

the prefix za and we have now another word which doesn't mean anything with

the government with enough it means satisfied because za is a prefix that

we use for other verbs i was thinking maybe it's driving from that anyway

and the last nice word is dragomia right dragomia is nice but i in

the beginning i remember i wanted to say thanks for i'm very happy for

you or i'm I'm happy that I hear this.

I'm happy to see you.

So what to add after Dragomia was the challenge.

Let's give some examples.

Here I'm happy for you is Dragomija's Bog tebe.

Dragomija zbog tebe.

Dragomije što te vidim.

I'm glad to see you.

I'm happy to see you.

I'm glad to see you.

I'm glad that you've done

that. Yeah, very good.

And do you also, I'm happy to hear this?

Like in English, it's very common.

I'm glad that I hear it.

So sometimes you add da and then you make a sentence, sometimes you put

što and then you put noka.

Okay, nice, very good.

So let's read from the beginning again.

Yes, just one thing, because in my mind I came with also a very

useful word, not useful, but very interesting word from Pozal.

Because you mentioned something that we can best posla without poso something poslo vitsa

it doesn't anything with the posao

dessert shop right no that's poslas teacher okay sorry but that's also has post

lane it Poslovica is the proverb.

Proverb. Yes, Poslovica.

Yeah, that's true.

Poslovica. You've heard that probably, Poslovica.

Yes, yes. A completely different meaning.

Yeah, completely. I'm just checking my book now.

Kaka došla, taka prošla.

Yes, bravo.

I love learning these, but it's very challenging to use them in the right

time.

Okay, let's go.

Maki, how many jobs have changed until now?

More, because I constantly have been in different countries.

And you?

Ti? Ja sam menjala poslove, ali sam radila za istu firmu više od 10

I changed jobs, but I worked for the same company for more than 10

godina. Je li si bila srečna dok si radila tamo? years. Was you happy while you worked there?

Da, nije bilo puna posla prekrovremeno i nisem bila pod velikim stresom.

Lepo. I je li si bila zadovoljna platom?

Da, bilo je dovoljno dobro.

A ti? Da li si zadovoljna svojim poslom?

Da, volim ono što radim i ja sama sebi organizijam vreme za rad.

super, drago mi je zbog tebe right, thank you so much i hvala puno

thank you

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