Hi everyone! Today I'll be sharing how I chose my first 2000 words
how to practice Serbian if you're learning by yourself
it's not ideal, but it's possible
And finally, my little way to
remember names of objects in your surroundings.
Let's go.
2. VOCABULARY
In the last episode we learned about the "80-20" rule
and how everyone has their own way to speak in everyday life
and if we can extract the words we use the most and learn them
in Serbian, so we could speak more fluently.
But how can we have a conversation without knowing words?
Of course, there is the option of
learning new words through conversation
but I didn't have patience for that
so what I did instead was buy a book...
Here it is.
2000 most commonly used words
and I broug--
"rolled..."
This way I was able to have conversations
to naturally add more words to my vocabulary.
Hey.
Here you go.
But, wait...
How do we learn the language if there's no one to speak to?
It's not ideal, but anything is possible with Liz!
Here's a way.
First.
Choose a subject.
Something you often talk about.
I even use italki often to look for subjects.
Then, record yourself speaking about this subject for 30 minutes.
-I speak English, Russian and German.
Third, watch your recording and write down words or constructions
that you didn't know or weren't able to form.
Add them to Anki and learn them slowly.
We'll talk about Anki in the next segment.
If it is hard for you to find a subject
you can repeat what you read in a book,
saw in a video or tell a story from your life.
Bonus tip.
Especially for the beginners.
If you live by yourself or with people who won't mind it,
take some little stickers and
place them on objects their connected to.
It was a cute way for me
to connect words with meaning as a beginner.
This weeks' exercise.
Chose a theme (that you made in the first episode)
write 10 questions in Serbian,
do it on little flash cards
and record yourself responding to them for 30 minutes.
Optional.
Review your video with your partner,
and note down unfamiliar constructions and words.
Next week I'll answer the most common question by foreigners:
How do I use Anki?
I'll show you how I add phrases, nouns, verbs, adjectives
and also the fastest way to add audio, images and notes, all in one go.
I think that'll be the most practical episode of my series.
So, see you,
next Saturday,
as always -
Bye.