This video is for
Serbian males or females who
have a boyfriend... girlfriend...
husband... wife...
cat... hamster...
And you would like them to learn Serbian
I know... it's always easier to speak English
Easier for you and easier for us
But how do you expect us to learn Serbian
if you speak to us in English all the time!?
So in this video, I will share 5 ways to
help you and your partner
or children or animals
to learn Serbian!
and first!
If your partner is a beginner
you need to start at ZERO!
think about it...
where does a baby start?
Babies don't discuss
philosophy or the weather...
they start with nouns!
Like mum... dad...
teddy... dog *woof woof*
cat... *meow*
etc...
and slowly, bit by bit...
you can progress
towards imperatives
like, "Give me food!"
"Give me help"
"Give me salt"
"Give me a hamster"
etc...
and eventually you'll be able to add
more verbs like
"Sit" "Go"
"Wait" "Shut up!"
It's really good to put words into context!
When your partner improves
They will ask you, "What did you say?"
Don't tell them in English!!!!
Instead, explain the word
in a different way
For example!
"Hey Liz, I love you!"
"Uhh, sorry? What does "volim te" mean?"
For example, "If a man and woman love each other a lot
they say, "volim te"."
If it doesn't work, use your hands and body
"Still don't understand"
If they still don't understand, draw a picture!
and if all 3 ways, still don't work...
You must be terrible at charades...
Put aside time with your partner to speak only in Serbian
For example, Eloj.. Eloi... Eloi???
From "Fracuz u Srbiji"
Has one day a week where he speaks only in Serbian
with his girlfriend, and one day in French
And if you don't have time, just one hour is better than nothing...
you could buy books for children
and read it together
make sure that it has a lot of pictures
and on every page, ask questions
Level 1... uhh... Level 1
Level 1 is "yes and no" questions
For example, "Is this a cat?"
"Do you like this?"
It's great to practice your listening
and learn new words
Level 2, ask...
"What is this?" "How many ___ does it have?"
"What colour is this?"
etc...
Level 3
Ask them about their th...ou...gh...ts
th... ou... gh... ts... re...flec...tions...
*sigh*
Ask them about their thoughts...
from the topics in the book
this book is about, how Misko
doesn't like to eat
Ask your partner, "What do you like, or not like to eat?"
Be creative!
Number 4!
You'll hate me... but...
You' don't need to
Learn...
Grammar...
Children don't learn grammar
So you don't need to
Your partner will learn which case to use
when they speak fluently
by listening and speaking
and then, after that
if he or she
wants to learn, they can go to school
for example for me, I learnt grammar first
so sometimes when I say something, I say the same sentence three times...
and I kind of over think it...
the poor soul who is listening to me and having to listen to me
is already half-asleep
actually, if I had just said it the first time, they would have understood
Unless you're taking a proficiency test
where you actually need to learn
the names of each of the cases and like
we use certain endings in certain contexts and in
certain sentences, yeh absolutely learn your grammar.
Number 5
Don't correct
Their
Mistakes!
Unless you don't understand what they are trying to say
Sorry I have to rush through this because it's getting dark...
You don't want to correct their mistakes because they can lose confidence
and what's really important is to keep their confidence up
if you're correcting them at the end of every sentence
It can get their confidence down and they might give up on learning the language all together
and of course, that's not what you want
and it's probably not what they want as well
and that is everything!
Question of the day!
If you're learning Serbian, let me know how you met
your Serbian ❤️
I can hardly wait to hear your stories!
It's always really interesting!
I hope that you have fun with these 5 tips!
Let me know how you go below or on Instagram!
See you soon! Bye!!!! ❤️❤️❤️