Hi everyone! Today, our guest and I will show you
where to find films, series and podcasts in Serbian
The first resource which I use is HBO GO which I got free
with Telenor when I bought a (post-paid) plan
and they aren't our sponsor today :P
You just have to have a "white card" & some sort of residency
to get a (post-paid) plan as a foreigner
People always ask me, where to find films and series with subtitles
but the problem is that I've never used subtitles when I watched films
neither in Serbian nor English
My trick is to always find something that is at your level
which means, I'm able to understand at least 75%
of what I'm watching...
Then, I watch someting a little harder when I realise I can understand
literally everything, well not literally everything but
but when it becomes (I think) too easy
I started with cartoons for really young kids
HBO GO has a section called, "Cartoons for the Younglings"
But if you don't have HBO GO, try to write "Cartoons for kids"
And that's how I started before I had HBO GO
The majority of cartoons are dubbed and have subtitles
But I tried them and sometimes they don't really match up
with the voice
but better something than nothing...
And now, we can (go) a little higher...
then we watch "Cartoons of Older Kids... for Older Kids"
I used the site, "crtanitv.com" (check description)
I think that it still exists
You can find cartoons, all in Serbian and all dubbed
For example, you have
(Teenage Mutant) Ninja Tutles
Spongebob (Squarepants)
Dragonball (Z), itd... all in Serbian
I think that HBO GO has a bigger library
when I started I watched Avatar: The Last Airbender &
Avatar: The Legend of Kora
And now, we are at the level where we can understand mostly or
enough to watch real films and I think what is best for the beginning
are disney films, easy for us to watch, oh...
actually easy for me to watch (maybe not everyone likes Disney films)
and then after that, slowly move towards the level where you can
watch contemporary/modern films or series and YouTube
I think at this point, when you're able to speak with people
this is the point where you can watch Serbian YouTubers
Especially vlogs and after that, I'm not at this level
you can watch Serbian national films that have real Serbian humour
and deeper meaning, which means that it is harder for us
like foreigners, to understand but it is possible. Whatever you
love to watch, you have YouTube
For example, I love to cook, to edit videos
and to learn about languages. Then I always put my questions
into YouTube, of course in Serbian, and then I get an answer
in Serbian, and to me, it is so interesting, I can learn vocab
which I will use literally every day
Unfortunately, like I told you, I'm not at the level where I can
really understand and watch these Serbian films and series
So I got some help from our guest today, Moje Blu...
Hey! What's up guys!
Listen. I know that it is hard to find films and series in Serbian
but that's what I'm here to help you!
You can't miss the classics such as Zona Zamfirova or
Lajanje na zvezde which you can find on YouTube
but without subtitles :'(
Maybe, the best thing is maybe to download a movie
and then add subtitles
But, the situation is much better with series!
On the website rtsplaneta.rs you can find series
such as Jutro će promeniti sve, on Amazon Prime Video series
Senke nad Balkanom, on YouTube channel Košutnjak Film
you can find Ranjeni orao. However, most of these series
also don't have subtitles, but you know what does?
My vlogs on my YouTube channel, Moje Blu. Enjoy!
Thank you Moje Blu!
And now, Podcasts! I use "podcast" fullstop "rs" (podcast.rs)
with a "c" not a "k"
I follow "Agelast" who has a really awesome podcast
and he constantly puts new videos on YouTube
Unfortunately, they don't have subtitles
podcast.rs is free. Whatever you love to watch
You will probably find something that you're interested in
Exercise for this week
Find something that interests you that is at your level
And that is all for today, next week we will speak about reading
as a method to learn Serbian and I'll show you how I use books
to learn Serbian. See you next week! Byeeeeee <3