Learn Montenegrin/Serbian language
Unlike English, Montenegrin language can have more than one negation in the same sentence. Look at the examples: One negation Ja obično ne jedem prije 8 sati. Ja ne želim da se vratim prije 5. Ti nećeš da pokušaš da popraviš ocjene. On nije uradio domaći zadatak na vrijeme. Two negations Ja nikada ne…
I Koliko koštaju jabuke? – How much are the apples? 1 euro kilogram. – 1 euro per kilogram. Dajte mi dva kilograma. – Give me two kilograms. – Here you are. – Thank you. II -Izvinite, koliko košta kilogram pomorandži? – Excuse me, how much is…
Verb to hurt in Montenegrin is boljeti. Just as in English, the body part that is painful is the subject of the sentence. Accordingly, if it is one body part that is hurting, the verb will be in the third person singular, and if more than one part is involved, the verb will be…
Just as nouns and adjectives change in different cases, so do personal pronouns. In Montenegrin they have a short and a long form. The long form is used: *for emphasis * after a preposition *in the initial position in a sentence. The short form is far more prevelient in everyday speech. Personal pronouns…
Practice 1 Make questions for the following statements (the underlined parts) using approproate interrogative words: kakav, gdje, ko, kada, koji, čiji, šta and kako, as shown in the model: Model: Živjeću u centru grada. Gdje ćete živjeti. Mi radimo u ambasadi. _______________________________________________________ Vi ćete raditi mnogo. _________________________________________________________ Oni će ići kod doktora u 9. _____________________________________________________…
A Montenegrin and an American are talking about where they live. Dijalog 1: Gdje Vi živite? Where do you live? Marija, ja sam se preselila…
Dijalog 1 -Gospođice! Miss! -Da, šta želite? Yes! What do you want? -Molim vas, dajte mi malo sira? Please, give me some cheese. -Koje parče želite? Ovo? Which one do you want? This one? -Da, molim Vas, to parče. Koliko košta? Yes, please, that piece. How much is that? -Tri i po eura. …
Ne razumijem. I don’t understand. Molim te/ Molim Vas. Please Možete li da ponovite? Can you repeat, please? Izvinite! Excuse me. Nije moguće! It is not possible. Slažem se! I agree. Baš lijepo što ste ovdje! It is so nice that you are here. Kako si/ ste? How are you? Dobro! I am well.…
Practise: Answer the following questions using the form of the verb to be. Model: Da li ste Vi gospođa Ristić? Da, ja sam gospođa Ristić. Da li je on američki diplomata?_________________________________________ Da li je ona nova sekretarica? _________________________________________ Da li sam ja u Američkoj ambasadi?_____________________________________ Da li su gospodin i gospođa Popović ovdje?_______________________________…
They are common in literature and other written works, while in spoken language simple present or past tense constructions are usually used instead. The present verbal adverb (glagolski prilog sadašnji) shows the cation that is happening at the same time as some other action. It is formed by adding the ending -ći to the third-person plural…
Put the following sentences into the past tense and in their negative forms: Ja, Dragan, gledam kroz prozor. Ja kroz prozor. Ne, ja kroz prozor. Marina, ti čitaš knjigu. Marina, ti knjigu. Ne, Marina, ti knjigu. Maja ide na trening. Maja na trening. Ne, Maja na trening. Novinari pišu članak za novine. Novinari članak za novine. Ne, novinari članak za novine. Vi volite da pravite kolače. Vi da pravite kolače. Ne, vi da pravite kolače.…
The past tense is a complex tense formed in the following way: 1) the present tense of the verb jesam + 2) the active past participle of the main verb. the present tense of the verb jesam (short form) + the active past participle sg. pl. sg. pl. 1. sam smo m. pjevao pjevali 2. si ste f.…
There are two stems in Montenegrin language: present and infinitive, and all verbal forms are formed from one or the other. The present stem is formed by dropping the personal suffix from the 1st p. sg. of the present tense. Personal suffixes for the present tense are sg. pl. 1st p. -m/-u -mo 2nd…
Write out the following cardinal numbers and use the appropriate form of the noun. Example: 15 petnaest knjiga petanest knjiga 9 stan ___________________________________________ 1 frižider _________________________________________ 11 jabuka ________________________________________ 4 paket __________________________________________ 25 račun__________________________________________ 22 strana _________________________________________ 34 pijaca __________________________________________ 30 sok ____________________________________________ 51 lift ____________________________________________ 100 ključ __________________________________________ Convert the above numbers…
Cardinal numbers The Montenegrin word for number is broj. In compound numbers the conjuction i (and) may be omitted. 0 nula 22 dvadedeset (i) dva 1 jedan 30 trideset 2 dva 40 četrdeset 3 tri 50 pedeset 4 četiri 60 šezdeset 5 pet 70 sedamdeset 6 šest 80 osamdeset…
