Colloquial Serbian Book

Map of Serbia
Introduction
Table of alphabets and pronunciation
1. Upoznavanje. Meeting.
The verb biti; personal pronouns; nationalities; basic word order;formation of questions; introducing yourself.
2. Putnici idu u hotel. The travellers go to the hotel.
Main conjugations of verbs; verbal aspect; reflexive verbs;adverbs.
3. Dolazak u hotel. Arrival at the hotel.
Nouns: the nominative case; the vocative case; simple letters;adjectives from proper nouns; double negatives.
4. Odlazak u grad. Going into the city.
Accusative case; accusative case after certain prepositions;genitive case; nema + genitive; prepositions; questions and answers.
5. U Beogradu. In Belgrade.
The dative case; the locative case; the instrumental case; a telephone conversation.
6. Razgovor o stanu. Conversation about a flat.
Adjectives; the nominative case of adjectives
7. U popti. At the post office.
Cardinal numbers 1, 2, 3, etc.; the use of verbs with numbers; telephone conversations.
8. U restoranu. In the restaurant.
Ordering meals; the genitive case of adjectives; the accusative case of adjectives; vocabulary building: food and drink.
9. U turistiEkoj agenciji. At the tourist agent's.
Street directions; adjectives: dative and instrumental; prepositions;the use of reflexive verbs.
10. Putovanje autobusom. Bus journey.
The past tense; word order; past tense questions; negative past tense;the emphatic use of pronouns; use of past tense with numbers.
11. PorodiEni odnosi. Family relationships.
Personal pronoun declensions; family relationships; word order (3); usage of pronouns.
12. Seoski aeivot. Village life.
The future tense; using thelong form of the future auxiliary; structures with the future tense; vocabulary building: animals; points of the compass.
13. Muzika. Music.
Ordinal numbers: first, second, etc.; periods of time; dates; days of the week; vocabulary building: time.
14. Pakovanje. Packing.
The comparative of adjectives; the comparative of adverbs; structures with the comparative; the superlative; clothes, colours.
15. Polazak. Departure.
Demonstrative pronouns: 'this', 'that'; possessive adjectives; preparing for a car journey; driving, route planning.
16. U kvaru. Breakdown.
Possessive pronouns: my, your, etc.; parts of a car.
17. U kupovini. Shopping.
Interrogative pronouns: 'who', 'what', etc.; relative pronouns: 'who', 'which', etc.; shopping for food; aspect 2; lost items, visiting a police stations.
18. Dolazak u Kotor. Arrival in Kotor.
The imperative; negative imperatives; adjective phrases expressed by verbs;aspect 3; parts of the body.
19. U Kotoru. In Kotor.
The conditional: 'I would', etc.; conditional clauses; hypotheses; reflexive phrases.
20 Kraj. The end.
Participles: 'being', 'having been', etc; verbal nouns; word order.

Grammar summary
Key to main exercises
Translations of main texts
Serbian-English glossary
English-Serbian glossary
Subject index