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 Nevena (00:00)

Dragi naši, uključujemo se vanredno 26. oktobra, dana kada izlazi ova epizoda, da bismo rekli jednu najlepšu stvar koju možemo da kažemo, a to je... Dear ones, we are breaking in extraordinarily on October 26th, the day this episode comes out, to say the most wonderful thing we can say, and that is...

Jelena (00:11)

To je da je Srbija slobodna zemlja, studenti su pobedili. That is that Serbia is a free country, the students have won.

Svima koji su u Srbiji, želimo vam sve najlepše i nama koji nismo takođe. To everyone who is in Serbia, we wish you all the best and to us who aren't as well.

I dugo očekivana pobeda i nadamo se najboljem. And a long-awaited victory and we hope for the best.

Nevena (00:25)

A mi se sada vraćamo na našu standardnu epizodu. And now we return to our standard episode.

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Nevena (00:28)

Zdravo svima, ja sam Nevena. Hello everyone, I am Nevena.

Jelena (00:30)

Ja sam Jelena. I am Jelena.

Nevena (00:32)

I dobro došli u novu epizodu Unlock Your Serbian sa Jelenom i Nevenom. And welcome to a new episode of Unlock Your Serbian with Jelena and Nevena.

Jelena (00:36)

Tako je, dobro došli u novu epizodu našeg podkasta. I mi danas razgovaramo o novim tehnologijama. Sad mi ovo zvuči smešno kada kažem novim tehnologijama. Mislim da pričam kao ljudi koji su pričali 2000. godine, kao, pojavio se internet. That's right, welcome to a new episode of our podcast. And today we are talking about new technologies. Now this sounds funny to me when I say new technologies. I think I'm talking like people who talked in the year 2000, like, the internet has appeared.

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Nevena (00:00)

Dragi naši, imamo divne vesti, Srbija je od danas slobodna zemlja. Dear ones, we have wonderful news, from today Serbia is a free country.

Jelena (00:06)

Tako je politička situacija u Srbiji se promenila i studenti su pobedili na izborima. Mi smo veoma srećni za sve ljude koji žive u Srbiji i koji ne žive u Srbiji. That's right, the political situation in Serbia has changed and the students have won the elections. We are very happy for all people who live in Serbia and who do not live in Serbia.

Nevena (00:20)

I hajde da nastavimo sa našom epizodom. and let's continue with our episode.

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Nevena (00:24)

Zdravo svima, ja sam Nevena. Hello everyone, I am Nevena.

Jelena (00:26)

Ja sam Jelena. I am Jelena.

Nevena (00:28)

I dobro došli u novu epizodu Unlock Your Serbian sa Jelenom i Nevenom. And welcome to a new episode of Unlock Your Serbian with Jelena and Nevena.

Jelena (00:32)

Tako je, dobro došli u novu epizodu našeg podkasta i mi danas razgovaramo o novim tehnologijama. Želimo da znamo da li su nove tehnologije kao što je AI, dakle veštačka inteligencija ili generalno online komunikacija dobre za naš život ili ne. That's right, welcome to a new episode of our podcast and today we are talking about new technologies. We want to know whether new technologies like AI, so artificial intelligence, or generally online communication are good for our lives or not.

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 Nevena (00:00)

Zdravo svima, ja sam Nevena. Hello everyone, I am Nevena.

Jelena (00:01)

Ja sam Jelena. I am Jelena. 

Nevena (00:03)

I dobro došli u novu epizodu Unlock Your Serbian sa Jelenom i Nevenom. And welcome to a new episode of Unlock Your Serbian with Jelena and Nevena. 

Jelena (00:07)

Tako je, dobro došli u još jednu epizodu našeg podkasta i danas razgovaramo o jednoj lepoj temi. Razgovaramo o svim stvarima koje mi volimo da radimo i koje nas generalno ispunjavaju. That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast and today we are talking about a nice topic. We are talking about all the things we love to do and that generally fulfill us. 

Nevena (00:23)

Tako je, i ako ja zvučim malo čudno, to je zato što sam bila bolesna prošle nedelje, kao i, ja mislim, ceo svet. I zbog toga je moj glas sada malo drugačiji i to na srpskom možemo da kažemo da govorimo kroz nos, kada nam je zapušen nos ili kada nam curi nos i tako dalje i onda ne možemo da govorimo savršeno, onda kažemo da govorimo malo kroz nos, tako da mislim da... ja trenutno zvučim tako da, ne znam Jelena, možeš i ti da mi kažeš da li da ili ne. That's right, and if I sound a bit strange, that's because I was sick last week, like, I think, the whole world. And because of that my voice is now a bit different and in Serbian we can say that we talk through the nose, when our nose is stuffed or when we have a runny nose and so on and then we can't speak perfectly, then we say that we talk a bit through the nose, so I think that... I currently sound like that, I don't know Jelena, you can also tell me whether yes or no.

Jelena (00:58)

Mislim da je sada bolje, mislim da ne zvučiš sada tako, ali ranije, par dana, si mnogo više zvučala nazalno. Ovo je kao ko da učite neki jezik koji ima nazalne zvukove u sebi i onda kažemo pričaj kroz nos. Mislim konkretno na francuski ali tu su portugalski, poljski koji takođe imaju nazalne zvukove. I think it's better now, I think you don't sound like that now, but earlier, a couple of days ago, you sounded much more nasal. This is like when you are learning a language that has nasal sounds in it and then we say speak through the nose. I am referring specifically to French, but there are also Portuguese and Polish which also have nasal sounds.

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 Nevena (00:00)

Zdravo svima, ja sam Nevena.
Hello everyone, I am Nevena.

Jelena (00:02)

Ja sam Jelena.
I am Jelena.

Nevena (00:04)

I dobro došli u novu epizodu Unlock Your Serbian sa Jelenom i Nevenom.
And welcome to a new episode of Unlock Your Serbian with Jelena and Nevena. 

Jelena (00:08)

Dobro došli u još jednu epizodu našeg podkasta. Mi danas razgovaramo o hobijima koje veoma volimo. Razgovaramo o aktivnostima koje volimo da radimo i o stvarima zbog kojih smo srećni.

Welcome to another episode of our podcast. Today we are talking about hobbies that we really love. We are talking about activities that we love to do and things that make us happy. 

Nevena (00:24)

I pre nego što počnemo sa našom epizodom, ako želite da učite srpski sa nama na nivoju A1 i A2, dođite na kurseve koji traju 7 nedelja i imamo časove 2 puta nedeljno od 75 minuta.

And before we start with our episode, if you want to learn Serbian with us at level A1 and A2, come to the courses that last 7 weeks and we have classes 2 times a week for 75 minutes.

Jelena (00:43)

Za više informacija idete na naš sajt unlockyourserbian.com. Mi nastavljamo sa našom konverzacijom o stvarima koje volimo da radimo.

For more information go to our website unlockyourserbian.com. We continue with our conversation about things we love to do.

I, na primer, kao što već znate, ja volim da učim jezike i ja volim da učim više jezika u isto vreme. Za mene nije važno da znam baš dobro da govorim sve jezike koje učim, ali samo volim proces kada učim.

And, for example, as you already know, I like to learn languages and I like to learn multiple languages at the same time. For me it's not important to know how to speak all the languages I learn really well, but I just love the process when I learn.

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 Nevena (00:00)

Zdravo svima, ja sam Nevena. 
Hello everyone, I am Nevena.

Jelena (00:02)

Ja sam Jelena. 
I am Jelena.

Nevena (00:04)

I dobro došli u novu epizodu Unlock Your Serbian sa Jelenom i Nevenom. And welcome to a new episode of Unlock Your Serbian with Jelena and Nevena.

Jelena (00:08)

Tako je, dobro došli u još jednu epizodu našeg podkasta i mi danas razgovaramo o politici. Ovo je možda ponekad i tabu tema, ali smatramo da je u ovom periodu veoma važno da razgovaramo o ovoj temi zato što se politička situacija u Srbiji trenutno prilično menja i hoćemo malo da vidimo u kom smeru se menja i generalno da li su u Srbiji zadovoljni političkom situacijom u njihovoj zemlji. That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast and today we are talking about politics. This is perhaps sometimes a taboo topic, but we consider it very important to talk about this topic in this period because the political situation in Serbia is currently changing quite a bit, and we want to see a little in which direction it is changing and generally whether people in Serbia are satisfied with the political situation in their country.

Nevena (00:41)

Tako je, ovo je tema o kojoj nismo dugo razgovarale. Makar iz moga ugla jedan od glavnih razloga je zato što ne živimo u Srbiji. I uvek sam razmišljala da možda ja kao osoba koja je izabrala da ne živi u Srbiji možda nema puno pravo da razgovara o nekoj političkoj situaciji tamo. Što možda i nije ispravno. Ne znam, to je bila neka moja situacija i neko moje mišljenje, ali s obzirom da se približavaju izbori, dakle u trenutku kada ova epizoda izlazi već je 12. oktobar, treba da spomenemo i nekoliko važnih događaja koji su nas doveli do situacije u kojoj smo sada. That's right, this is a topic we haven't discussed for a long time. At least from my perspective, one of the main reasons is because we don't live in Serbia. And I always thought that maybe I, as a person who chose not to live in Serbia, might not have full right to talk about a political situation there. Which maybe isn't right. I don't know, that was my situation and my opinion, but considering that elections are approaching—meaning at the moment this episode comes out it's already October 12th—we should also mention a few important events that brought us to the situation we are in now.

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 Nevena (00:00)

Zdravo svima, ja sam Nevena. 
Hello everyone, I am Nevena.

Jelena (00:02)

Ja sam Jelena. 
I am Jelena.

Nevena (00:04)

I dobro došli u novu epizodu Unlock Your Serbian sa Jelenom i Nevenom. And welcome to a new episode of Unlock Your Serbian with Jelena and Nevena.

Jelena (00:08)

Tako je, dobro došli u još jednu epizodu našeg podkasta i mi danas razgovaramo o politici. Politika je u Srbiji tabu tema, ali ova tema je važna zato što u oktobru u Srbiji imamo izbore. Imamo parlamentarne izbore. That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast and today we are talking about politics. Politics is a taboo topic in Serbia, but this topic is important because in October we have elections in Serbia. We have parliamentary elections.

Izbori to je kada ljudi glasaju i kada ljudi biraju, na primer, Novi parlament ili biraju novog predsednika itd. Elections, that is when people vote and when people choose, for example, a new parliament or choose a new president, etc.

Nevena (00:43)

I pre nego što nastavimo sa epizodom o politici, želimo da vam kažemo da naši novi grupni časovi počinju u novembru. And before we continue with the episode about politics, we want to tell you that our new group classes start in November.

Kursevi za A1 i za A2 nivo počinju 1. novembra i traju do sredine decembra, dakle traju 7 nedelja i imamo časove 2 puta nedeljno od 75 minuta. Sve informacije su na našem sajtu unlockyourserbian.com. Courses for A1 and A2 level start on November 1st and last until mid-December, so they last 7 weeks and we have classes 2 times a week for 75 minutes. All information is on our website unlockyourserbian.com.

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 Nevena (00:00)

Zdravo svima, ja sam Nevena. 
Hello everyone, I am Nevena.

Jelena (00:01)

Ja sam Jelena.
I am Jelena.

Nevena (00:03)

I dobro došli u novu epizodu Unlock Your Serbian sa Jelenom i Nevenom. And welcome to a new episode of Unlock Your Serbian with Jelena and Nevena.

Jelena (00:07)

Tako je, dobro došli u još jednu epizodu našeg podkasta i mi danas razgovaramo o stvarima koje nas nerviraju. That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast and today we are talking about things that annoy us.

Nevena, kada čuješ ovu temu, da li imaš neku posebnu ideju šta te najviše nervira? Nevena, when you hear this topic, do you have a specific idea of what annoys you the most?

Nevena (00:25)

Kada razmišljam, u poslednje vreme me mnogo toga nervira i mislim da je to baš povezano sa time kako se ja generalno osećam u svom životu. Ako sam ja generalno opuštena i ako se ne brinem ni o čemu i ako je sve okej, mislim da me skoro ništa ne nervira ili ako me nervira to je na nekom jako niskom nivou. When I think about it, lately a lot of things annoy me and I think that's really connected to how I generally feel in my life. If I am generally relaxed and if I don't worry about anything and everything is okay, I think almost nothing annoys me, or if it annoys me, it's at a very low level. 

Ali ako sam ja iživcirana, ide mi na živice, znači da smo iživcirani, onda me i najmanja sitnica nervira. But if I am irritated,it gets on my nerves, meaning that we are irritated, then even the smallest detail annoys me.

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 Nevena (00:00)

Zdravo svima, ja sam Nevena. 
Hello everyone, I am Nevena.

Jelena (00:02)

Ja sam Jelena. 
I am Jelena.

Nevena (00:03)

I dobro došli u novu epizodu Unlock Your Serbian sa Jelenom i Nevanom. And welcome to a new episode of Unlock Your Serbian with Jelena and Nevena.

Jelena (00:08)

Tako je, dobro došli u novu epizodu našeg podkasta i danas razgovaramo o nerviranju. Šta nas sve nervira. Ili, takođe, možemo da kažemo šta nam ide na živce ili šta nas živcira. That's right, welcome to a new episode of our podcast and today we are talking about getting annoyed. What all annoys us. Or, also, we can say what gets on our nerves or what annoys us.

Nevena (00:26)

Kada kažemo da nas nešto nervira, to znači da nam se nešto ne sviđa i da mi reagujemo loše kada nam se nešto ne sviđa. Osećamo loše emocije i nismo mirni, nismo srećni, mi smo iznervirani. Danas želimo da razgovaramo o sitnim stvarima, dakle želimo da razgovaramo o sitnicama. When we say that something annoys us, it means that we don't like something and that we react badly when we don't like something. We feel bad emotions and we are not calm, we are not happy, we are annoyed. Today we want to talk about small things, so we want to talk about little things.

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Danas razgovaramo o društvenim mrežama i lažnoj slici koju one često prikazuju. Često vrtimo storije i mislimo da su tuđi životi savršeni, ali zaboravljamo da retko ko deli svoje neuspehe.

Takođe, pričamo o još jednoj velikoj iluziji – idealizaciji života u inostranstvu. Dok smo kao mlađe maštale o studiranju van Srbije i zamišljale da je tamo sve lakše i lepše, selidba nam je donela i suočavanje sa stvarnošću, stresom i onim najmanje romantičnim delom.

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 Nevena (00:00)

Zdravo svima, ja sam Nevena. 
Hello everyone, I'm Nevena.

Jelena (00:02)

Ja sam Jelena. 
I'm Jelena.

Nevena (00:03)

I dobro došli u novo epizodu Unlock Your Serbian sa Jelenom i Nevenom. And welcome to a new episode of Unlock Your Serbian with Jelena and Nevena.

Jelena (00:08)

Tako je, dobro došli u još jednu epizodu našeg podkasta i mi danas razgovaramo o društvenime mrežama. To jest, razgovaramo o idealizaciji života drugih ljudi na društvenim mrežama. That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast and today we are talking about social media. That is, we are talking about the idealization of other people's lives on social media.

Nevena (00:23)

A pre nego što počnemo sa epizodom, želimo da vas pozovemo na naše grupne pozive svake subote u 5 sati po centralnom evropskom vremenu. Na ovim pozivima mi često razgovaramo o temama koje imamo u podkastu, ali naravno i o mnogim drugim temama. I ovo je super prilika da vežbate srpski sa Jelenom i sa mnom svake nedelje, ali i sa našom zajednicom. And before we start with the episode, we want to invite you to our group calls every Saturday at 5 o'clock Central European Time. On these calls we often talk about the topics we have in the podcast, but of course also about many other topics. And this is a great opportunity to practice Serbian with Jelena and with me every week, but also with our community.

Jelena (00:47)

A mi sada nastavljamo sa našom epizodom. 
And now we continue with our episode.

Nevena (00:49)

Da, danas želimo da razgovaramo o veoma lažnoj slici koju možemo da vidimo na Instagramu, na TikToku, pa čak i na Facebooku i dakle na svim oslim društvenim mrežama koje postoje. I ovo je nešto u čemu baš razmišljam u poslednje vreme zato što, kao što ljudi koji nas dugo slušaju znaju, da kada imamo neku čudnu vremensku pauzu obično uhvatim telefon, gledam društvene mreže itd. Yes, today we want to talk about a very fake picture that we can see on Instagram, on TikTok, and even on Facebook, and so on all other social networks that exist. And this is something that I am really thinking about lately because, as people who listen to us for a long time know, when we have some strange time pause, usually I grab my phone, look at social media, etc.

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U ovoj epizodi razgovaramo o društvenim mrežama i lažnoj slici na internetu. Često gledamo slike i storije i mislimo da su tuđi životi savršeni. Ali, zaboravljamo da ljudi retko govore o svojim problemima.

Takođe, pričamo o životu u inostranstvu. Kada smo bile mlađe, maštale smo o studiranju van Srbije i mislile da je tamo sve lakše i lepše. Međutim, kada smo se preselile, videle smo da to donosi i dosta stresa.

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 Nevena (00:00)

Zdravo svima, ja sam Nevena. 
Hello everyone, I am Nevena.

Jelena (00:02)

Ja sam Jelena. 
I am Jelena.

Nevena (00:03)

I dobro došli u novu epizodu Unlock Your Serbian sa Jelenom i Nevenom. And welcome to a new episode of Unlock Your Serbian with Jelena and Nevena.

Jelena (00:07)

Tako je, dobro došli u još jednu epizodu našeg podkasta i mi danas razgovaramo o društvenim mrežama kao što su Instagram, TikTok, YouTube itd. i razgovaramo o tome da li je život na društvenim mrežama realan. That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast and today we are talking about social networks such as Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc. and we are talking about whether life on social networks is realistic.

Nevena, da li ti mnogo koristiš društvene mreže? 
Nevena, do you use social media a lot?

Nevena (00:30)

Da, ja mislim da mnogo korisim društvene mreže i to nije dobro, to nije idealno. Zato što ja svaki dan vidim šta moji prijatelji rade, ali ne samo moji prijatelji, ja vidim šta mnogi ljudi koje ja imam na Instagramu, dakle koje ja gledam na Instagramu, šta rade, gde idu, kako žive i tako dalje i nekada... Yes, I think that I use social media a lot and that's not good, it's not ideal. Because every day I see what my friends are doing, but not only my friends, I see what many people I have on Instagram—so, that I watch on Instagram—what they do, where they go, how they live, and so on, and sometimes...

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