Unlock your Serbian

U ovoj epizodi razgovaramo o mašti i kreativnosti – temama koje nas prate od detinjstva, ali i u odraslom dobu. Govorimo o tome šta za nas znači maštati, kako nam mašta služi kao vodilja kroz život i da li u našoj svakodnevici i dalje ima dovoljno mesta za nju.

Delimo priče o našim najvećim snovima, poput selidbe u inostranstvo, ali i o trenutku kada nas nakon ostvarenja tih želja udari realnost. Takođe, pričamo o važnosti stvaralaštva, pokretanju novih ideja i onom posebnom osećaju kada primetimo napredak u učenju jezika.

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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 danas razgovaramo o jednoj veoma kreativnoj temi. Ova tema je mašta. Šta to znači maštati? Kada maštamo? I da li još uvek znamo da maštamo kada smo odrasli ljudi? That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast, and today we are talking about a very creative topic. This topic is imagination. What does it mean to imagine? When do we imagine? And do we still know how to imagine when we are adults?

Nevena (00:29)

A ovo je jako interesantno što si sada rekla, da li dalje znamo da maštamo? Ovo mi se baš sviđa i mislim da baš imamo mogućnost da raspravljamo o ovome i da vidimo kako razmišljamo o tome i kao i uvek naravno želimo da čujemo i vaša mišljenja, dakle šta vi ili kako vi gledate na maštu i da li dalje u vašem životu ima prostora za nju. And this is very interesting, what you just said: do we still know how to imagine? I really like this and I think we have a great opportunity to discuss this and see how we think about it, and as always, of course, we want to hear your opinions too—so, how do you view imagination, and is there still space for it in your life?

Ako želite i vi da razgovarate sa nama o ovoj temi i o mnogim drugim temama koje mi imamo u našem podkastu, dođite na našem koverzacijske pozive. Ovi pozivi se održavaju svake subote u 5 sati po centralnom evropskom vremenu. If you also want to talk with us about this topic and many other topics that we have in our podcast, join our conversation calls. These calls take place every Saturday at 5 o'clock Central European Time. 

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U ovoj epizodi razgovaramo o mašti i kreativnosti. Pričamo o tome šta za nas znači maštanje i da li i dalje imamo vremena za snove u svakodnevnom životu.

Delimo priče o našim velikim snovima, na primer o selidbi u inostranstvo, ali i o tome kakva je realnost kada se ti snovi ostvare. Takođe, razgovaramo o stvaranju novih ideja i o lepom osećaju kada vidimo da napredujemo u učenju jezika.

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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 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 jednoj kreativnoj temi. Mi danas razgovaramo o kreativnosti i o maštanju. Kada kažemo maštanje, to je kao naši snovi. Šta mi sanjamo i šta želimo da radimo. That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast and today we are talking about a creative topic. Today we are talking about creativity and imagination. When we say imagining, that is like our dreams. What we dream about and what we want to do.

Nevena (00:30)

Da, kada kažemo ja maštam, znači da ja razmišljam o stvarima koje ne postoje, koje nisu ovde, nisu u našem svetu, ali su u našoj glavi. I mi razmišljamo šta može da se desi ili šta mi volimo da razmišljamo kako mi mislimo da će naš život izgledati za pet, deset, petnaest godina i tako dalje. Yes, when we say I imagine, it means that I think about things that don't exist, that are not here, are not in our world, but are in our head. And we think about what can happen or what we like to think, how we think our life will look in five, ten, fifteen years and so on.

Kada govorimo o mašti, mi možemo da govorimo o mnogim stvarima. Na primer, ja često razmišljam o poslu ili o nečemu što volim da radim za posao ili kao hobi. When we speak about imagination, we can speak about many things. For example, I often think about work or about something I like to do for work or as a hobby.

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U ovoj epizodi razgovaramo o veoma lepoj temi – kućnim ljubimcima. Delimo sa vama koliko nam životinje donose čiste radosti, ali i koliku odgovornost nose sa sobom. Upoređujemo naša iskustva sa psima i mačkama, pričamo o izazovima tokom prvih meseci i objašnjavamo zašto nas briga o ljubimcu u početku podseća na brigu o bebi.

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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 (00:08)

Tako je, dobrodošli u još jednu epizodu našeg podkasta. I mi danas, za promenu, razgovaramo o jednoj veoma laganoj temi, a to su kućni ljubimci. I odlučile smo da razgovaramo o ovaj temi zato što Nevena ima malu prinovu kod kuće.

That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast. And today, for a change, we are talking about a very light topic, which is pets. And we decided to talk about this topic because Nevena has a new little addition at home.

Nevena (00:32)

Tako je Nevena je postala mama jedne male mace. I ovo je bio moj životni san. I generalno, rekla bih da se osećam ovih dana kao dete. Još uvek nije prošlo nedelju dana od kako sam ga uzela u trenutku kada mi snimamo ovaj podkast. I pošto sam celog života absolutno želela mačku, a nisam mogla da je dobijem, osećam se kao dete kome su se sve želje ispunile i sada ne mogu da se koncentrišem ni na što drugo osim na macu koja se zove Sevro.

That's right, Nevena became the mom of a little kitten. And this was my lifelong dream. And generally, I would say that I feel like a child these days. It hasn't even been a week since I got him at the time we are recording this podcast. And since I absolutely wanted a cat my whole life, but couldn't get one, I feel like a child whose wishes have all come true and now I can't concentrate on anything else except the kitten whose name is Sevro.

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U ovoj epizodi razgovaramo o lepoj temi – kućnim ljubimcima! Pričamo o tome koliko nam životinje daju sreće, ali i koliko obaveza imamo oko njih. Poredimo naša iskustva sa psima i mačkama i pričamo o tome kakvi su prvi meseci sa njima. Takođe, objašnjavamo zašto je briga o malom ljubimcu na početku veoma slična brizi o bebi.

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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 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 danas razgovaramo o kućnim ljubimcima. Kućni ljubimci su životinje koje imamo u kući. Dakle, životinje koje žive sa nama kao što su pas, mačka ali ponekad i riba, zec itd. That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast and today we are talking about pets. Pets are animals that we have at home. So, animals that live with us, such as a dog, a cat, but sometimes a fish, a rabbit, etc.

Nevena (00:35)

Tako je, danas želimo da razgovaramo o životinjama i o kućnim ljubimcima. Dakle, o životinjama koje imamo kod kuće. Zato što sam ja, pre nekoliko dana, uzela jednu životinju. Dakle, ja nisam imala životinju, a sada imam. I ja sada imam jednu malu mačku, dakle, jednu macu. Kada govorimo o mladim mačkama koje imaju 2, 3, 5 meseci, kažemo da je to jedno mače. That's right, today we want to talk about animals and about pets. So, about animals that we have at home. Because a few days ago, I got an animal. So, I didn't have an animal, and now I do. And now I have a small cat, so, a kitty. When we talk about young cats that are 2, 3, 5 months old, we say that it's a kitten.

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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 tabu temama. Šta su to tabu teme i koje su najveće tabu teme u Srbiji? That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast and today we are talking about taboo topics. What are taboo topics and what are the biggest taboo topics in Serbia?

Nevena (00:20)

Prvo što mi pada na pamet kad da govorimo o tabu temama, jeste novac. Dakle, koliko u Srbiji ljudi ne vole da razgovaraju o novcu na dubokom nivou, ja mislim, dakle, to je sve okej da kažeš, e nisam... Ha, sada mi pada na pamet jedan lep izraz koji koristimo u slengu, možda je i ranije bio više korišćen, ali i sada. Kažemo, nisam pri kinti.

The first thing that comes to my mind when we talk about taboo topics is money. So, how much people in Serbia don't like to talk about money on a deep level, I think, so, it's all okay to say, hey I'm not... Ha, now a nice expression we use in slang comes to mind, maybe it was used more before, but also now. We say, I'm not "pri kinti" (I don't have money).

Ili kažemo nisam pri novcu, nisam pri parama. Znači da nemam sada novac za šta god. I dakle, to je nešto što je okej, može da se kaže, ali se dalje od toga ne razgovara o novcu.

Or we say "nisam pri novcu", "nisam pri parama". It means I don't have money right now for whatever. And so, that's something that is okay, it can be said, but beyond that, money isn't talked about.

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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)

Dobro došli u novu epizodu Unlock Your Serbian sa Jelenom i Nevenom.
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 tabu temama u Srbiji. That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast and today we are talking about taboo topics in Serbia.

Nevena (00:18)

Da danas razgovaramo o temama o kojima ljudi u Srbiji ne vole da razgovaraju. I kada ja razmišljam o ovome, ja prvo razmišljam o tome kako razgovaramo o novcu ili o parama. Dakle, ja mislim da ljudi u Srbiji ne vole da razgovaraju o tome koliko novca imaju na svom poslu, koliko troše ili generalno kako žive. Yes, today we are talking about topics that people in Serbia don't like to talk about. And when I think about this, I first think about how we talk about money or cash. So, I think that people in Serbia don't like to talk about how much money they make at their job, how much they spend, or generally how they live.

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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 danas razgovaramo o srpskom jeziku i o učenju srpskog jezika. I danas ćemo razgovarati o našem iskustvu sa naših časova srpskog jezika. Šta smo primetile da je učenicima često veoma teško i sa druge strane šta je nama najteže kada nešto treba da objasnimo.

That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast and today we are talking about the Serbian language and about learning Serbian. And today we will talk about our experience from our Serbian language classes. What we noticed is often very difficult for students, and on the other hand, what is most difficult for us when we need to explain something.

Nevena (00:36)

Da, ovo je jedna divna tema o kojoj ti, ja i Jelena razgovaramo, ja mislim, stalno. I onda se savetujemo kada imamo neku malo težu situaciju ili kad otkrijemo još neku nepravilnost u srpskom jeziku i onda je stvarno lakše da čujemo kako ova druga rešava neki problem i tako dalje. I danas želimo da razgovaramo o tome. Generalno šta smo primetile je da je ljudima teško i kako mi volimo to da objašnjavamo ili kako smo mi primetile da je najbolje da objasnimo. I... Rekla bih da za mene najveće otkriće u mojoj kaijeri predavanja jezika, koja sada traje već sa prekidima možda neke 4,5 godine, jeste da otkrijem kako da objasnim padeže ljudima čiji maternji jezici nemaju padeže.

Yes, this is a wonderful topic that you, I, and Jelena talk about, I think, all the time. And then we advise each other when we have a slightly harder situation or when we discover another irregularity in the Serbian language, and then it's really easier to hear how the other person solves a problem and so on. And today we want to talk about that. Generally, what we noticed is difficult for people and how we like to explain it or how we noticed it's best to explain. And... I would say that for me, the biggest discovery in my language teaching career, which has now lasted with breaks maybe about 4.5 years, is discovering how to explain cases to people whose native languages don't have cases.

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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 srpskom jeziku. Razgovaramo o tome kako učimo srpski jezik i šta je teško kada učimo srpski jezik.

That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast and today we are talking about the Serbian language. We are talking about how we learn Serbian and what is difficult when we learn Serbian.

Nevena (00:26)

Da, ti i ja, Jelena, imamo časove srpskog jezika svaki dan i mi radimo sa ljudima iz Evrope, iz Severne Amerike, generalno iz celog sveta i mi često čujemo da ljudi imaju probleme kada uče srpski jezik zato što srpski jezik generalno nije lak, dakle srpski jezik je težak i ja mislim da je najveći problem gramatika. Dakle, u srpskom jeziku imamo padeže, to su nominativ, genitiv, dativ itd. I oni su često problem za ljude koji uče srpski na A1 ili A2 nivou.

Yes, Jelena, you and I have Serbian language classes every day and we work with people from Europe, North America, generally from all over the world, and we often hear that people have problems when learning Serbian because Serbian in general is not easy—so, Serbian is difficult and I think the biggest problem is grammar. So, in Serbian we have cases: nominative, genitive, dative, etc. And they are often a problem for people who learn Serbian at the A1 or A2 level.

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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 novim počecima. Za nekoga je novi početak u septembru, za nekoga je novi početak kada je Nova godina, za nekoga je novi početak, na primer, kada je njegov rođendan. Mi danas želimo da razgovaramo o ovome i da vidimo kada je za nas neki novi početak. That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast and today we are talking about new beginnings. For someone, a new beginning is in September, for someone a new beginning is when it's New Year, for someone a new beginning is, for example, when it's their birthday. Today we want to talk about this and see when a new beginning is for us.

Nevena (00:35)

Ovo je sada i odlično što si spomenula prvo septembar, zato što, na primer, meni je uvek septembar asociacija, dakle prva asociacija kada govorim o novim počecima. Mislim da je možda ovo ostalo iz perioda škole, iz perioda fakulteta. It's great that you mentioned September first, because, for example, September is always an association for me, the first association when I talk about new beginnings. I think this might have stayed from school, from university.

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 Nevena (00:00) 

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

Jelena (00:01) 

Ja sam Jelena. I'm Jelena.

Nevena (00:02) 

I dobrodošli 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, dobrodošli u još jednu epizodu našeg podkasta i mi danas govorimo o novom početku. Novi početak je, na primer, u septembru, novi početak je kada je Nova godina...Novi početak je ponekad takođe rođendan. Mi danas razgovaramo o tome šta je za nas i kada je za nas novi početak. That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast and today we're talking about a new beginning. A new beginning is, for example, in September, a new beginning is when it's New Year... A new beginning is sometimes also a birthday. Today we're talking about what a new beginning is for us and when it is for us.

Nevena (00:36) 

Kada kažemo početak, ova reč je malo drugačija. Dakle, jedan početak ali množina je počeci. Dakle, ova reč zvuči drugačije kada kažemo počeci. I za mene je uvek prva asociacija septembar. Za mene je uvek novi početak ili za mene su uvek novi počeci u septembru. When we say "početak" (beginning), this word is a bit different. So, one "početak" but the plural is "počeci." So this word sounds different when we say "počeci." And for me the first association is always September. For me it's always a new beginning, or for me there are always new beginnings in September.

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