The communicative skills for this lesson include the following:
Expressing liking and
disliking (more to come in Lesson
Five):
Liking: Volim [pronoun/noun,
Accusative] Volim ga 'I
love/like him', Volim ovu profesoricu
'I love/like this professor', Volim tu
supu 'I love/like that soup'.
Volim [verb,
Infinitive] Volim čitati 'I
love/like to read'. Volim da [verb, Present Tense] Volim
da čitam 'I love/like to read' (the latter variant
is not used in Croatian).
Disliking: Ne volim
[pronoun/noun, Accusative] Ne volim ga
'I do not like him', Ne volim ovu
profesoricu 'I do not like this professor', Ne
volim tu supu 'I do not like that soup'
Ne volim
[verb, Infinitive] Ne volim čitati
'I do not like to read'. Ne volim da [verb, Present Tense]
Ne volim da čitam 'I
love/like to read'. (the latter variant is not used in Croatian).
Controlling the stream of conversation: Basic functions can be summarized in the following table:
|
Function |
Serbo-Croatian |
English |
|
Opening conversation |
Izvinite/izvini!, Znate/znaš da..., Slušajte/slušaj... |
'Excuse me! Do you know that...Listen...' |
|
Introducing one's point |
Mislim da..., Smatram da..., Po meni... |
'I think that..., I believe that..., According to me...' |
|
Stimulating to conversation |
I?, A onda?, Kaži(te) mi... |
'And (i.e, what happened next), And then?, Tell me...' |
|
Reacting to information |
Zbilja?, Nemoguće!, Ma nemoj, A da. Aha. |
'Really?, Impossible!, Don't tell me., Oh, yes. Huh-huh.' |
|
Asking for clarification |
Je li jasno? Razum(ij)ete/razum(ij)eš li? Ne razum(ij)em. Ponovite. Malo sporije, molim. |
'Is that clear? Do you understand? I do not understand. Repeat. Little slower, please.' |
|
Finishing conversation |
To je sve. |
'That is all.' |
Asking more complex questions: Vi ne znate/Ti ne znaš da li, gd(j)e, kada, ...? 'You do not happen to know if, where, when...?, Znate li/Znaš li gd(j)e se nalazi [NOUN]? Znaš li gdje se nalazi pošta? 'Do you know were the post office is?', [sentence], zar ne? To je ona, zar ne? 'That is she, isn't it?
Proceed with further exploring the lesson by clicking the [NORMS] link on the left.