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Praznični Pozdravi

Serbian 201, Exercise 4 — the greetings you'll actually need in December, January and at Easter, and the grammar hiding inside them.

Nearly every Serbian holiday wish starts with the same adjective — and it changes ending to match whatever comes next, exactly like dobar / dobra / dobro:

srećan + masculine — srećan Božić, srećan rođendan, srećan Vaskrs
srećna + feminine — srećna Nova godina, srećna slava
srećni + plural — srećni novogodišnji praznici, srećni praznici

Two of these greetings work as a call and response — one person says the first half, the other answers. At Christmas: Hristos se rodi! → Vaistinu se rodi! At Easter: Hristos vaskrse! → Vaistinu vaskrse! You'll most often see them written in Cyrillic — Христос се роди, Христос васкрсе.

One thing you'll notice out in the wild: people often write Srećnu Novu godinu instead of Srećna Nova godina. Both are correct — the first is the accusative, left over from the full sentence Želim ti srećnu Novu godinu. Here we're practising the plain form.

1. Srećan, srećna ili srećni?

1. Božić! — Merry Christmas

2. Nova godina! — Happy New Year

3. rođendan! — Happy birthday

4. novogodišnji praznici! — Happy New Year holidays

5. Vaskrs! — Happy Easter

2. Pozdrav i odgovor

Za Božić / At Christmas Hristos se ! — Christ was born
se rodi! — Truly He was born

Za Vaskrs / At Easter Hristos ! — Christ is risen
Vaistinu ! — Indeed He is risen

5. — thanks

6. sve — say hello to everyone

3. Prevedi ceo pozdrav na srpski

1. Happy New Year →

2. Merry Christmas →

3. Christ was born →

4. Truly He was born →

5. Happy birthday →

6. Thanks →

7. Happy New Year holidays →

8. Say hello to everyone →

9. Christ is risen →

10. Indeed He is risen →

11. Happy Easter →

SR (lat): Odgovori nisu osetljivi na velika/mala slova, i može latinicom ili ćirilicom. Dijakritici su opcioni (srećan / srecan). Reči odvojiti jednim razmakom.

СР (ћир): Одговори нису осетљиви на велика/мала слова, и може латиницом или ћирилицом. Дијакритици су опциони. Речи одвојити једним размаком.

EN: Answers are not case-sensitive, and can be typed in Latin or Cyrillic script. Diacritics are optional. Separate words with a single space.

Igra, pa upotreba

Ista gramatika, drugo raspoloženje — Greeting Chase.

Igraj ovo umesto vežbe →

Ready for the next one?

Possessive endings are next — moj, tvoj, njen, njegov, and the gender of whatever they're attached to.

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