Serbian 701 — the second listening exercise on the sitcom that made office Serbian famous.
Državni posao is a short-form Serbian sitcom set in a workshop where almost no work gets done. It matters for a language learner because of how the characters talk: this is unhurried, colloquial, Vojvodina-inflected Serbian, full of the particles and fillers that textbooks leave out and real conversations are made of.
| Reč | Šta radi |
|---|---|
| pa | softens the start of a sentence — well… |
| ma | brushes something aside — oh come on |
| bre | adds heat, friendly or irritated |
| ajde | come on, let’s, off you go |
| jel | shortened je li, turns anything into a question |
These are the words that make speech sound Serbian rather than translated. None of them carry much meaning on their own; all of them change the temperature of a sentence.
The Vojvodina accent brings one more habit worth noticing: a fondness for the long, drawn-out vowel and a slower rhythm than Belgrade speech. You will not be tested on it, but once you hear it you will place people by it.
Listen first without reading. Then listen again and fill the gaps. Getting a gap wrong the first time and hearing why is the entire value of a listening exercise — do not skip straight to the text.
Prevuci reči u prazna polja
Drag the words from the top into the gaps, then press Submit.
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SR (lat): Prevuci reči odozgo u prazna polja, pa pritisni Submit.
СР (ћир): Превуци речи одозго у празна поља, па притисни Submit.
EN: Drag the words from the top into the gaps, then press Submit.
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