Serbian 801 — a life told in a few paragraphs, and the questions that go with it.
At this level the exercise is no longer about a rule. It is about holding a whole text in your head long enough to answer a question about it — which is a different skill, and the one that actually matters.
Stana Tomašević Arnesen was a Partisan fighter from Montenegro who went on to a career in Yugoslav diplomacy, including as ambassador to Norway. Biographies of that generation are written in a particular Serbian: past tense throughout, formal verbs, and long sentences held together by relative clauses.
| Vezna reč | Kako radi |
|---|---|
| koji, koja, koje | agrees with what it refers back to, and takes the case its own clause needs |
| gde | where — a place already mentioned |
| kada | when — ties two events together |
| zbog čega | because of which — formal, common in writing |
The koji family is the one to slow down on. It takes its gender and number from the noun it points back to, but its case from the clause it now sits in. Žena koja je došla — nominative, she is the subject. Žena koju smo videli — accusative, she is the object. Same woman, different job in the sentence.
Read the whole text once before you touch a single gap. At this level guessing from the immediate context stops working.
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.