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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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