Lesson 22. Days of the week
Seven days
ponedeljak (понедељак)
— Monday
utorak (уторак)
— Tuesday
sreda (среда)
— Wednesday
četvrtak (четвртак)
— Thursday
petak (петак)
— Friday
subota (субота)
— Saturday
nedelja (недеља)
— Sunday
Remember them by counting
Serbs count the days starting from Monday:
- 2nd day = utorak (from
drugi— second). - 3rd day = sreda (the middle).
- 4th day = četvrtak (from
četvrti— fourth). - 5th day = petak (from
peti— fifth).
That makes them easier to remember.
”On Monday”, “on Wednesday”
u ponedeljak (у понедељак)
— on Monday
u sredu (у среду)
— on Wednesday
u petak (у петак)
— on Friday
u subotu (у суботу)
— on Saturday
The ending changes for feminine words: sreda → sredu, subota → subotu, nedelja → nedelju. Masculine words stay the same (ponedeljak, utorak, petak).
”Today”, “tomorrow”, “yesterday”
danas (данас)
— today
sutra (сутра)
— tomorrow
juče (јуче)
— yesterday
Danas je petak. (Данас је петак.)
— Today is Friday.
Sutra je subota. (Сутра је субота.)
— Tomorrow is Saturday.
Exercises
Exercise 1
Which day comes after «sreda»?
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After Wednesday comes Thursday = četvrtak.
Exercise 2
How do you say «Today is Monday» in Serbian?
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danas means today.
Exercise 3
List all the days of the week in Serbian, in order.
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ponedeljak, utorak, sreda, četvrtak, petak, subota, nedelja.
Exercise 4
Translate: Volim subotu i nedelju.
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“I love Saturday and Sunday.” (The weekend!)
Exercise 5
Tomorrow you have English class. Say it in Serbian: “Tomorrow I’m at school.”
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Sutra sam u školi.
Lesson vocabulary
- ponedeljak (понедељак)
- — Monday
- utorak (уторак)
- — Tuesday
- sreda (среда)
- — Wednesday
- četvrtak (четвртак)
- — Thursday
- petak (петак)
- — Friday
- subota (субота)
- — Saturday
- nedelja (недеља)
- — Sunday; week
- danas (данас)
- — today
- sutra (сутра)
- — tomorrow
- juče (јуче)
- — yesterday