1) Courses of the Serbian language for foreigners who live, work or study in Serbia

"Equilibrio" ` s principal activity is the tuition for children and adults according to the latest
world standards.
Serbian for foreigners - Beginner level - is designed and carried out according to the following
curriculum plan:
-

Reading
SUBJECTS

and

writing
TEXTS

Unit 1
Introduction
Making
acquainted
(basic forms)

Short dialogues

Unit 2
Introducing
yourself
Professions
Countries and
nationalities

Short texts:
I am...
I come from...
I like (to)...

Unit 3
Food and drink
Fruits and
vegetables
Numbers (1 1000)
Colours

Serbian,

and

Cyrilic

alphabets.

GRAMMAR

Personal pronouns (N)

Present tense of auxiliary verb TO BE:
am, is, are (positive, negative, question)

Nouns: Nominative Singular

Present of the regular verbs (full and

semi-copulate)
Nouns: Genitive Singular - location
meaning
Nouns: Locative Singular - location
meaning

In the restaurant
In the caffee
Menu
In the bakery
In the fast food
shop
On the market
Telephone calls

Latin

Full form of the verb TO BE/am, is are

Nouns: Nominative Plural and Accusative

(case)
Possessive pronouns: Nominative Plural
Demonstrative pronouns: Nominative
Numerals
Partitive Genitive
Adjectives: Nominative and Accusative

OUGHT + / to + Present /

Nouns: Genitive Plural

Adjectives: Genitive
Personal pronouns: Accusative and
Locative
Verb Aspect

Modal Verbs

Possessive Adjectives
Nouns: Locative Plural
Adjectives: Locative

Comparison of Adjectives

Adverbs (behind, in front of, between,

under, above, next to, about, on the left,
on the right from)

REVISION
Unit 4
What time is it?
Numbers
(revision)
TV program

Unit 5
Family
Parts of body
Shoes and
clothes
Colours
(revision)

In the exchange
office Everyday
activities

My family
At hairdresser's

REVISION
Unit 6
Living
Furniture

My flat
In the furniture
shop
In the shop of

kitchen appliances
My neighbours

Unit 7
Travel

At sea
Letter
Describing a trip
At the customs

Personal Pronouns: Genitive

Ordinal Numbers

Nouns:Instrumental - company and

means
Verbs of movement
/ABOUT + Locative/

Past tense

Potential
/OVER + Genitive/
Relative clauses for place
Nouns: Dative - purpouse, direction,
logical subject, concession

Future

REVISION
Unit 8
Travel

Information
At the railway
station
At the airport
In the tourist
agency
Tourist offer
Taxi

REVISION
Unit 9
Pets
At the doctor's
Nutrition
Orientation in
town

How to choose a pet

At the doctor's
Sit up, straighten
your stomach
Coulinary recepies
Interview

Clause of purpouse/Final clause

Imperative

Vocative

Unit 10
Advice
Want ads

Is the price of glory

too high?
What we dream to
hear
In the bookstore

Conditional clauses (Reality)

/TO, AT + Genitive/

Audio materials and workbooks are used to facilitate comprehension of Serbian as

well as the Cyrillic alphabet.
Beginner level lasts for 14 working weeks, four and a half hours a week (90 min three times a
week ) Total number of hours: 63.
Apart from the Beginner level, the Centre offers INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCED levels.
Highly qualifed teachers, an individual approach to each student, modern equipped and airconditioned classrooms are just a few of the many reasons for you to decide on us.

REGISTRATION and INFO CENTRE

23 Brace Jugovica St., 1st floor
(across the "Balkan" cinema)
Tel . : + 381 11 / 33 73 595, 33 73 596
e- mail: equilibrio@sbb.co.yu