Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Textbook : With Exercises and Basic Grammar

by Alexander, Ronelle

• ISBN13: 9780299212049
• ISBN10: 0299212041
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-18
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Summary

With the disintegration of Yugoslavia has come a shifting of linguistic boundaries, chiefly along political lines. Out of this complex situation three official languages have emerged: Croatian in Croatia, Serbian in Serbia, and both these languages plus Bosnian in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Textbook introduces the student to all three. Dialogues and exercises appear in each language, presented side by side for easy comparison; in addition, Serbian is rendered in both its Latin and its Cyrillic spellings. Teachers may choose a single language to use in the classroom, or they may want to familiarize students with all three. Features of the textbook include: All dialogues, exercises, and homework assignments available in Bosnian, Croatian, or Serbian Classroom exercises designed for both small-group and full-class work, allowing for maximum oral participation Reading selections written by Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian authors especially for this book Vocabulary lists for each individual section and full glossaries at the end of the book A short animated film, on an accompanying DVD, for use with chapter 15 Brief grammar explanations after each dialogue, with cross-reference to more detailed grammar chapters inBosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a GrammarAvailable separately, the audio supplement (ISBN 0-299-22110-5) offers audio recordings of all dialogues inBosnian, Croatian, and Serbian, a Textbook.

Author Biography

Ronelle Alexander is professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of the two-volume Intensive Bulgarian:  A Textbook and Reference Grammar.



Ellen Elias-Bursac is a language teacher and a literary translator. She taught BCS for ten years at the Harvard University Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and now lives in Europe.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xii
To the student	p. xiii
To the teacher	p. xiv
Optimum use of the exercises and drills
Organization of the lessons
Designation of differing forms
Organization of vocabulary boxes within lessons
Accent
Unaccented words and clitics
Abbreviations used in Lessons 1-20	p. xvii
Kako Se Zoves?	p. 1
Alphabets and sounds
Verb conjugation
Singular and plural you
The verb to be
Vocabulary differences
Sta Je Ovo? [B,S] Sto Je Ovo? [C]	p. 2
Nouns and gender
Pronouns
Questions
Adjectives
Dobar Dan!	p. 4
Adjectives, continued
Spelling of personal names
Pas I Macka	p. 6
Nouns denoting professions and nationalities
The verb to be, continued
Plural of masculine nouns
Vocabulary differences, continued
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 8
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 10
Geografska pitanja	p. 12
Blank map	p. 13
Cyrillic practice sheets	p. 14
Uciti Zajedno	p. 19
Addressing people: vocative case and politeness formulas
Accusative case
Time expressions: days of the week
Present tense of verbs
Negation
The conjunction da
Variant forms: ijekavian and ekavian
Object pronouns, clitic forms
Koga Vidis?	p. 22
Accusative case of animate nouns
Object pronouns, full forms
Demonstrative pronominal adjectives
Fleeting vowels in adjectives
Kupujem PSA	p. 24
Accusative of animate masculines and fleeting vowels
Verbal aspect, introduction
Prepositions
Long and short adjectives
Adjectives ending in -o
Verbs in -ovati
Papirnica	p. 26
The verb moci
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 28
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 32
Geografska pitanja	p. 34
Kako Ste?	p. 35
Nominative plural of nouns
Nominative plural of adjectives
The words meaning person, people
Conjugation of poznavati
Long-form pronouns used for emphasis
Case forms of names
Adverbs
The word for one
Laku Noc!	p. 38
Feminine nouns ending in a consonant
Accusative plural
Added syllables in the plural
Negation, continued
Sta Vise Volis? [B,S] Sto Vise Volis? [C]	p. 40
Cije Su Ove Olovke?	p. 41
Interrogative pronominal adjectives
Sound shifts in nominative plural
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 42
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 44
Geografska pitanja	p. 46
Odakle Ste?	p. 47
Forms of the genitive case
Fleeting vowels and consonant softening
Possible accent shifts
Question words and conjunctions
Kod Koga Su Nase Knjige?	p. 49
Possessive pronominal adjectives
Uses of the genitive case
Pronouns in the genitive case
Turning questions into statements
I Jos Nesto ...	p. 51
Numbers
Partitive genitive
Masculine names ending in a vowel
Trazim Neke Stvari	p. 53
Prepositions with the genitive, continued
"Pointer" words
English It is... sentences
Verb conjugation
Names ending in -ski, -ska
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 55
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 58
Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Federation and Republic of Srpska	p. 62
Geografska pitanja	p. 62
Pet Macaka I Pet Pasa	p. 63
Genitive plural
Uses of the genitive plural
Adverbs of direction
Distributive po
Nema Novca!	p. 65
Uses of the genitive case, continued
Prepositions with the accusative case
Telling time
Motion verbs and aspect
The verb "want"
Ko Dolazi? [B,S] Tko Dolazi? [C]	p. 67
Genitive phrases of time
Verbs and aspect
The possessive adjective svoj
The verb budem, budes etc.
Bosnian vocabulary
Izlazak U Grad	p. 69
Negation
Aspect and prefixation
More on vocabulary differences
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 71
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 74
Geografska pitanja	p. 77
U Zgradi	p. 79
Locative case
Usage of the locative case
Irregular plurals
Univerzitet [B,S] Sveuciliste [C]	p. 81
Past tense, introduction
Verbal usage, continued
Forms of the locative case, continued
Time expressions
Ordinal numbers
Kako Ti Je?	p. 84
Dative case
Dative and locative personal pronouns
Word order
The pronominal forms sam, samo, sama
Sta Ti Se Svida? [B,S] Sto Ti Se Svida? [C]	p. 86
The words "like" and "love"
Other uses of the dative
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 88
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 91
Map of Croatian regions	p. 96
Geografska pitanja	p. 96
Dorucak	p. 97
Instrumental case
The instrumental case of pronouns
The instrumental case with prepositions
Cime Ides Na Posao?	p. 100
Use of the instrumental case
Prepositions with the instrumental
Verbs of transport
Negative imperative
Ma Nemoj!	p. 102
The imperative mood, continued
"Inclinational" se-verbs
Prepositions meaning "to [a person]"
Aspect, continued
Cime Pises?	p. 104
Instrumental of means
Variation in suffixes and gender of nouns
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 106
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 108
Aforizmi Dusana Radovica	p. 111
Strpljenje	p. 113
Plural case forms
Vocative case, continued
Nestrpljenje	p. 114
Neuter nouns with added syllable -et-
Irregular plurals of dete / dijete, brat, gospodin
Javi Se!	p. 116
Se-verbs, continued
Soba	p. 117
Review of prepositions
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 119
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 122
Aforizmi Dusana Radovica	p. 126
Sta Ces Raditi? [B,S] Sto Ces Raditi? [C]	p. 127
The future tense
Word order in the future and variant spellings
The preposition na in future time expressions
Pogledaj Se!	p. 129
Questions and negation in the future tense
Word order in the future tense
Double meanings of hteti / htjeti
Reflexive verbs
The particle se with verbs
Aspect, continued
Stanovanje	p. 130
Negated prepositional phrases
"What" clauses
Na Stanici [B,S] Na Kolodvoru [C]	p. 132
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 134
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 136
Aforizmi Dusana Radovica	p. 140
Kod Charliea [B,C] Kod Carlija [S]	p. 141
Verb typology
Past tense
Usage of the past tense
Past and future tense of "existential" ima and nema
Pisati I Napisati	p. 144
Word order in the past tense
Verbal aspect, continued
Subjectless sentences
"Bio Jednom Jedan Lav" - Dusan Radovic	p. 147
Bole Me I Noge I Ruke	p. 150
Verbal nouns
The human body
Verbs of transport
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 153
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 155
Aforizmi Dusana Radovica	p. 157
Vazno, Vaznije, Najvaznije	p. 159
Comparison of adjectives
Passive participles
Dva Restorana	p. 162
Comparison of adjectives expressed by consonant softening
Comparison of adverbs
Comparison "than"
The verb trebati
Names of professionals
	p. 165
Struka I Posao	p. 166
The instrumental case, continued
Treba Mi Posao!	p. 169
The verb trebati, continued
Verbs of body position
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 171
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 174
Aforizmi Dusana Radovica	p. 176
Studentski Dom	p. 177
Cardinal numbers, review
Agreement with cardinal numbers
Fractions and approximative numbers
Koji as relative conjunction
Present verbal adverb
Kupovina	p. 182
Agreement with cardinal numbers
Group numbers
Past verbal adverb
Koliko Imas Godina?	p. 186
Ordinal numbers in naming dates
Discussing one's age
The "exact future"
The conjunction sto
Words meaning "ought, might, may"
Sta Se Dogodilo? [B,S] Sto Se Dogodilo? [C]	p. 188
Ordinal numbers, continued
Aorist and imperfect
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 190
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 193
Aforizmi Dusana Radovica	p. 195
Dobrodosli!	p. 197
The conditional mood
Evo Kompjutera! [B,S] Evo Kompjutora! [C]	p. 200
Use of the conditional in "toned-down" statements or requests
Indirect discourse
Da introducing proposed actions
Polako ...	p. 202
Conditional sentences
Conditional of purpose
Uputstva	p. 204
Relative clauses
Compound conjunctions
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 207
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 211
Aforizmi Dusana Radovica	p. 214
Recept Za Kahvu [B] Kavu [C] Kafu [S]	p. 215
Infinitives in the function of imperative
Passive sentences
Impersonal sentences
Passive participles, past and present verbal adverbs
Oluja	p. 220
Telling time, continued
Crna Hronika [B,S] Crna Kronika [C]	p. 222
Magla	p. 224
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 226
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 229
Aforizmi Dusana Radovica	p. 231
Pingvin Charlie prica: Hanna Kraatz reziser: B. Kolar	p. 234
Aspect choice and verbal meaning
Aspect and narrative
Sve plus the comparative
Kontrolni Test	p. 236
Jedan drugi "each other"
Stati
Sav "all", sve "everything" and svi "everyone"
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 238
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 241
"Ljepotica I Zvijer" - Ferida Durakovic	p. 243
"Zemlja" - A. B. Simic	p. 246
Grammar note on aorist and imperfect	p. 247
"Vece Na Skolju" - Aleksa Santic	p. 249
Nastanak I Nestanak	p. 251
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 253
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 255
"Jesenje Vece" - Antun Gustav Matos	p. 259
"Notturno" - Tin Ujevic	p. 262
Matos I Ujevic	p. 264
Grammar note on the particle god	p. 265
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 266
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 268
"Ociju Tvojih Da Nije" - Vasko Popa	p. 269
"Za Lazi Izgovorene Iz Milosrda" - Desanka Maksimovic	p. 272
"Sibinjanin Janko ..." - Stanko Pizurica	p. 274
Epska Poezija	p. 277
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 278
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 281
Pismo O Dolasku Na Filmski Festival	p. 283
Odgovor Iz Sarajeva	p. 286
Pismo O Istrazivackom Radu U Hrvatskoj	p. 288
Odgovor Iz Zagreba	p. 291
[characters not reproducible]	p. 294
Odgovor Iz Beograda	p. 296
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 299
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 300
"U Zagrljaju Rijeke" - Miro Gavran	p. 301
Vjezbe [J] Vezbe [E]	p. 310
Domaci Zadatak [B,S] Domaca Zadaca [C]	p. 312
Abbreviations used in the Appendices	p. 313
Latin and Cyrillic alphabets	p. 315
A selection of women's and men's names	p. 317
Cyrillic guidelines for use with worksheets on pages 14-17	p. 319
Noun declensions: paradigms Declension of personal names Adjective declension: paradigms Declension of pronouns	p. 323
The most common prepositions	p. 331
Verbal conjugation	p. 333
"Osam Malih Prica O Mojoj Zeni" - David Albahari	p. 341
"Ljubav Na Spanjolski Nacin" - Muharem Bazdulj	p. 347
Kljuc (Key to A exercises in Lessons 1-14)	p. 357
Key to audio recordings	p. 373
How to use the BCS glossary	p. 375
General
Definitions
Different forms
Grammatical information
Accentuation
How to use the English glossary	p. 377
Abbreviations in the glossaries	p. 378
BCS-English Glossary	p. 379
English-BCS Glossary	p. 431
Sources for illustrations	p. 471
Index	p. 473
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