Субота на пијаци
Saturday at the Market
A loud, crowded Saturday at a Serbian open-air market: fresh fruit and vegetables, homemade cheese, no plastic packaging, and a bit of friendly haggling.
You will practice: Present tense of -овати/-авати verbs (купујемо, нуде, позивају), the accusative of things bought (воће, паприку), and the comparative (јефтинија).
Words to know
Skim these before you read — they carry the story. Tap the star to add one to your saved words.
- пијацаmarket
- суботаSaturday
- гужваcrowd, crush
- продавацvendor, seller
- купацcustomer, buyer
- воћеfruit
- поврћеvegetables
- сирcheese
- јајаeggs
- парадајзtomato
- паприкаpepper (vegetable)
- хранаfood
- ценкати сеto haggle, to bargain
Did you get it?
3 quick questions — no grades, just a comprehension check.
1. When do the narrator and their mother go to the market?
2. What does the narrator most like to buy?
3. Why is market food described as better than the supermarket's?
Too hard? Pick an easier text in the Serbian reading library. Understanding most of a text without translations is the goal — struggling through is not.