Cjelina 9: U zdravom tijelu zdrav duh

⚙️ 9 | 1 | Lekcija 1: Sport i rekreacija – Gramatika

Baviti se + Instrumental case

In this lesson you encountered phrases such as: (1) Luku zanima plivanje. (2) Luka se bavi košarkom. It is important to distinguish between these two sentences and the verb they contain.

Zanimati se

Indicates your interest in something (it does not necessarily include your expertise in the field/things you are interested in).

rule > Zanima / Zanimaju ➕ personal pronoun in the Accusative ➕ noun in the nominative (singular or plural)

  • Zanima me sport.
  • Zanimaju me sportovi.

Baviti se

Indicates your engagement in something recreationally and/or professionally. In can be roughly translated with English equivalent of “to be engaged in something and practice it”

rule > Baviti se ➕ noun in the instrumental case

  • Bavim se sportom.
  • Bavim se tenisom i nogometom.
audio pronoun verb form
ja bav-im se
ti bav-iš se
on/ona/ono bav-i se
mi bav-imo se
vi bav-ite se
oni/one/ona bav-e se

9.1.1 Zadatak 1: Čime se bave?

Choose the appropriate noun that best represents what the picture shows.

Now look at the list of the following people and finish the sentences by using the nouns from above. What is their professional occupation? One example is given to you.

9.1.1 Zadatak 2: Koja je ovo aktivnost?

Look at the following pictures. Each of them shows a certain action. You already know the verbs for these actions. Now, you need to write a verbal noun (example: kuhati – kuhanje) form for each of them. We have already talked about verbal nouns. If you need to refresh your memory, check Unit 7 for more information.

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