Posao i škola
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Lesson goals
Vocabulary
- Name posao, škola, radim, and učim for daily routines.
- Introduce kolega and student for people at work and campus.
- Describe a simple weekday plan in the present.
Grammar
- Use radim and učim as steady present routine verbs.
- Ask Gdje radiš? And answer with a workplace chunk.
- Link škola plans with želim and danas.
Culture
- Picture campus life in Banja Luka or Mostar without repeating Sarajevo café beats.
- Treat guide work and student schedules as parallel routines.
- Notice how trams and offices frame a workday postcard.
Watch the companion video
Watch when you can, then come back for words, dialogue, and practice on this page.
Learn Bosnian telling time (YouTube). Clock phrases help you read work and class schedules.
Campus and office postcard from Banja Luka
Banja Luka mixes tram lines, café breaks, and a university campus where students carry notebooks beside the Vrbas River. Emir wears a guide badge for morning groups while Ana borrows a desk in the library for Bosnian homework. Office workers share quick coffee with kolega before the next meeting. Students compare raspored notes in the hallway and say učim prije ispita. A mid-size city workday feels calmer than capital rush yet still full of schedules. Present tense lines with radim and učim are all you need to talk about your own routine here.
Lesson vocabulary
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Grammar
Radim routine lines
Radim tells what you do for work in the present. Add svaki dan or danas after the verb. Keep the line short so guide shifts and office talk stay sayable.
- Radim kao vodič.: I work as a guide.
- Radim u kancelariji.: I work in the office.
- Danas radim rano.: Today I work early.
Učim study chunks
Učim names what you study now. Pair it with bosanski, u biblioteci, or sa kolegom. Present study plans need no past tense storytelling.
- Učim bosanski.: I study Bosnian.
- Učim u biblioteci.: I study in the library.
- Učim svaki dan.: I study every day.
Workplace question shape
Ask Gdje radiš? To learn where someone works. Answer with u plus a place chunk. The question shape opens polite small talk on a tram or campus path.
- Gdje radiš?: Where do you work?
- Radim u turističkoj kancelariji.: I work in the tourist office.
- Radim kao vodič u Banjoj Luci.: I work as a guide in Banja Luka.
Say again
Warm up with four lines you already know.
- Danas radim.: Today I work.
- Učim bosanski.: I study Bosnian.
- Gdje je stanica?: Where is the station?
- Hajde da idemo.: Let us go.
Lesson A. Work and study verbs
Open with posao and škola so work and campus share one lesson frame. Practice Radim kao vodič until Emir's guide shift sounds natural on a busy morning. Add učim bosanski for Ana's study plan at the biblioteka after lunch. Name kolega and student when you point at people in the hallway between classes. Ask Gdje radiš? On the tram and answer with a place chunk that names your office or campus building. Keep radim and učim as present lines rather than a full conjugation chart on the wall. Say danas and svaki dan to anchor time without opening future tables. Say each routine sentence twice, then add hvala when a colleague opens the door for you.
- Pair radim with a place chunk u plus location.
- Say učim with the subject you study today.
- Reuse molim when you ask a colleague for help.
Match work and school words
Match each Bosnian word with its English meaning.
Lesson B. Schedules on a busy day
Move from verbs to a full weekday raspored on paper beside your coffee cup. Say Imam pauzu u podne when Emir rests between tour groups in the old town. Ana tells Amira Želim učiti u biblioteci danas while notebooks stack on the desk. Emir meets a kolega near the kancelarija and shares a quick plan for the afternoon shift. Students pass with knjige while a tram bell rings outside the faculty window. Reuse hvala and vidimo se when the shift ends and the library lamps glow. Try chaining it together out loud. A work verb, a study verb, a schedule word, a break phrase, thanks, and one calm goodbye. Repeat it until your own weekday story feels sayable in Bosnian.
- Point at a clock when you say danas or u podne.
- Keep answers in the present even for future plans.
- Use student and profesor to widen campus talk.
Radni dan i biblioteka
Emir finishes a guide morning in Banja Luka while Ana and Amira plan study time and a colleague shares the office schedule.
Play the full scene once. Then tap a line to hear it. On some lines you can record yourself for a short Speak Check.
Speak Check listens to your recording and sends back short tips.
Speak Check listens to your recording and sends back short tips.
Practice
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Write the Bosnian for I work as a guide.
Hint: Use Radim kao vodič.
Write the Bosnian for I study Bosnian.
Hint: Use Učim.
Write the Bosnian for Where do you work?
Hint: Two words.
Write the Bosnian for I have a break at noon.
Hint: Use Imam pauzu u podne.
Write the Bosnian word for colleague.
Hint: It begins with kol.
Write the Bosnian for Today I work early.
Hint: Begin with Danas.
Write the Bosnian for I study in the library.
Hint: Use biblioteka.
Fun facts
Banja Luka trams frame the commute
Banja Luka workers and students often meet on trams between campus and downtown offices. A guide badge and a notebook bag fit the same morning rhythm. Present tense commute talk keeps the city feel real.
Radim is a daily anchor
Radim plus a role or place tells people what you do now. Guides, clerks, and office staff all reuse the same short line. You do not need every case ending to sound employed.
Biblioteka hours teach patience
University libraries in Bosnia and Herzegovina can be quiet islands on a loud day. Ana's study plan shows how učim fits academic life without a grammar lecture.
Kolega opens office small talk
Naming a kolega makes workplace scenes feel more real. One polite question about posao can start a friendly break. Keep the tone present and practical.
Čuj Bosnu with clock phrases for schedules
A teacher models clock language you can place beside radim and učim.
Speaker · Lingo Hero · Clock and schedule language · focus ~45-90 seconds
Watch & listen
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Listen for a time phrase you could place beside Imam pauzu.
Press play on the video above. After you have listened, show the gist question.
Bosnia today
Republika Srpska leaders keep challenging state courts and police
Leaders in Republika Srpska repeatedly push secessionist rhetoric against the shared state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Entity officials have refused or delayed compliance with state-level court rulings and have built their own parallel political calendar. Disputes over joint police and judicial authority stay in the daily news rather than getting resolved. Ordinary work and school routines carry on underneath a government layer that still argues over the state's basic right to decide.
Wikipedia article on proposed secession of Republika Srpska
Practice game
True or false on routines
Decide whether each sentence matches the lesson.
Radim means I work.
Biblioteka means office.
Gdje radiš? Asks where someone works.
Student means professor.
Quick review
A few words from this lesson, plus ones you missed before. Flip the card, then mark how it went.
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More resources
- Learn Bosnian telling time (YouTube). Clock phrases help you read work and class schedules.
- Next lesson. Lesson 28 reaches Mostar and the Neretva.
- How to speak Bosnian channel. Browse more speaker models after you finish the lesson.
Lesson quiz
Or open the full-page quiz: Lesson 27 quiz
Lesson 27 section quiz
1. What does radim mean?
2. Which line says I study Bosnian?
3. What does biblioteka mean?
4. Where does Emir work as a guide?
5. Which question asks where someone works?
6. What does kolega mean?
7. What civic topic does this lesson highlight?
8. What does Ana do after noon?
9. Which phrase means I have a break?
