how is your day?

12:02 Oct 24, 2001
English to Serbian translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: how is your day?
My class has a person from Yugoslavia and speaks Serbian, We are trying to help him learn the language of English and we would like some help with translations.
cameron simpson


Summary of answers provided
5 +1Kako provodiš vreme?
Tatjana Aleksic, MA (X)
5 +1Kako ste proveli dan?
SCOALB (X)
5 +1Kako si? Kako se osecas danas?
TBQGS (X)


  

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Kako provodiš vreme?


Explanation:
This is not a very common question to ask in Serbian. But if we ask it, we mostly say it like that.Literally:"How do you spend your time?"
The most common question we ask each other is "Šta radiš", literally meaning "What are you doing". However, the conventional reply to this is not a list of your current activities, but a very strange "nothing".

Tatjana Aleksic, MA (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in pair: 16

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agree  TBQGS (X)
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Kako ste proveli dan?


Explanation:
Close to "How is your day?" are two common sentences used everyday in Serbia:

1. Kako ste proveli dan?
2. Kako je bilo danas?

Best regards
SCOALB


SCOALB (X)

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neutral  TBQGS (X): depends on the student's age
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agree  fatty
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Kako si? Kako se osecas danas?


Explanation:
There are several ways to ask that question in Serbian.
How is your day? is not in the spirit of the Serbian language, so I suggest you to use more appropriate words for your student's age. I'll give you few examples:
Kako si?
How are you?
Kako se osecas danas?
How do you feel today?
Kako provodis vreme?
How do you spend your spare time?

Hope this helps,
good luck!


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TBQGS (X)
PRO pts in pair: 12

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agree  fatty
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