By the end, the learner can narrate a past event while distinguishing background, habit, state, and completed event.
1 · Input first
Kad sam imao petnaest godina, cijeli dan je padala kiša. Čekao sam autobus dvadeset minuta. Onda je stigao moj prijatelj i odlučili smo ići pješice.
Optional gloss: “When I was fifteen, it was raining all day. I waited for the bus for twenty minutes. Then my friend arrived, and we decided to walk.”
2 · Noticing
First question: which verbs set the scene, and which verbs move the story forward?
3 · Explanation
Nesvršeni vid
Background, state, habit, description, or ongoing frame.
Svršeni vid
Completed event, change, narrative step, or bounded action.
4 · Controlled practice preview
Svake subote ona ___ kod bake.
ide · repeated habit
Jučer je ona ___ kod bake.
otišla · completed event
Padala je kiša kad je autobus ___.
stigao · event inside a background scene
5 · Guided production
Write 5-7 sentences about a memory. Use at least three imperfective forms and three perfective forms.
Preview prompt. The live course stores the learner's answer and compares it with the retry.
6 · Spoken checkpoint preview
Tell the story aloud. Keep the background in the imperfective and use perfective verbs for events that advance the story.
7 · AI correction example
Learner
Jučer sam pisao poruku za pet minuta.
Corrected
Jučer sam napisao poruku za pet minuta.
Why: za pet minuta makes the action bounded and completed, so the perfective verb napisao is expected.
8 · Reproduce after correction
The learner tries again without hints, so correction becomes repair rather than passive reading.
9 · Review from mistakes
Svake subote ona ___ kod bake.
Answer: ide