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Serbian TO BE with the song "Čokolada"

Remember the verb TO BE in Serbian ?
Listen to this song and try to add the missing 
Ti ___1____ moja čokolada
Ja ___2___ tvoja čokolada
I da ____3____ tako mlada, _____4____ bih te ljubio x2
__5__ bih te ljubio...
__6__ bih te ljubio x10
--- When you send me the reply, you'll receive the vocabulary and translation :-)
Enjoy singing the song because "ko peva zlo ne misli" :)



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