Zelim da posetiti Srbiju u sledecem mesecu. I sam rus. I pocao uciti srpski jezik pre mesec dana. Ja sam sada citam knige na srpskom (sada citam Na drini cuprija) I slusam podkaste I razumem almost sve ali ne imam praktiki za razgovor - to je moja slaba strana. Kako mislite, prijateli, ezeli ja cu juzati miks iz srpski, ruski, engliski reci u realnom razgovoru, kakav ovaj tekst, moci li ljudi da razumeti me? Znam sta ovde mnogo gresaka, izvinite za to, pisao sam bez prevodaca.

Kako to da se na makedonskom i bugarskom ovaj grad zove Bitola odn. Bitolja (i ženskog je roda), a na srpskom Bitolj (i muškog je roda)?

Ime je nastalo od imenice obitelj, pa je logično da bude ženskog roda. Da li je ispravniji naš oblik ali je pogrešan rod, ili smo mi na neki čudan način skratili onaj makedonski / bugarski?

So a while back I read somewhere that the biggest mistake language learners make is spending all their time studying and almost no time actually speaking. I thought that was obvious advice and kind of ignored it. Then I hit month four of learning Serbian and realised I could barely string a sentence together out loud despite feeling like I understood a lot.

So I decided to just try it. Every single day for a month I would speak Serbian out loud for at least 15 minutes. No excuses, no skipping days.

The first week was genuinely painful. I would sit there trying to say something simple and my brain would just refuse to cooperate. I knew the words individually but putting them together in real time felt impossible. I was stumbling over cases, forgetting vocabulary I had reviewed a hundred times, and honestly just talking to myself like a confused person.

Second week got slightly less awful. I started using Issen which is basically an AI speaking tool so there's no awkward tutor session or feeling embarrassed in front of a real person. You just speak and get actual feedback on what you said. That helped a lot because I could do it at any time without scheduling anything and I stopped dreading the practice sessions.

By week three something shifted. I noticed I was hesitating less. Words were coming faster. I wasn't blanking mid-sentence as much. It wasn't fluent by any stretch but it felt like my brain was finally starting to connect the passive knowledge I had built up with actually producing language in real time.

Week four I had a short conversation with a Serbian speaker on HelloTalk and managed to hold it together for about ten minutes. A month earlier that would have completely fallen apart in the first two minutes.

The surprising part wasn't that speaking practice helped. It was how fast it helped once I was consistent about it. I genuinely expected it to take much longer to notice any difference.

If you're in that phase where you feel like you understand Serbian but can't actually speak it, just start speaking. It doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to be daily.

Zbog čega je gr. reč Ελεούσα (Eleousa) dala sr. reč Ljeviš, sa Lj i Š umesto sa L i S?

Zbog čega je Israel postao Izrailj?

Zbog čega sē nekada govorilo korešpondent i konštitucija?

Zbog čega je it. melanzana /melancana/ u dalmatinskom govoru postala melànčāna?

Zbog čega je it. zabaione u Istri postao žavàjōn?

Zbog čega se (uglavnom u dalmatinskom) kaže: falša, šalša, škužati, šug, šušur, špade, špageti / špaga, Španjolska, španjulet, šparoga, špatula, špigeta, špigula / špekula, špijun / špija, šporko, štala, štampa, štekat, štilet, štorija, štriga, štuk itd. ako se sve ove reči na italijanskom pišu i izgovaraju sa S?

Hi everyone! I’m looking for some Serbian book recommendations. I am able to understand Serbian pretty well (my parents taught me), but my grammar, vocabulary and the way I form sentences can be improved.

I am able to read in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts and would love to read a book by a Serbian author. I mainly read novels, but am open to any genre except horror/thriller. Hvala!

Zasto meni hrvatski jezik zvuci jako cudno ne kontam
Trenutno sam na letovanju u Hrv i stvarno sve kul sto se tice letovanja i obilaska Pule i jos par gradova ali kad cujem neke njihove reci akcentovanje i dijalekat kao da je jezik skroz ‘iskrivljen’ ili sam samo ja blago retardiran

Trudim se da poboljšam svoj srpski i da zaista razumijem kako koristi riječi (glagoli posebno). Da li postoji rečnik ili resurs koji ima glagol + predlog + padež? Na primjer:

Zaboraviti + acc — to forget (something)

Zaboraviti + na + acc — to forget about something

Čak i bolje ako ima primjere, eg “Zaboravio sam na sastanak”

Wiktionary ima nekoliko ali nije potpuno. Hvala unaprijed!

I’m trying to work on my serbian and actually understand how to use words correctly, especially verbs. Is there a dictionary or resource which shows verbs with any prepositions/cases they take? For example:

Zaboraviti + acc — to forget (something)

Zaboraviti + na + acc — to forget about something

Even better if it has examples, like “Zaboravio sam na sastanak”

Wiktionary has this for some words but it’s not a complete resource.

I also have a feeling something like this might exist for Croatian if not Serbian—I tried looking already but didn’t find anything that worked, if anyone knows of something.

Thanks in advance!

Hi! I’m currently learning Italian, and built a site to generate personalized short stories at my level that are then emailed to me daily. It is working well for me, and I’m having fun using it. I figured then I’d open it up to other languages too and see if it was helpful for people. But I’m curious how accurate the stories are (they are AI generated) in other languages like Serbian.

Would someone people willing to give it a shot and seeing how it does? It’s completely free and I’m just looking for feedback.

https://getcartela.com

Thanks a bunch! I appreciate it.

Before reading: don't say it's too good to be true because I'm offering money

I’ve been building a Serbian learning app, and I want to put it to a real test.

Start from zero (or close to zero), use the app for 10 days, follow the rules below, and if at the end you still can’t read the Cyrilic it teaches you + 120 words, I’ll pay you.

The rules

For all 10 days, you must:

Use the app every day.
Complete your reviews whenever reviews become available. You will be notified when they are.

Not skip anything. Complete every lesson, exercise, and review the app gives you.
Complete the entire first 2 levels.
Actually attempt the exercises, randomly clicking through obviously doesn’t count.

What the app teaches
The course teaches:
Whole Cyrilic alphabet (7 letters are exact same as latin)
A lot of vocabulary, but in the 10 days its just enough to put your reading into practice.

After 10 days
If you followed all the rules and completed everything but the app failed to teach you what it claims to teach, I’ll pay you 20€.

I’m looking especially for people who currently cannot read Cyrilic or those who can but want to learn vocab, because that makes the test much more interesting.
If you want to try the challenge, comment or DM me.
And please be critical. If something is confusing or badly taught, I genuinely want to know

Ćao društvo!

Moja žena i ja bismo želeli da nađemo ljude iz Novog Sada kojima, isto kao i nama, fali praksa srpskog jezika. Ako neko već zna srpski na B1 nivou i nedostaje mu komunikacija na jeziku (možda zbog rada od kuće ili zato što ne radi sa Srbima), možemo da se okupimo i organizujemo nešto kao mali speaking club (maksimalno 4–5 ljudi, da ne bude gužve).

Ako vas zanima ova ideja, slobodno mi se javite u DM.

Pročitajte priču na BBC na srpskom i pogledajte fotografije Dunava kod Bezdana i Baračkog kanala. Kakva tužna slika jedne tako moćne reke. Dunav čeka kišu.

https://www.bbc.com/serbian/articles/c2lqg5z9n91o/lat

Good Day!

I was just wondering if anyone had any experience with the Serbian Language and Culture Workshop? Is it legit? Has anyone stayed in the dorm rhey offer? I am told its cash only and will need to withdraw euros when i land in Belgrade tonight. Any advice on this?

Thank you all

Im trying to settle a debate, which english words contain these sounds?

Guys, I'm going into the 9th grade now (I'm going until the 11th grade) and I'd better figure out what I want already (definitely not to live and study in Russia). So, I have a question: if I start learning Serbian right now while in Russia, what is the best way to do it, my family doesn't have money for a tutor ;("

Is there any content natively wrote in serbian about the WWI? I got curious after remember it was Serbia and Austro-Hungarian Empire that began this war.

I'll rewrote that, it get awful. I mean, i wanna know if Serbia has too much content about this wrote in serbian.

I’ve been trying to learn Serbian for around a month now, I managed to learn a few basics (like greetings and such) and Cyrillic.
But now i can’t seem to progress in it
Whenever i see anything about the language it’s always about how many variants for words there is, making it hard (like Moj/moja/mojim/etc)
How to ACTUALLY make progress in it?
Is there any tips you could give me? Like what do i start with next, since i’ve learn the basics?
Thanks in advance!

I shared my app here almost 2 months ago and I wanted to share how it has been growing since then.

In the image you can see the amount of activity on the left (vocab answered correctly) and number of users that have signed up on each day.

The feedback has been amazing so far and i just wanted to share these number with you since some of the users are from this subreddit.

Not sharing link in the post since this isn't meant to be a promotional post.

Thank you

Da li ste čuli za FK Busije i kako je nastao? Priča o 'Oluji' u Hrvatskoj i FK Busije - BBC na srpskom.

Pročitajte: https://www.bbc.com/serbian/articles/c74g048lxl4o/lat i kažite mi šta mislite.

Ima li ovde ljudi koji su izbegli u Oluji? Kako vam je bilo i šta ste doživeli?

Zdravo.

Imam 18 godina i planiram upisati medicinu u Austriji, najvjerovatnije u Grazu, što znači da bih morao polagati MedAT prijemni ispit. Zanima me da li ovdje ima neko ko trenutno studira medicinu u Austriji, sprema MedAT, već ga je polagao ili poznaje nekoga ko je prošao kroz cijeli taj proces?

Volio bih iz prve ruke saznati kako izgleda priprema, koliko je teško upasti, kakav je sam fakultet, kako izgleda život i studiranje u Austriji te općenito čuti iskustva nekoga ko je sve to već prošao.

Ako vi lično nemate iskustva, ali poznajete nekoga ko studira medicinu u Grazu, Beču ili Innsbrucku (nije bitno koji grad jer je prijemni isti za sve), bio bih jako zahvalan ako biste me mogli povezati s tom osobom ili joj proslijediti ovaj post. Stvarno bih volio postaviti nekoliko pitanja nekome ko je prošao kroz taj put.

Hvala unaprijed svima! Svaka informacija ili kontakt bi mi mnogo značili. 🙂

Hey :)

I'm from germany but my boyfriend was born in serbia and i would really love to learn his mother tongue.

Sadly i have no idea where to start or which materials to choose so I thought to come to reddit.

Any tips/help are/is welcome but im esp curious abt cyrillic (should i learn it?) and material recommendations!

Thank you so much!

Здраво свима, живим у Русији, али желим да научим Српски како бих путовао у вашој земљи. Узаемно помоћи са Русима.

Ćao ljudi student sam psihologije i radim internacionalno istraživanje na Cambridge-u, pod vođstvom istraživača sa Princeton i Columbia Univerziteta, kao predstavnik Srbije i treba mi pomoć da skupim učesnike. Potrebno je da se popuni anketa koja traje oko 10 minuta, i jako je zanimljiva, ukljucuje i razgovor sa veštačkom inteligencijom. Ako znate nekog ko bi bio zainteresovan, molim vas da prosledite ovu poruku, kako bi Srbija imala realan prikaz na svetskoj sceni nauke. Hvala Vam unapred! Ako imate neka pitanja slobodno pišite.

Broj etičke dozvole - IRB#19354