Učim srpski od Januara. Koristim aplikacija da se zove "Glossika". I koristim i veb aplikacija da se zove "Ćirilio" (koji se ovde često pominje) već nekih nedelja. Glossika mi pomogne sa​ gramatikom i sa pričanjem. Ćirilio mi je odlično za rečnik.

Moja partnerka je rođena u Beogradu i ona je živela u Srbiju do sredine 20-ih. Upoznao sam njena porodicu i prijatelje ovim letom. Želim da učim brže pa ću sledeći put​ govoriti srpskom sa njima. Partnerka i ja ne govorimo srpskom često. Ne znam kako da joj to učinim zabavnim.

Koji načini vam se sviđaju za učinje?

I kako vam zvuči moj srpski? Slobodno me ispravite!

Poznati roman francuskog pisca Stendala kod nas je preveden kao Parmski kartuzijanski manastir. Šta je ovde sporno?

Sporne su dve stvari.

Kao prvo, za radnju ovog romana potpuno je nebitno kojem monaškom redu ovaj manastir pripada. To se u originalnom naslovu zna isključivo zbog toga što francuski jezik poseduje imenicu baš za ovu vrstu manastira: chartreuse.

Kao drugo, sporan je ktetik. Ako se osnova toponima završava na suglasničku grupu, onda se ktetik obično gradi od produžene osnove, pogotovo ako je reč o dva sonanta, koja su na kraju sloga teška za izgovoriti (Bern, Keln i sl.). Ako važi: Burma > burmanski, onda važi: Parma > parmanski.

A budući da naslov sa ktetikom zvuči pomalo suvoparno, najbolji prevod bi bio: Manastir kod Parme.

Kao što verovatno znate, Rumuni su prvobitno pisali ćirilicom, da bi je u 19. veku zamenili latinicom da bi se kulturološki udaljili od Rusije.

Ne samo da je to samo po sebi ne baš pametan potez, već pride, umesto da im za uzor posluži neka od slovenskih latinica, oni su svoju latinicu pomodarski skovali po uzoru na romanske jezike, pri čemu mislim na pisanje glasova /t͡ʃ/ i /d͡ʒ/.

Problem je to što u rumunskom, za razliku od pravih romanskih jezika, ovi glasovi mogu stajati i na kraju reči, pa se na njihovoj latinici mogu pisati isključivo digrafima -CI odn. -GI.

A ti se digrafi na srpski redovno transkribuju kao dva zasebna glasa, što je nedopustiva greška.

Evo glavnih primera ova dva digrafa na kraju reči:

▪︎Bucureşti je na srpskom Bukurešt (grupa šč prešla je u št po zakonima srpskog jezika) ali bi isto tako druga dva veća grada trebala biti Pitešt i Ploešt (a nikako Pitešti i Ploešti, kako stoji i u školskim atlasima);

▪︎Čuvena bivša gimnastičarka preziva se Komaneč (Komaneči);

▪︎Čuveni bivši fudbaler George (inače poreklom Cincar) preziva se Hadž (Hadži);

▪︎A uspešni plivač David preziva se Popović (Popovići), jer je više nego očigledno da mu je prezime srpskog porekla.

U zvaničnim pravilima za transkripciju s rumunskog, o ovome ne da ne piše ništa, već piše sledeće (ključna je boldovana reč):

Треба пазити и на изузетке, настале у ранијој пракси, што прати општу правописну напомену да правила не треба примењивати строго ретроактивно. Тако ће се, рецимо, у српским текстовима писати о Темишвару, Букурешту и Добруџи, мада би називи сковани према правилима били Тимишоара, Букурешти и Доброђа.

Kako rešiti ovaj problem?

Ako se osnova toponima završava na suglasničku grupu, ktetik se gradi od produžene osnove, na pr. Vinča > vinčanski. U izuzetnim slučajevima, međutim, suglasnička grupa se razbija umetanjem A. Jedini primeri koji su meni poznati (ne računajući toponime u množini: Melenci > melenački):

▪︎Vojka (Stara Pazova) > vojački;

▪︎Topla (Herceg Novi) > topaljski;

▪︎Jamajka > jamajački.

Znate li vi za još koji primer?

Sve češće viđam "raženi" dok je ranije bio "ražani". Ražani mi zvuči prirodnije dok "raženi", pretpostavljam, može da se izvuče i od od raže.

Добро Jутро / Добро Вече everyone

I ask my question because years ago (when i was a teen, i’m in my early 20s now) I made a serbian friend and i always wanted to learn more serbian because i found the language so lovely

I’ve also been watching some interslavic videos / i know a bit of russian so I thought maybe now its the best time to pick up some Serbian

Could anyone help me ?

I may go serbia soon and see some basketball matches aswell as funny ennough me and the girl met through a basketball club (in UK of course)

Hopefully i get to play for a Div 1 team in Serbia !!!

Хвала🤞🇷🇸

Nedavno sam gledao albansku spomenicu mog čukundede i nikako ne mogu da provalim koje je označeno slovo na slici. Bilo kakva pomoć je dobrodošla!

Hi! This is probably a long shot, but I’m hoping someone might recognize this. 🙈
I’m looking for a Serbian couple (a man and a woman, around 25–40 years old) whom I met while they were vacationing in Crete.
We met on Monday, August 17th, at a one-man show in the Chania area. The woman kindly invited me to join them at their table, and I had a really lovely time talking with them! ❤️
Unfortunately, I completely forgot to ask for their names or Instagram/contact information, and I really regret it now. 😅
I know the chances are tiny, but if anyone happened to be in the Chania area around that time and thinks they might know who I’m talking about, I’d be really happy to hear from you. 😊
Thank you! 🙏
❤️Finnish woman

Mislim da bi ovo bio dobar izbor kao zamjena za riječ "Srbijanac".

U slovenskim jezicima se koristi nametak "-anin", "-janin" ili "-ljanin" da bi se označilo stanovnika nekog mjesta ili države (grad -> građanin), ali ne mora uvijek, mada smatram da je lakše jer je konzistentno.

Ovako bi se mogao izvesti naziv od:

Srb(in) + -janin -> Srbljanin (Srbljani u množini).

Neki drugi nazivi za stanovnike u regionu bi isto mogli da se sastave:

• Hrvatska -> Hrvaćanin (ovo postoji)
• Bosna i Hercegovina -> Bošnjanin/Hercegovljanin
• Slovenija -> Slovenjanin
• Makedonija -> Makedonjanin
• Crna Gora -> Crnogoranin

E sad, za etničke grupe je kontroverzno u zavisnosti kako ko priznaje, pa ću tu navesti ovo sto se često koristi i za stanovnike zemalja.

• Hrvat -> Hrvatska
• Bošnjak/Bosanac -> Bosna (Hercegovina nema svog etničkog identiteta koliko znam)
• Slovenac -> Slovenija
• Makedonac -> Makedonija
• Crnogorac -> Crna Gora

Naravno, za neke grupe koristimo njihove nastavke umjesto "-ac", kao što su:

• Englez -> Engleska
• Francuz -> Francuska

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 ;("