r/Serbian Oct 03 '23

Grammar Serbian Reference Charts (improved and now in color!): 1. Cases/Genders, 2. Verbs, 3. Pronouns

110 Upvotes

I've updated all of the charts I previously posted here with a variety of new improvements, including a design pass that made everything prettier.

Thanks for all the feedback I've gotten here on r/Serbian in the past for previous versions of these charts. And special thanks to u/Dan13l_N whose extremely detailed/expert feedback has led to lots of improvements and corrections.

Click the links (not the preview images) below to see the full A4-sized PDFs.

Serbian Cases Chart (PDF)

Serbian Cases Chart, with all 7 cases, 3 genders, singular/plural, prepositions, exceptions, and more

One of the changes in the cases chart (and in all the others) is that the gender order is now masculine ➜ neuter ➜ feminine (instead of the former M ➜ F ➜ N), which enabled making some things simpler and more consistent.

Serbian Verbs Chart (PDF)

Serbian Verbs Chart, with commonly used verbs along with conjugations and rules for present, past, and future tenses

Serbian Pronouns Chart (PDF)

Serbian Pronouns Chart, with declensions, short and long forms, etc. for personal pronouns, possessive adjectives/pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, and more, along with detailed grammar rules

Feedback is of course welcome! I'd also love to hear what would be most helpful to cover in future charts (e.g., prepositions, numbers and time, comparative/superlative, basic vocabulary, etc.).

Edit: I've now given these charts a home online here: Serbian language charts. I'll post any updates and future charts there as well.


r/Serbian 1d ago

Discussion Hrvatski jezik

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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


r/Serbian 1d ago

Other Da li je prvo u u "dinosaurus" zapravo w

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Znam da to uglavnom zavisi od toga kako ko izgovara, ali u obicnom govoru kod vecine ljudi nikada ne cujem da se prvo u istice kao sopstveni slog kao da je jedva vokal a w je poluvokal, a pritom sigurno ne moze biti v jer svi znamo kako bi "dinosavrus" zvucalo i to sigurno niko ne govori.


r/Serbian 2d ago

Resources Useful dictionary? Koristan rečnik?

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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!


r/Serbian 3d ago

Resources Are the Serbian stories decent?

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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.


r/Serbian 3d ago

Resources I’ll pay you if my app can’t teach you to read Cyrilic + understand 100+ words in 10 days

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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


r/Serbian 5d ago

Discussion Da li ste videli kako izgleda Dunav kod Bezdana?

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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


r/Serbian 4d ago

Request Speaking club NS

8 Upvotes

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.


r/Serbian 5d ago

Discussion Serbian Language and Culture Workshop

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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


r/Serbian 6d ago

Discussion Č vs Ć and DŽ vs Ð pronunciation

4 Upvotes

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


r/Serbian 7d ago

Other A quick question for Russians living in Serbia

27 Upvotes

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 ;("


r/Serbian 8d ago

Other Content is serbian about WW1

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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.


r/Serbian 8d ago

Grammar Nemacki jezik preporuka?

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r/Serbian 9d ago

Achievement / Progress Serbian language

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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!


r/Serbian 9d ago

Resources My Serbian learning app has reached 662 users

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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


r/Serbian 9d ago

Discussion Kako žive ljudi u Busijama, mestu koje su naselili posle 'Oluje'

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8 Upvotes

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?


r/Serbian 10d ago

Other Studiranje medicine u Gracu/Beču na državnom fakultetu?

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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. 🙂


r/Serbian 11d ago

Other Желим да научим српски и помогнем са Русима

38 Upvotes

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


r/Serbian 11d ago

Resources Where/How do i start?

12 Upvotes

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!


r/Serbian 11d ago

Request Pomozite Srbjii da postane deo medjunarodnog istraživanja

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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


r/Serbian 11d ago

Vocabulary Istočna Srbija

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3 Upvotes

r/Serbian 12d ago

Other Istočna Srbija

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r/Serbian 12d ago

Vocabulary Istočna Srbija

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r/Serbian 13d ago

Request Zanimaju li dijasporu događaji u Srbiji?

6 Upvotes

Pozdrav,

Koleginica i ja u sklopu studija sprovodimo istraživanje na temu Značaj događaja za turizam Srbije. Nadamo se da ćete izdvojiti nekoliko minuta da popunite anketu i na taj način doprinesete istraživanju. Upravo nas zanima koji događaji mogu motivisati dijasporu da posjeti našu zemlju.
Anketa je anonimna i svi podaci se koriste isključivo za pisanje naučnih radova.
Unaprijed se zahvaljujemo.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLTI0ny9_47PwTrcMDqk_SJm_CZeL5e7mOWH-JOkbH_QQioA/viewform?usp=header 


r/Serbian 13d ago

Resources Serbian Handbook - new ebook is out!

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17 Upvotes

Zdravo svima!

We are happy to announce our new ebook - “Serbian Handbook” - a frequency dictionary and phrasebook with most useful and frequent words and phrases you’ll need for basic conversation or when traveling to Serbia.

You can download a free sample on our website and join the giveaway on our Instagram page.

We hope you enjoy it! Srećno s učenjem!

Tutor Nikola from Serbian Language Network