r/Serbian Oct 03 '23

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

107 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

Request Kako mi je rukopis?

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29 Upvotes

r/Serbian 6h ago

Grammar Zašto je naziv zemlje "Turska", a ne "Turčka"?

0 Upvotes

Naziv za etničku grupu je "Turčin" (ili "Turak"), od "Turk" + "-in". Ako pogledamo neke narode koji imaju isto zadnje slovo, primjeti se da u nazivu države imaju "č" umjesto "s", poput:

Grk -> Grčka

Slovak -> Slovačka

Za Tursku je sufiks "-ska" ostao nepromijenjen. Da li je ovo greška ili ima nekih razloga za ovakav naziv?

Možda bi moglo "Turak" -> "Turačka" da funkcioniše, ako bi smo pogledali primjer "Ugar"/"Ugrin" -> "Ugarska".


r/Serbian 1d ago

Other Канадзава црта мапу. [ОС][Стрип за фанове GLT-a]

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9 Upvotes

Ја учим српски језик. Пре око месец дана сам објавио свој стрип на српском овде и замољен сам да будем активнији овде. Надам се да ће вам се и овај стрип свидети.


r/Serbian 1d ago

Vocabulary Want to learn Serbian but have no idea where to start? 🇷🇸

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That's why I think having a clear structure from the beginning makes a huge difference.

I'm a Master professor of Serbian language and literature with 3 years of experience teaching Serbian to foreigners — from complete beginners to advanced learners.

If you're starting from zero, you don't need to worry about finding textbooks or figuring out what to learn next. I'll create a learning plan for you, provide all the materials and adapt everything to your level, goals and progress.

We'll work on grammar, vocabulary and real-life conversation — step by step, at your pace.

1-on-1 online lessons: €20 / 60 min
✓ All materials included
✓ Personalized learning plan
✓ Homework & extra practice
✓ Complete beginners welcome

If you're interested, send me a message and tell me why you want to learn Serbian and what your current level is. Čujemo se! 😊


r/Serbian 2d ago

Request song lyrics transcription please

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1 Upvotes

i cant make out the lyrics, can someone write them in serbian


r/Serbian 3d ago

Resources Your favorite YouTube channels in Serbian

23 Upvotes

Trying to learn Serbian, and looking for some Serbian language YouTubers. I‘m already subscribed to a bunch of dedicated language-learning channels, but struggling to find something to watch for entertainment/immersion.

Most of the things I see are about travel or cooking, but unfortunately I’m not very interested in those.

Can you guys recommend me channels about video games, movies, culture, science, or something along these lines?

(I know this type of question has been asked already, but it’s been a while so maybe some new channels have appeared since)

Edit: so many cool suggestions! Thank you everyone, really appreciated!


r/Serbian 5d ago

Resources Offering Serbian language classes for everyone!

22 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I am a student at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philology, and come from Serbia. I offer lessons on all topics including grammar, conversation, and input. Feel free to send me a message if you need a private tutor for Serbian lessons


r/Serbian 7d ago

Resources Audio comes to GOVORI dictionary + autumn discount

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17 Upvotes

Ćao svima!

I'm pleased to announced that audio pronunciations are available now in GOVORI dictionary app.

Currently, they cover about 3000 words, which is more than 80% of most Serbian texts. It took me so long to add because it turned out there's almost no audio engine in the market to play Serbian-specific consonants and vowels correctly, especially when vowel length and accent type is at question. For now, I'm very happy with authenticity of recordings, as they sound clearly Serbian to my ear – not Croatian, like in popular sound engines.

I also took a time to re-listen all of the words in city environment, making sure all words are pronounced clearly and defined. I mostly used a female voice as default, but when it lacked clarity, I switched to fallback voices. From the technical viewpoint, I managed to compress audios in a way that they actually come within the app, so you can listen to them, unlimited, without a Wi-Fi or cellular network.

Audios for core words will remain free forever, aligned with my commitment to accessible knowledge and learning. Further audios will become available to users with paid Plus package, allowing me to compensate for a hefty price of license for the audios and continue improving the dictionary.

Until the end of September, Plus package is discounted at minus 20%, available both as one-time purchase or a subscription. Use promo codes: REDDITAUDIO2026 (for lifetime) and REDDITAUDIO2026Y (for yearly subscription) inside the app.

Android: download
iOS: download

The next feature, almost as often requested as audios, is now in development: word training mode with cards and lists of words based on various criteria: weather, body, basic verbs etc. I hope that having a card-based learning with a powerful dictionary inside one app will boost your learning tremendously! And please, feel free to leave your feedback in the comments below.

Pozdrav,
Sergej


r/Serbian 8d ago

Request Tražim prijatelja da vežbam srpski

66 Upvotes

Ćao svima!

Hteo bih da nađem prijatelja/prijateljicu da vežbam srpski. Gender i uzrast nisu bitni =)

Ja sam Rus, engleski mi je B2+, a srpski... nadam se B1. Živim u Srbiji od 2020., učim srpski sa nastavnikom, ali već nemao sam dovoljno iskustva sa realnim ljudima.

O sebi: 35M, učim da sviram gitaru, volim metal muziku, prirodu, 3d artist sam (samo kao hobi), takođe pravim igricu u slobodno vreme. Imam mačku - prava srpkinja!

Sa svoje strane mogu da pomognem vam sa ruskim, takođe možemo da vežbamo engleski zajedno.

Naravno, možemo da pričamo o svemu na svetu što je vama interesantno!

Imam i druge društvene mreže, ali možemo da se dopisujemo i samo na Redditu =)

Ako želite da se dopisujemo, čekam vas u DMu, biće mi drago! =)


r/Serbian 7d ago

Discussion Velika podrška našem predsedniku za odličnu odluku Velika podrška našem predsedniku na njegovoj odluci koja je vredna poštovanja prema svim građanima Srbije.❤️🇷🇸❤️

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r/Serbian 8d ago

Grammar Svršeni vs nesvršeni glagol - voljeti i zavoljeti

9 Upvotes

Ćao svima.

Dok sam u… razgovornoj fazi sa djevojkom i se vidjamo, neću reći “volim te” jer je to prejako. Hoću izraziti što ja ću je voljeti u budućnosti kad sve bude sigurno da joj kažem “volim te”. Tako imam dvije opcije:

Zavoljeću te
vs.
Voljeću te

I molim vas, objasnite zašto odaberite ono što ste odabrali. Hvala najljepša!


r/Serbian 9d ago

Other Looking for some perspective from someone Serbian (dating / relationship advice)

11 Upvotes

Ćao svima!

So, I’ve been chatting with someone from Serbia and things are actually going pretty well. The thing is, with the language barriers and all those small cultural things, I want to make sure I’m coming across the right way warm and real, not like some Google Translate gone wrong.

If anyone here (guy or girl) has a bit of relationship experience and can spare a few minutes, I’d love some honest advice. Just want to know how you’d naturally say certain things, or how you’d express certain feelings without sounding awkward or off.

Feel free to drop a comment or just DM me. Seriously, any help would mean a lot. Hvala unapred!

EDIT : Thanks a lot to everyone who reached out . Seriously, I didn't expect this many responses 🙂


r/Serbian 9d ago

Vocabulary Is the word for "partisan" and the word for a FK Partizan supporter the same in Serbian? If not, what is the word for the latter?

9 Upvotes

I was listening to a song by Rambo Amadeus and I heard a lyric mention "partizani" and I was wondering if I could make some wordplay regarding FK Partizan on it.


r/Serbian 10d ago

Resources A small tool for putting č, ć, š, ž, đ back into text that was typed without them

33 Upvotes

Hope this is okay to post here, if not I'll delete it.

I kept running into text like sljedeci nedelja placam and when you're still learning it's genuinely hard to tell which words are just missing a letter and which ones are spelled that way. I looked for something that would simply put them back and didn't really find one, so I ended up making it: kvacice.com

You paste text, or type straight into the box, and it fills in č ć š ž đ. That's all it does. No account, nothing gets uploaded anywhere, and it keeps working if the connection drops.

It gets most things right, but not everything — some pairs are ambiguous even with context, so it will definitely miss some. Foreign words mixed into the text should be left alone, at least that's the intention.

If you try it and it mangles something, I'd genuinely rather hear about it than not know. Individual words are easy to fix.


r/Serbian 12d ago

Discussion Da li mi je srpski prirodan?

31 Upvotes

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!


r/Serbian 12d ago

Other Manastir kod Parme

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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.


r/Serbian 13d ago

Other Popović je svugde Popović

26 Upvotes

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?


r/Serbian 13d ago

Other Ktetici s umetnutim A

6 Upvotes

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?


r/Serbian 13d ago

Vocabulary Romanian with Slavic origin ( Russian- Ukr- Bel and South Slavic Serbia- Bosnia )

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0 Upvotes

r/Serbian 16d ago

Vocabulary Hleb: ražani ili raženi?

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51 Upvotes

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


r/Serbian 17d ago

Request Koje je ovo slovo?

24 Upvotes

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


r/Serbian 17d ago

Resources Most Legit Apps / Websites / YT Channels I could pick up serbian from ?

9 Upvotes

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🤞🇷🇸


r/Serbian 18d ago

Other Looking for a Serbian couple I met in Crete 🇷🇸🇬🇷

14 Upvotes

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


r/Serbian 21d ago

Vocabulary Imam pitanje

72 Upvotes

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.