r/Serbian • • Oct 03 '23

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

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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 • • 1h ago

Other Zašto se kaže BeograĐanin i SpliĆanin a ne Beogradanin i Splitanin

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Koliko ja znam samo zatvoreni samoglasnici mogu da vode do palatalizacije suglasnika. Kako je onda sufiks “anin” pretvorio D u Đ i T u Ć?


r/Serbian • • 1d ago

Vocabulary New Serbian–En/Fr/De/Ru dictionary online (54K words) + promo code

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Zdravo svima!

Govori Serbian dictionary just got a few huge updates, and as a creator of it, I'd like to share them with you.

First, Govori is now available in online (browser) version, in addition to existing mobile apps. You can see meanings, usage examples, full grammar tables, related words etc. Govori shows accent position and type for most of the words. Basically, it's designed to be your daily learner's dictionary. Govori Web is still in beta, so expect a few bugs here and there, and I'd be more to see your feedback in comments so I can fix it and make it more convenient for your daily use.

Next, Govori has just got a bump in content: now it has ca. 54 000 words and expressions. This is more than some offline dictionaries, actually. In part it became possible because of agreement with Irina Antanasijević, a philologist and professor at Belgrade university, who gave us permission to include her work as part of Govori.

French + German are available now for the first time as translation languages. Now you can see all meanings and usage examples on any of the four languages: English, French, German, and Russian. French and German are only available on the web for now, and I need a week or so to bring them to the mobile apps as well.

This work has been possible due to users paying for a lifetime full access Plus option. Thank you, guys! Every Plus purchase or subscription bought before or after this announcement works across all platforms. You just have to sign into the same account on mobile and Web, and Plus will be applied everywhere. If you didn't have a mobile app before and want to use Plus for Govori Web, you have this option, too.

Ah, and one more important thing: REDDITWEB is your promo code to get 20% discount for Govori mobile or web. Use it till the end of October. Plus opens grammar tables and more meanings and usage examples, a very nice thing to have. Use REDDITWEBY promo code if you want a yearly subscription instead.

Please leave any feedback or suggestions in the comments below!

Sergei
Author of Govori


r/Serbian • • 17h ago

Vocabulary Jel ima neke rijeci iz hrvatskog koje su prijelazili na srpski?

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Naučio sam prvo hrvatski jezik ali govor mi se srbifikuje što više blejim sa Srbima. Primijetio sam i u Hrvatskoj da se neki srbizmi koriste pogotovo u istočnim dijelovima - “sirće,” “kašika,” “bašta,” “iljada,” “minut,” “biber,” “peškir,” “penzija,” itd. Vjerovatno (!) zaboravim još neke riječi ali jbg.

Jel ima obrnuti fenomen?


r/Serbian • • 12h ago

Discussion Are Albanian and Serbian the same?

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They look the same and kinda behave the same. Genuine question, did they have the same ancestry?


r/Serbian • • 1d ago

Grammar Osobe koje ne umiju da izgovore R i L

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Kakvo je vaše mišljenje o osobama koje ne umiju da izgovore slova kao što su R i L?


r/Serbian • • 3d ago

Resources Digital dictionaries / Digitalni rečnici

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In English:

Does anyone have or know where I could get stardict dictionaries for free?

I'm interested in the following:

Serbian-German,

German-Serbian,

Serbian-Hungarian,

Hungarian-Serbian,

Serbian-Spanish,

Spanish-Serbian.

Any piece of information is welcome so feel free to comment.

Thank you in advance.

Slično značenje prethodnog teksta na srpskom:

Da li neko ima ili zna gde mogu da se skinu, besplatno, sledeći rečnici u stardict formatu?

srpsko-nemački,

nemačko-srpski,

srpsko-mađarski,

mađarsko-srpski,

srpsko-španski,

špansko-srpski.

Bilo kakva informacija bi mi značila.

Unapred hvala.


r/Serbian • • 4d ago

Resources New high-quality app for Serbian beginners/vocabulary

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Hi r/Serbian, I'm a long time follower and created the Serbian grammar charts that have been pinned here for the last few years, which were built with extensive feedback and support from this community.

For the last 16 months I've been building a vocabulary-first language learning app, with a tiny team. Partly this was driven by wanting to create the best Serbian app for beginners, and for myself to use: something fun and easy that can be built into a daily habit, but that also understands the nuances and complexity of Serbian.

Sugu is the result of that journey, and of course I'd love your feedback. It supports 9 languages (with more coming), but I'll focus on Serbian here. The Serbian support was a work of love - here are some examples of how we've tried to make it great:

  • More than 1,000 practical terms (words and phrases), each with hand-drawn art that we spent 7+ months creating.
  • Native speaker pronunciation audio from a professional Serbian voice actor with a Belgrade accent and a lovely, deep voice.
  • Most terms include grammar tags and forms (cases, gender, plurals, verb tenses), and many include notes on usage and Serbian culture.
  • It includes detailed Serbian language guides/references that explain cases, gender, verb tenses, and more. I think this is some of the best material of its kind that was designed for mobile.
  • People terms (such as "friend" or "neighbor", along with occupations, nationalities, etc.) always teach both the male and female words.
  • Latin and Cyrillic alphabets.

And of course, we want to continue making things better in future versions.

Sugu is free for now, with no subscriptions and nothing to cancel. That's true for at least 2 months. We'll add subscriptions in the future, but there will always be a free version.

Right now it only supports iOS, but Android will come, along with many new features, languages, and improvements. Since there are many Russian speakers in Serbia who want to learn Serbian, I'll also mention that support for Russian as an interface language and study language is also planned for the future.

I'd love your feedback! https://sugu.now/


r/Serbian • • 5d ago

Other Fortress - Blokovski Roman (Official Audio 2026)

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Evo jedna nova


r/Serbian • • 7d ago

Resources Best way to find a Serbian teacher?

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I moved to Belgrade from USA for work and I’m looking for someone who can come to my apartment a few times a week and maybe assign homework etc.

Is there an ideal website to find someone like this? Prefer in person, but also not wanting to travel to a school.

Most online material is focused on Croatian, although I somewhat realize they’re the same, and too grammar heavy IMO. I just want to learn words and sentences so I’m not a total idiot, I don’t even know English grammar it’s pointless.

P.S. Best food of my life here in Belgrade. Truly every meal is a treat. This has convinced me Americans are being poisoned.


r/Serbian • • 8d ago

Discussion Волео бих да знам твоје мишљење

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Драги Срби, здраво. Пишем вам ову објаву из Русије. Волео бих да знам како сте. Како сте? Недавно сам био на фудбалској утакмици и не желим никога да увредим. Осим стандардних ствари Моји пријатељи и ја, заједно са осталим навијачима, викали смо „Косово је Србија“, „Руси и Срби су браћа заувек“. Немојте ме погрешно схватити, ово није политика због политике, не желим да се хвалим нити да добијем било какву реакцију Само делим да ми Руси стојимо солидарни са вашим народом и да ћемо увек бити солидарни. Такође смо направили ваш национални гест са три прста током процеса. Надам се да се нећете љутити, нисмо се шалили, ми У потпуности смо солидарни са српским народом. Не желим да се бавим политиком, само делим из срца Измена: Викали смо ово јер је један од наших момака навијач Спартака, који често игра против српских клубова, тако да је наш мотив био оправдан :)


r/Serbian • • 8d ago

Other Iskustva sa predavanjem srpskog jezika strancima?

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U pitanju je platforma Preply, da li neko ima iskustva sa ovim ili zna nekoga ko ima, konkretno sa predavanjem srpskog jezika? Svaka informacija je korisna


r/Serbian • • 9d ago

Request Translation Help

1 Upvotes

Looking to get the same haircut in the video, but unsure what he asks for in the beginning 30 seconds or so~ thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7XKcEL6KC8


r/Serbian • • 13d ago

Discussion Ispred RIKA-a; Beograd!

380 Upvotes

Za prava dijaspore da glasaju, da se ne ukidaju ranija glasačka mesta, da 20k ljudi ne ostane bez prava na glas samo zato što vlast sumnja da će glasati za Studentsku listu !

Da li podržavate borbu za svaki glas?


r/Serbian • • 12d ago

Other Why is the letter Ѕ on the Serbian Cyrillic keyboard? Why is the letter Y on the Serbian Latin keyboard?

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I have both keyboards installed, and I've noticed these respective letters exist on the keyboards despite them not actually existing in the respective alphabets for Cyrillic/Latin. So, why?


r/Serbian • • 13d ago

Request Learning Serbian (and making friends?)

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Hey, everyone!
Let’s get straight to it.

I’m new here and the thing is, I’m moving to Serbia next year.

I don’t exactly know how to speak Serbian, but I want to learn it.

I know phrases like:

Jebem ti mater.
OR…
Slatka si!
OR…
Govno jedno.
OR…
Sladak si!
OR…
Priprema…..

I’ve been looking for resources online and that is great and all, but I was hoping to also make some Serbian friends to help me out while I learn it.

It would be really nice, because I know that practicing Serbian by myself won’t be enough (I’ve learned Norwegian — 2 years, and a bit of French and German, etc.), but if there’s anything that I’ve learned from learning new languages is that practicing it with someone is the best way to fully appreciate (well I already like the Serbian language) and understand how the language works.

Would you please send me a DM if you have some spare time on your hands and you are Serbian and you want to be friends?

Or if not, just upvote, and comment, etc.?

I would really appreciate it!

Thank you for reading~

Have a nice day!


r/Serbian • • 13d ago

Request Would appreciate some feedback on my handwriting

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For info, I study russian in uni but I'm a native English speaker. Just copied out some words from a song, rather than writing an original piece. Also my Latin script handwriting is dogshit


r/Serbian • • 13d ago

Grammar Narator na Srpskom jeziku?

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r/Serbian • • 17d ago

Resources I built a free reader for learning Serbian-Croatian: tap any word in a real text and see what it means in that exact sentence! IT ALSO HAS ITS OWN TIKTOK!!!!

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Zdravo svima!

I'm Denis, a solo developer learning Serbian-Croatian myself. Citavuk lets you read real Serbian books and news and tap any word: you get its meaning in that exact sentence, the base form and the grammar (case, tense, person).

And it has its own tiktok which includes videos from yt shorts, instagram reels and so on.

There's also a grammar course and exercises from A1 to C1. Free, no ads, open source.

Link in the comments. Feedback is very welcome!


r/Serbian • • 17d ago

Other Estudios de lengua y literatura serbias

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Hola, ¿alguien ha estudiado lengua y literatura serbia?

Si es así, ¿podrían decirme qué tan difícil es matricularse en esos estudios, qué tan difícil es estudiarlos y qué posibilidades hay de conseguir trabajo después de graduarse?

¿Qué tan difícil es convertirse en asistente o profesor en ese departamento?


r/Serbian • • 17d ago

Resources [ Removed by Reddit ]

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[ Removed by Reddit on account of violating the content policy. ]


r/Serbian • • 17d ago

Vocabulary A Mnemonic trick in Serbian

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Dear Serbians, I want you to ask do you trully have a raibow acronym "car nikola živi za pravdu, mir i ljubav"? If it is not a proper variant, can you write down a correct one? Хвала!

#serbianlanguage #serbian #acronyms


r/Serbian • • 18d ago

Request learning!

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Hello! I was hoping someone knew ways i could learn Serbian. I have been wanting to learn and my mom never taught me nor can really teach me now cause I have moved out. So i was hoping i could come here and ask for people’s advice. I have been really wanting to learn Serbian to be more connected with who i am. I know how to count and say cuss words maybe that can help but i would appreciate any advice thank you so much!


r/Serbian • • 20d ago

Grammar Чудни називи слова у предвуковском правопису

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Ово потиче из "Србске Грамматике" Илије Захаријевића, из 1847. године. (извор:https://digital.bms.rs/ebiblioteka/pageFlip/reader/index.php?type=publications&id=5350&m=2#page/8/mode/2up)

Сва остала слова очигледно носе своје старословенске називе али одакле ЋАР, ЂА и ЏИДА? Зна ли неко?


r/Serbian • • 20d ago

Other Jel ima ko pristup matičnim knjigama?

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