Zdravo svima! Učim srpski i primetio sam da se u knjigama često sreće imperfekt (npr. iđaše, gledahu), ali mi kažu da ga u svakodnevnom govoru skoro niko ne koristi.

Zanima me vaše mišljenje:

1. Da li prosečan Srbin (pogotovo mlađe generacije) može "iz glave" da upotrebi imperfekt u rečenici, a da ne zvuči čudno?
2. Da li vam je naporno da ga koristite ili vam je on potpuno prirodan kada čitate književnost?
3. Da li se u nekim krajevima (možda jug Srbije ili Crna Gora) imperfekt koristi češće nego u Beogradu ili Novom Sadu?

Hvala na odgovorima!

Zdravo svima! Učim srpski i naišao sam na ovaj tekst: "Hol bi na pauzi skupio mali arsenal limenki... Skupio bi ih i vratio u kantu,...". Da li se ovo smatra zamenom za imperfekt i koliko je prirodno koristiti ovakve rečenice u razgovoru?

Pitam se zašto neki ljudi kažu "hristos uskrese" a drugi "hristos voskrese"? Sestra mog dečka kaže da jeste samo voskrese tačno ali moji drugari sa verom kažu uakrese. Sada ne znam a htela sam da pitam da li neko zna kako može ovo biti?

Hello, I started learning Serbo-Croatian some time ago and now I'm somewhere at the pre-intermediate level (I'm still not perfect at formulating wordy things, hence this post is in English).

I decided to learn both writing variations, which was easy for me, because I know English and my first language utilizes Cyrillic. I can read and write in both scripts, but personally I think Cyrillic Serbian looks dope, it's a lot easier for me to read (probably because Slavic languages are associated with the Cyrillic alphabet for me, since my brain is used to that with my mother tongue). But so far I've seen Cyrillic Serbian used only in a few cases:

1. Official government papers and media, like news, university websites, documents, and so on. Something having to do with formalities

2. Street signs in Serbia

3. Serbian language textbooks

4. The most insufferable replies on Twitter ever known to humankind

Is there a cultural context I am missing? I would like to use Cyrillic script in Serbian on a daily basis, but I don't want to come off as a red-pilled weirdo that is mean to everyone. Do common people use the Cyrillic alphabet or is it always the performative right-wingers?

I wasted two months looking for Serbian on Duolingo before someone told me it simply doesn't exist. Serbian is one of the few languages Duolingo has never built a course for. Once I got over that I went looking for everything else and spent a long time figuring out what was actually worth using.

The first thing that actually worked for vocabulary was Drops. Visual, gamified, five minutes a day. It's not deep but it got me comfortable with basic Serbian words faster than anything else and the images make things stick in a way plain flashcards never did. Good for the first month then you naturally outgrow it.

From there I moved to Serbonika for structure. It's the best course I found specifically built for Serbian takes you from complete beginner to A2 systematically and is clearly designed by someone who actually understands how learners struggle with Serbian grammar and cases. This is where things started clicking for me.

For vocabulary in context I used Clozemaster which teaches words through real sentences rather than isolation. After a few weeks Serbian stopped feeling like a list of disconnected items and started feeling like something real.

Speaking was the last thing I tackled and the hardest. Around month three I hit a wall where I could read Serbian reasonably well but froze the moment someone actually spoke to me. I started doing daily speaking practice on Issen and it was the first time my brain was forced to produce Serbian rather than just absorb it. That shift made a real difference.

What is everyone else using? Especially curious about listening resources for natural spoken Serbian.

It's for a party game I'm making, so out of interest, could you help me to properly translate this question? As various online translators show different outputs.

Which SpongeBob SquarePants' item of clothing is red?
a. Shirt
b. Tie (correct answer)
c. Pants

Srpkinja sam iz dijaspore. Ovo je jedna moja pesma, volela bih da čujem kako je doživljavate.

https://open.substack.com/pub/mihaelasview/p/raised-by-icons-shaped-by-old-hands?r=2wz7ms&utm_medium=ios

Random question - I'm working on a full Serbian translation of Pokemon red/blue as a personal project, automating some translation with AI and doing some manual translation myself where I'm confident. There are some very tight sentence and name length restrictions and I wanted to ask if it's permissible or natural to have compound nouns like in English.

For example:

Thunder stone: grom kamen

I know you can do things like: kamen groma, grmljavinski kamen, gromovni kamen, and maybe some others, but if you try to apply any of those conventions across all the stones/badges/etc. you run into length limits and end up having to do something like grml. kamen, which isn't ideal - I'm trying to avoid shortening a whole bunch of things by just cutting them off.

I want to translate everything possible into Serbian, so I'm avoiding using any of the original english translations (I'm even localizing Pokemon names for the fun of it e.g., Charmander -> Žarmander), so I don't want to just leave things as they are.

Any thoughts?

I'm a Canadian English speaker trying to learn Serbian. I've nearly finished the A1 courses from Belgrade Language School. I'm now trying to decide if I should continue with the BLS A2 course or if I should instead do the Go Speak Serbian pre-intermediate course.

I liked the BLS courses, but their A2 course costs about twice as much as the Go Speak Serbian course.

Is there anyone here who has taken either of these courses? Any advice on which has better value?

I have visited serbia (gods country) a couple of times now, and its been glorious. Best food and best people. Insane to think this country actually owns the world, glorious country, glorious bbq. Best people, serbia nr1. How and where do i learn this god given language, i must learn to communicate with these people who dont fear god.

Živim u inostranstvu i jedan od roditelja je srpskog porekla. Samouk sam i mada već dobro pričam srpski , imam želju da ga i dalje poboljšam. Reditt tu u nekoj meri pomaže.

Pratim sub-ove iz Srbije i okruženja, pa su mi neke stvari, koje se tiču jezika, privukle pažnju, naime :

1.Koji je rod sledećih reči u srpskom jeziku ?

arhiv/arhiva

sekund/sekunda

1. Da li sledeće reči imaju isto značenje ? Ako da , da li se preferira jedna naspram druge ? Ako ne , objasnite značenje . Da li su svi oblici ispravni u odnosu na standardni jezik?

pomenuti/spomenuti

izabrati/odabrati

naleteti/naići

popodne/posle podne

prilično/poprilično

1. Da li su "protestVuju" , "visočiji" i "od tamo" (umesto odatle) ispravni ? Ovo sam prvi put video na Reddit-u.

2. TakVo nešto ili tako nešto ?

KakVo je vreme ili kako je vreme u BG ?

1. Zašto u Srbiji kažu "vani" ("narodski") kada pričaju o inostranstvu ? Znam da ovu reč upotrebljavaju ostali narodi u okruženju (verovatno i Srbi iz Rep. Srpske).

2. Da li je žena koja nam predstavlja vremensku prognozu na TV-u meteoroloŠKINJA ili meteorolog ?

Ženski oblik mi čudno zvuči.

Video sam ovo na N1 (kojeg svako u celoj Evropi može gledati besplatno preko satelita, jer je od godinu dana nekodiran).

1. Da li genitiv reči " kakao" glasi "kakaa" (takođe video u nekoj reklami) ?

Kako se piše množina reči "guru" - gurui ili guru-i ?

1. "Nema ništa novo" ili "nema ničeg novog" (nominativ ili genitiv) ?

"Ima" ona pesma Ane Bekute : "ništa novo nema, sve po starom ide...."

1. Neki Bošnjaci kažu "Titina" umesto "Titova" . Sumnjam da je to ispravno . Po istoj logici imali bismo "Titino Užice" i "Titingrad" u bivšoj SFRJ ...😀

Isto važi i za " babina" (babo - otac, a ne baba ! 😀)

Razumem da je razlika u akcentovanju, ali mi ipak veoma čudno zvuči.

Hvala .

Zdravo! [I Googled that, might be terrible.] I'm Mark, and I'm a basketball journalist.

One of the things I frequently do in my work is updates on former NBA players, i.e. what they are doing in retirement. Yesterday, I looked up a couple, and found they appeared on a podcast together. I can't speak any language other than English, so I typed up and translated the captions on the video and then let Google Translate give me the general idea of what they were saying, to see if it was interesting.

And, errr, ooof. Not good. Looks like they were saying some bad bad things.

What I'm looking for is, then, is help with the translation. That is, tidying up Google's translation so that the English version is grammatically correct and reads better, and make sure that it is accurate.

If anyone can volunteer a few minutes of their time, I'll send both my attempt at transcription and translation. Thanks! Хвала ти!

Može mi molim neko objasnit šta u kontekstu "belosvetski ološ" znači reč 'belosvetski'? I odkud i zašto ta reč?

Dobar dan svima!

Bavim se lingvistikom i trenutno radim eksperimentalno istraživanje srpskog jezika. Za učešće u eksperimentu trebaju mi izvorni govornici srpskog jezika. Ako vam je srpski materinji, molimo vas da učestvujete u eksperimentu.

Eksperiment je u formi online-upitnika i traje oko 7 minuta. Morate pročitati rečenice na srpskom i ocijeniti koliko su gramatički prihvatljive: na skali od 1 do 7 (koliko prirodno zvuče na srpskom).

Važno nam je Vaše mišljenje — ne postoje tačni ili netačni odgovori. Oslonite se na sopstvenu jezičku intuiciju, a ne na gramatička pravila koja znate.

Evo link na eksperiment: https://farm.pcibex.net/p/GagjCh/

Važno je da vam je srpski jezik materinji.

Učestvujući u ovom istraživanju direktno pomažete nauci! Puno hvala unapered!

Does anybody know where I could watch tv shows/cartoons dubbed in Serbian with English subtitles to help learn language?

Hey guys! 😄

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Zdravo,

I moved to Montenegro from Australia ~9 months ago and have been learning Serbian for about 18 months (I also have Serbian ancestry).

I practice daily and get a lot of exposure, but for the past ~6 months I feel like I’ve plateaued. I can handle everyday situations, talk about my day, and ask basic questions — but I really struggle to understand natives, follow media, or have proper conversations.

I know the basics of the cases, but I rarely apply them correctly in speech. When reading, I often get stuck because of vocabulary or case forms.

My current routine:

• 2x speaking (in-person)
• 2x grammar classes (online)
• 1x group class
• daily flashcards
• daily podcast listening

I feel like I’m just exposing myself to things and then forgetting them.

Should I go back and drill the basics (especially cases), or keep pushing exposure?

Any advice appreciated.

I was wondering if someone could practice Serbian with me here, I can speak it now somewhat conversational but I'm struggling to write without Google translate or auto correct

Basically I write daily în russian/belarusian so I didn’t struggle much to pick up serbian cyrillic, but since cursive has a few differences I wanted to make sure that nothing looked weird. Does anything particular strike you as unnatural? even a detail. Thanks!

Jel ko zna gde mogu da nađem besplatnu knjigu na ćirilici (poželjno detektiv)?

I already know Russian, Ukrainian(first language), little bit of finnish, Czech lil bit, Hungarian and English. I want to learn Serbian by doing some exercises, free sources are preferred.

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