Learning Serbian /Croatian/Bosnian

Sure, no problem You are right, it's not fair if we speak in Serbian only, there are other members who maybe don't understand.
So, Vlada, let's respect the ones who don't speak Sebian. (it may include me as well )
Vlada already started with some basics. He'll go on as soon as he finds the workbook from primary school. lol Just kidding ;D
I'd like to practise my Serbian too, so it would be nice if we had a separate thread for Serbian speaking only...

You can chit-chat in Serbian in this topic http://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/sl...ussions-4.html (like its name says )
It's off topic so everything is acceptable there.. I suppose there's no need for another Serbian off topic

Aaaaaaah, how come I haven't noticed it before? Shame on me. :P
Thanks

hey,i wanna learn serbian too !

Ok, for those who don't know to speak serbian yet, let's continue

Hello - Zdravo

Good morning - Dobro jutro

Good afternoon - Dobar dan (Good day)

God evening - Dobro veče (č = ch (CHoose)

Good night - Laku noć (ć is similar to č but softly, something like tj...like when you say Nice to meeT You...)

Welcome - Dobro došli (š = sh)

How are you - Kako si?

I'm fine - Dobro sam

Thank you - Hvala




It's enough for today

if kako si means how are you then what does kako ste mean?

Originally Posted by Zvezda

if kako si means how are you then what does kako ste mean?

Kako si? = How are you? / When you're talking to a friend, or just to only one person/

Kako sTE? = How are you? / When you're talking to a person that you're not familiar with, so you use it like a polite form (stranger). Also it might be used when you're talking to a group of people.

In the English How are you can be used for all that occasions, without changing the meaning, as you know, but in slavic languages there are different ones for each form.

I hope u get it.

Oh yeah, I understand now. Thanks
So Serbian is like Greek, French, German etc it has a polite form. Interesting.

Yes, it does.
In Bulgarian we also have a polite form.

In Macedonian as well. Actually, I have always thought that the majority of the languages have a separate, polite form, and that English is one of the few exceptions. But, of course, I cannot be sure.

Originally Posted by Sochko

In Macedonian as well. Actually, I have always thought that the majority of the languages have a separate, polite form, and that English is one of the few exceptions. But, of course, I cannot be sure.

Honestly, I'm more into beliving that English is in the exeptions. Whoch is fine cause that makes it easier. Two other languages that come in mind are French and German. /Polite forms: Vous ; Sie/.

Kako SI - singular
Kako STE - plural or formal...

Numbers - Lesson 2.



11 - JEDANaest

12 - DVAnaest

13 - TRInaest

14 - ČETRnaest (this is not Četirinaest )

15 - PETnaest

16 - ŠESnaest (there is no T)

17 - SEDAMnaest

18 - OSAMnaest

19 - DEVETnaest

20 - DVA+DESET (one word - dvadeset) I'm trying to make it easier



21 - DVADESET JEDAN (or DVADESET I JEDAN)

22 - DVADESET DVA (or DVADEST I DVA)

...

30 _ TRI+DESET

40 - ČETR+DESET

50 - PE+DESET (without T)

60 - ŠEZ+DESET (not T but Z)

70 - SEDAM+DESET

80 - OSAM+DESET

90 - DEVE+DESET (without T)



100 - Sto

1000 - Hiljada (lj is one letter and in cyrillic is Љ, and it sounds something like lj together...)

1000 000 - Milion

1000 000 000 - Milijarda

and a croatian variant:

1.000 - Tisuću

1.000.000 - Miljun

Yes, thank you

I think its great that you're having serbian lessions! I'll be pleased if it will continue! Listen a lot to serbian music and its nice to begin to understand what there singing about

:-*

Beautiful!!! I'd like to join yous on this topic. I just bought a Serbian self study book. I have to say it is quite easy, but I'm getting mixed up with the suffixes and prepositions for I speak Slovak (+Czech & Polish), too.

I also find it a bit strange that you don't use the infinitive form of the werbs, for ex. instead of "hocu govoriti" you say "hocu da govorim" (I want to speak).
For me it's a phenomenon, but kinda cute.

COUNTRIES - DRŽAVE (ž is Ж on cyrillic, and it woudn't be problem for those who know some other slovenian language... I don't know how to explain, it's sometnihg between z and š...)


Serbia - Srbija
Croatia - Hrvatska
Bosnia & Herzogovina - Bosna i Hercegovina
Montenegro - Crna gora (something like Black mountain)
FYR Macedonia - Just Makedonija


Other neighbours - ostali susedi

Romania - Rumunija
Bulgaria - Bugarska
Albania - Albanija
Hungary - Mađarska (đ is like dj, on roman latin sometimes dj is in use, on cyrillic is Ђ, it sounds like D and J together, for example, I founD You)


Greece - Grčka
Turkey - Turska
Sweden - Švedska
Spain - Španija
France - Francuska
United Kingdom - we say Velika Britanija or just Engleska
Czech - Češka
Germany - Nemačka
Belgium - Belgija
Russia - Rusija
Belarus - Belorusija
Ukraine - Ukrajina
USA - SAD (Sjedinjene Američke Države You can just say Amerika)
India - Indija
Egypt - Egipat
Brasil - Brazil
China - Kina
Zimbabwe - Zimbabve and so on...



If you need some other country just ask...

Well.. we do use infinitive but not that much I suppose

e.g.
Razumeti znači oprostiti (to understand means to forgive)
Možete ući / Možete da uđete (both of which mean = You can come in)


Gosh this reminded me how much I hated grammar at school!
I'm outta here!