KitsumiFree basic Serbian words
A seven-page printable PDF for your first weeks of Serbian: both alphabets, how words work, 256 everyday words in Latin and Cyrillic, and sentences to read aloud.
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What's inside
- Two alphabetsAll 30 letters in Cyrillic and Latin, side by side, each with its sound and an example word in both. Look-alikes like Р, С and Н, hard č and dž next to soft ć and đ, and r as a vowel in prst, vrt and Srbija.
- How words workNo articles, masculine, feminine and neuter nouns with taj, ta and to in three colours, how endings change (kafa, kafu, kafe), ti or Vi, and biti and govoriti: sam, si, je, smo, ste, su.
- 256 words, then show wordsZdravo, ćao, dobar dan and hvala, family, numbers, kafa, ćevapi, pljeskavica and ajvar, places and verbs, each in both scripts. Then bre!, ajde!, važi and nema veze, what to call people, and ten sentences to read before you check.
How to use it
- Read the alphabet page aloud, one row at a time. Keep it next to you while you read the rest.
- Read the grammar page twice. You don't need to learn it, just to notice taj, ta and to, and how the verb ending changes.
- Learn five words a day. Cover the orange and grey lines on the last page, read each sentence aloud, then slide the paper down to check.
- Watch something with Serbian subtitles in Kitsumi and hover any word to see what it means. Ajde, bre and važi turn up in every scene.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. It's a free PDF with no sign-up. Print it, keep it and share it.
Do I need to learn both alphabets?
It helps. Serbian is written in both, and subtitles may use either. Each Cyrillic letter has one Latin match, so once you know one alphabet, the other comes quickly.
Do I need to learn the cases first?
No. Learn each word in its dictionary form, the way the sheet lists it. The endings come with listening.