Serbian Alphabet Learning the Serbian alphabet is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. Without it, you will not be able to say words properly even if you know how to write those words. The better you pronounce a letter in a word, the more understood you will be in speaking the Serbian language. Below is a table showing the Serbian alphabet and how it is pronounced in English, and finally examples of how those letters would sound if you place them in a word. Serbian Alphabet Latin Version Sound Pronunciation Example А а A /a/ a as in car Б б B /b/ b as in bat Ц ц C /ts/ c as in cats Ч ч Č /tʃ/ č as in chalk Ћ ћ Ć /tɕ/ ć as in church Д д D /d/ d as in dig Џ џ Dž /dʒ/ dž as in gin Ђ ђ Đ /dʑ/ đ as in jack Е е E /ɛ/ e as in let Ф ф F /f/ f as in fit Г г G /ɡ/ g as in game
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Serbian AlphabetLearning the Serbian alphabet is very important because its structure is used in every day
conversation. Without it, you will not be able to say words properly even if you know how to
write those words. The better you pronounce a letter in a word, the more understood you
will be in speaking the Serbian language.
Below is a table showing the Serbian alphabet and how it is pronounced in English, and
finally examples of how those letters would sound if you place them in a word.
Serbian Alphabet Latin Version Sound Pronunciation Example
А а A /a/ a as in car
Б б B /b/ b as in bat
Ц ц C /ts/ c as in cats
Ч ч Č /tʃ/ č as in chalk
Ћ ћ Ć /tɕ/ ć as in church
Д д D /d/ d as in dig
Џ џ Dž /dʒ/ dž as in gin
Ђ ђ Đ /dʑ/ đ as in jack
Е е E /ɛ/ e as in let
Ф ф F /f/ f as in fit
Г г G /ɡ/ g as in game
Х х H /x/ h as in heaven
Serbian Alphabet Latin Version Sound Pronunciation Example
И и I /i/ i as in east
Ј ј J /j/ j as in year
К к K /k/ k as in cut
Л л L /l/ l as in love
Љ љ Lj /ʎ/ lj as in million
М м M /m/ m as in mice
Н н N /n/ n as in nice
Њ њ Nj /ɲ/ nj as in onion
О о O /ɔ/ o as in autmn
П п P /p/ p as in pick
Р р R /r/ r as in Fritz
С с S /s/ s as in sound
Ш ш Š /ʃ/ š as in shut
Т т T /t/ t as in time
У у U /u/ u as in shoot
В в V /ʋ/ v as in verb
Serbian Alphabet Latin Version Sound Pronunciation Example
З з Z /z/ z as in zest
Ж ж Ž /ʒ/ ž as in pleasure
Serbian NumbersLearning the Serbian Numbers is very important because its structure is used in every day
conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the
Serbian language. But first we need to know what the role of Numbers is in the structure of
the grammar in Serbian.
Serbian cardinal number convey the "how many" they're also known as "counting numbers,"
because they show quantity. Here are some examples:
English Numbers Serbian Numbers
numbers broјevi - бројеви
one јedan - један
two dva - два
three tri - три
four chetiri - четири
five pet - пет
six shest - шест
seven sedam - седам
eight osam - осам
nine devet - девет
English Numbers Serbian Numbers
ten deset - десет
eleven јedanaest - једанаест
twelve dvanaest - дванаест
thirteen trinaest - тринаест
fourteen chetrnaest - четрнаест
fifteen petnaest - петнаест
sixteen shesnaest - шеснаест
seventeen sedamnaestoro - седамнаесторо
eighteen osamnaest - осамнаест
nineteen devetnaest - деветнаест
twenty dvadeset - двадесет
hundred sto - сто
one thousand hiљadu - хиљаду
million milion - милион
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Numbers in Serbian has a
logical pattern. Locate the Numbers above and see how it works with the rest of the
sentence in Serbian.
List of Ordinal Numbers in Serbian
Serbian Ordinal numbers tell the order of things in a set: first, second, third, etc. Ordinal
numbers do not show quantity. They only show rank or position. Below is a list of the
Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers in Serbian. Memorizing this table will help you add
very useful and important words to your Serbian vocabulary.
English Numbers Serbian Numbers
Ordinal Numbers Redni broјevi - Редни бројеви
first prvi - први
second drugi - други
third treћi - трећи
fourth chetvrti - четврти
fifth peti - пети
sixth shesti - шести
seventh sedmi - седми
eighth osmi - осми
ninth deveti - девети
tenth deseti - десети
eleventh јedanaesti - једанаести
twelfth dvanaesti - дванаести
thirteenth trinaesti - тринаести
English Numbers Serbian Numbers
fourteenth chetrnaesti - четрнаести
fifteenth petnaesti - петнаести
sixteenth shesnaesti - шеснаести
seventeenth sedamnaesti - седамнаести
eighteenth osamnaesti - осамнаести
nineteenth devetnaesti - деветнаести
twentieth dvadeseti - двадесети
once јednom - једном
twice dvaput - двапут
Serbian VocabularyLearning the Serbian Vocabulary is very important because its structure is used in every
day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the
Serbian language. But first we need to know what the role of Vocabulary is in the structure
of the grammar in Serbian.
Serbian vocabulary is the set of words you should be familiar with. A vocabulary usually
grows and evolves with age, and serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication
and acquiring knowledge. Here are some examples:
English Vocabulary Serbian Vocabulary
Vocabulary Rechnik - Речник
Countries Zemљe - Земље
English Vocabulary Serbian Vocabulary
Australia Australiјa - Аустралија
Cambodia Kamboџa - Камбоџа
Canada Kanada - Канада
China Kina - Кина
Egypt Egipat - Египат
England Engleska - Енглеска
France Francuska - Француска
Germany Nemachka - Немачка
Greece Grchka - Грчка
India Indiјa - Индија
Indonesia Indoneziјa - Индонезија
Italy Italiјa - Италија
Japan Јapan - Јапан
Mexico Meksiko - Мексико
Morocco Maroko - Мароко
Peru Peru - Перу
English Vocabulary Serbian Vocabulary
Spain Shpaniјa - Шпанија
Thailand Taјland - Тајланд
USA SAD - САД
Languages Јezici - Језици
Arabic Arapski - Арапски
Chinese Kineski - Кинески
English Engleski - Енглески
French Francuski - Француски
German Nemachki - Немачки
Greek Grchki - Грчки
Hebrew Hebreјski - Хебрејски
Hindi Hindu - Хинду
Italian Italiјanski - Италијански
Japanese Јapanski - Јапански
Korean Koreјski - Корејски
Latin Latinski - Латински
English Vocabulary Serbian Vocabulary
Russian Ruski - Руски
Spanish Shpanski - Шпански
Urdu Urdu - Урду
Days Dani - Дани
Monday Ponedeљak - Понедељак
Tuesday Utorak - Уторак
Wednesday Sreda - Среда
Thursday Chetvrtak - Четвртак
Friday Petak - Петак
Saturday Subota - Субота
Sunday Nedeљa - Недеља
time vreme - време
hour sat - сат
minute minut - минут
second sekund(a) - секунд(а)
List of Vocabulary in Serbian
Below is a list of the vocabulary and expressions in Serbian placed in a table. Memorizing
this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Serbian vocabulary.
English
VocabularySerbian Vocabulary
Vocabulary
colors boјe - боје
black crna - црна
blue plava - плава
brown braon - браон
gray siva - сива
green zelena - зелена
orange oranzh/narandzhasta - оранж/наранджаста
purple љubichasta - љубичаста
red crvena - црвена
white bela - бела
yellow zhuta - жута
sizes velichine - величине
big veliki - велики
English
VocabularySerbian Vocabulary
deep duboko - дубоко
long dug - дуг
narrow uzak - узак
short nizak - низак (if used for persons)
small mali - мали
tall visok - висок
thick debeo - дебео
thin tanak - танак
wide shirok - широк
tastes ukusi - укуси
bitter gorko - горко
fresh svezhe - свеже
salty slano - слано
sour kiselo - кисело
spicy љuto - љуто
English
VocabularySerbian Vocabulary
sweet slatko - слатко
qualities kvaliteti / osobine - квалитети / особине