What You Need To Know About Learning Serbian

Learning Serbian certainly seems difficult at first. Especially getting your head around the first step, learning Cyrillic, the Serbian alphabet.

How do you overcome temporary headaches that arise during language learning? I think that everything should be approached in a relaxed manner. And finding a supportive environment to learn online is a great first place to start. Finding a course that would be a support for this kind of learning online, will help you in the learning process. Online teachers and professors are a great step to achieving your language goals, and devoting time is guaranteed to be a good ally in online learning.

But I don’t think we should exaggerate. It is enough to practice a foreign language, three to four times a week, in order not to forget your own. But what do we do next? What are the tips and tricks in learning the Serbian language that could help everyone?

Immerse yourself in Serbian culture

My experience shows that without a year of active work and study, literally nothing exists and survives. And every serious interlocutor should prepare for that. But what if everyone is not like that? And if we need some serious shortcuts, about which we know nothing, in order to adopt the vocabulary of a new language.

I think that the basis of any thorough learning of a language is living among a people and knowing their spirit. It is the same with Serbian. Even if you are not able to visit Serbia, find a way to immerse yourself in Serbian culture.

Even if you are not able to visit Serbia, find a way to immerse yourself in Serbian culture.

YouTube is full of Serbian pop and folk music, which at first might seem trivial, but it is a very good way to learn new words and expressions. Not because they are the personifications of some extremely powerful linguistic expressions, but because they are constantly repeated. And that makes Serbian music so suitable for learning a new language. These are not some “misguided” words that can be heard in Serbia once in a hundred years. These are, first of all, words, expressions, phrases and jargon that we use every day. No matter how university professors fear this way of acquiring new knowledge, linguistically and semantically YouTube gives very good results.

From my personal experience, I can testify that shopping sites have greatly “opened up” the vast horizons of my knowledge of English and German. Almost always, scrolling up and down through the pile of things I want to buy, I would pick up a lot of new words that made me so proud. Not to mention online shopping. Order something online from Serbia, book a room or apartment through Airbnb, and communicate with your seller or landlord, and your talent for the Serbian language will improve a lot.

Visit Serbia, or socialise with Serbian people

And here we come to what constitutes the basis of “mastering” a language. Being in the country among native speakers.

Use every advantage of the road and travel, even if they are miniature tourist tours that don’t last longer than one day. By collecting such impressions, a person enriches his body and soul. And it transforms into something “better” than what it already is. And that is the point of our learning, not only Serbian but also any other foreign language. Overcoming ourselves.

Always be among people. And try to speak anyway. Just to talk. At first, it will be both funny and difficult, but every next time it will be easier. Never give up! Get ready and hit the road, Serbia is beautiful! There are many beautiful mountains, spas and lakes. Say one word at a time, until you string a whole string of beads that will be your first sentences.

Read as much as you can. I recommend taking the required reading you had in school and find its equivalent translated into Serbian. Carry it everywhere with you. By reading the content “through the journey” you will only deepen your memory of the literary work, which you learned before and now you are familiar with it in a foreign language. That vocabulary you learn by looking at the printed page will remain with you.

Master the reading of daily newspapers and current events. Always stay up to date. Daily politics and world trends very often intertwine. No one will force you to go from newsstand to newsstand, but it would be good to bookmark at least one daily newspaper in your browser.

Learning a new language is by no means easy, so make sure you take a good rest from everything. If you are in Serbia, take a break from Serbian for a moment. Try a delicious Serbian dish or order fast food through the online application. Along the way, you will come across a handful of interesting expressions from the national cuisine. More or less, almost all fast food dishes are adopted from the English language.

Learning a language is truly a journey of a thousand miles, which begins with the first steps.