r/Serbian

For info, I study russian in uni but I'm a native English speaker. Just copied out some words from a song, rather than writing an original piece. Also my Latin script handwriting is dogshit

Bok svima!

I am Belgian with a Croatian mom and have been learning Croatian myself. Because I missed some modern website where you can learn Croatian as a beginner with a focus on grammar but also with lots of exercises, I am building one myself. That turned into a free website: croatianwithdurdica.com (named after the lily of the valley, đurđica, which is my second name).

It's for absolute beginners and has five lessons so far: the alphabet and pronunciation, gender, everyday expressions, biti, and asking questions. Each lesson has a word list and lots of exercises (multiple choice, writing, fill-in conversations). That's actually the main focus: when I was looking for ways to learn, I found plenty of explanations but hardly anywhere to really practice. So I keep adding exercises, so that you can spend most of your time actually using what you learn. No account, no ads, nothing to pay.

Since I'm still a learner, I'd really appreciate it if native speakers could point out mistakes or if you have tips on what really needs to be part of a good course.. And learners: what do you miss in your learning journey that I could build into the website?

Hvala!

croatianwithdurdica.com

Zdravo svima!

I'm Denis, a solo developer learning Serbian-Croatian myself. Citavuk lets you read real Serbian books and news and tap any word: you get its meaning in that exact sentence, the base form and the grammar (case, tense, person).

And it has its own tiktok which includes videos from yt shorts, instagram reels and so on.

There's also a grammar course and exercises from A1 to C1. Free, no ads, open source.

Link in the comments. Feedback is very welcome!