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Riječ "Srbljanin" za stanovnika Srbije?

Mislim da bi ovo bio dobar izbor kao zamjena za riječ "Srbijanac".

U slovenskim jezicima se koristi nametak "-anin", "-janin" ili "-ljanin" da bi se označilo stanovnika nekog mjesta ili države (grad -> građanin), ali ne mora uvijek, mada smatram da je lakše jer je konzistentno.

Ovako bi se mogao izvesti naziv od:

Srb(in) + -janin -> Srbljanin (Srbljani u množini).

Neki drugi nazivi za stanovnike u regionu bi isto mogli da se sastave:

  • Hrvatska -> Hrvaćanin (ovo postoji)
  • Bosna i Hercegovina -> Bošnjanin/Hercegovljanin
  • Slovenija -> Slovenjanin
  • Makedonija -> Makedonjanin
  • Crna Gora -> Crnogoranin

E sad, za etničke grupe je kontroverzno u zavisnosti kako ko priznaje, pa ću tu navesti ovo sto se često koristi i za stanovnike zemalja.

  • Hrvat -> Hrvatska
  • Bošnjak/Bosanac -> Bosna (Hercegovina nema svog etničkog identiteta koliko znam)
  • Slovenac -> Slovenija
  • Makedonac -> Makedonija
  • Crnogorac -> Crna Gora

Naravno, za neke grupe koristimo njihove nastavke umjesto "-ac", kao što su:

  • Englez -> Engleska
  • Francuz -> Francuska
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u/MatijaReddit_CG — 12 hours ago
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Ž32 Zg

Hiya :) tražim dečka iz Srbije za fwb u Zagrebu. Ja Ž, 32, 167/55, fit i zabavna, željna srpskog naglaska :)

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u/mravojedac — 11 hours ago
▲ 27 r/Serbian

Imam pitanje

Zelim da posetiti Srbiju u sledecem mesecu. I sam rus. I pocao uciti srpski jezik pre mesec dana. Ja sam sada citam knige na srpskom (sada citam Na drini cuprija) I slusam podkaste I razumem almost sve ali ne imam praktiki za razgovor - to je moja slaba strana. Kako mislite, prijateli, ezeli ja cu juzati miks iz srpski, ruski, engliski reci u realnom razgovoru, kakav ovaj tekst, moci li ljudi da razumeti me? Znam sta ovde mnogo gresaka, izvinite za to, pisao sam bez prevodaca.

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u/Sea-Quality-3521 — 15 hours ago

Bitolj

Kako to da se na makedonskom i bugarskom ovaj grad zove Bitola odn. Bitolja (i ženskog je roda), a na srpskom Bitolj (i muškog je roda)?

Ime je nastalo od imenice obitelj, pa je logično da bude ženskog roda. Da li je ispravniji naš oblik ali je pogrešan rod, ili smo mi na neki čudan način skratili onaj makedonski / bugarski?

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u/Poskokosh — 18 hours ago

I tried speaking Serbian out loud every day for a month. Results were surprising

So a while back I read somewhere that the biggest mistake language learners make is spending all their time studying and almost no time actually speaking. I thought that was obvious advice and kind of ignored it. Then I hit month four of learning Serbian and realised I could barely string a sentence together out loud despite feeling like I understood a lot.

So I decided to just try it. Every single day for a month I would speak Serbian out loud for at least 15 minutes. No excuses, no skipping days.

The first week was genuinely painful. I would sit there trying to say something simple and my brain would just refuse to cooperate. I knew the words individually but putting them together in real time felt impossible. I was stumbling over cases, forgetting vocabulary I had reviewed a hundred times, and honestly just talking to myself like a confused person.

Second week got slightly less awful. I started using Issen which is basically an AI speaking tool so there's no awkward tutor session or feeling embarrassed in front of a real person. You just speak and get actual feedback on what you said. That helped a lot because I could do it at any time without scheduling anything and I stopped dreading the practice sessions.

By week three something shifted. I noticed I was hesitating less. Words were coming faster. I wasn't blanking mid-sentence as much. It wasn't fluent by any stretch but it felt like my brain was finally starting to connect the passive knowledge I had built up with actually producing language in real time.

Week four I had a short conversation with a Serbian speaker on HelloTalk and managed to hold it together for about ten minutes. A month earlier that would have completely fallen apart in the first two minutes.

The surprising part wasn't that speaking practice helped. It was how fast it helped once I was consistent about it. I genuinely expected it to take much longer to notice any difference.

If you're in that phase where you feel like you understand Serbian but can't actually speak it, just start speaking. It doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to be daily.

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u/admrys — 1 day ago
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Jotovanje u starijim tuđicama

Zbog čega je gr. reč Ελεούσα (Eleousa) dala sr. reč Ljeviš, sa Lj i Š umesto sa L i S?

Zbog čega je Israel postao Izrailj?

Zbog čega sē nekada govorilo korešpondent i konštitucija?

Zbog čega je it. melanzana /melancana/ u dalmatinskom govoru postala melànčāna?

Zbog čega je it. zabaione u Istri postao žavàjōn?

Zbog čega se (uglavnom u dalmatinskom) kaže: falša, šalša, škužati, šug, šušur, špade, špageti / špaga, Španjolska, španjulet, šparoga, špatula, špigeta, špigula / špekula, špijun / špija, šporko, štala, štampa, štekat, štilet, štorija, štriga, štuk itd. ako se sve ove reči na italijanskom pišu i izgovaraju sa S?

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u/Poskokosh — 1 day ago
▲ 19 r/Serbian

Serbian Book recommendations

Hi everyone! I’m looking for some Serbian book recommendations. I am able to understand Serbian pretty well (my parents taught me), but my grammar, vocabulary and the way I form sentences can be improved.

I am able to read in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts and would love to read a book by a Serbian author. I mainly read novels, but am open to any genre except horror/thriller. Hvala!

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u/Parsnipcatcher — 4 days ago

Da li je prvo u u "dinosaurus" zapravo w

Znam da to uglavnom zavisi od toga kako ko izgovara, ali u obicnom govoru kod vecine ljudi nikada ne cujem da se prvo u istice kao sopstveni slog kao da je jedva vokal a w je poluvokal, a pritom sigurno ne moze biti v jer svi znamo kako bi "dinosavrus" zvucalo i to sigurno niko ne govori.

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u/miiiiiiiii123 — 7 days ago

Hrvatski jezik

Zasto meni hrvatski jezik zvuci jako cudno ne kontam
Trenutno sam na letovanju u Hrv i stvarno sve kul sto se tice letovanja i obilaska Pule i jos par gradova ali kad cujem neke njihove reci akcentovanje i dijalekat kao da je jezik skroz ‘iskrivljen’ ili sam samo ja blago retardiran

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u/Queasy_Ad_4844 — 6 days ago
▲ 83 r/Serbian+1 crossposts

Само да питам је ли ово монтажа?

Да ли је ово монтажа курти вучић и шешељ заједно ? Ако није монтажа да ли је могуће да је удба све испланирала унапријед и продала ? Од Космета до свих индустрија пкба-а ,фирми ... шта је ово господе...

u/Perun3 — 9 days ago
▲ 10 r/Serbian

Č vs Ć and DŽ vs Ð pronunciation

Im trying to settle a debate, which english words contain these sounds?

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u/stefmanRS — 12 days ago

I’ll pay you if my app can’t teach you to read Cyrilic + understand 100+ words in 10 days

Before reading: don't say it's too good to be true because I'm offering money

I’ve been building a Serbian learning app, and I want to put it to a real test.

Start from zero (or close to zero), use the app for 10 days, follow the rules below, and if at the end you still can’t read the Cyrilic it teaches you + 120 words, I’ll pay you.

The rules

For all 10 days, you must:

Use the app every day.
Complete your reviews whenever reviews become available. You will be notified when they are.

Not skip anything. Complete every lesson, exercise, and review the app gives you.
Complete the entire first 2 levels.
Actually attempt the exercises, randomly clicking through obviously doesn’t count.

What the app teaches
The course teaches:
Whole Cyrilic alphabet (7 letters are exact same as latin)
A lot of vocabulary, but in the 10 days its just enough to put your reading into practice.

After 10 days
If you followed all the rules and completed everything but the app failed to teach you what it claims to teach, I’ll pay you 20€.

I’m looking especially for people who currently cannot read Cyrilic or those who can but want to learn vocab, because that makes the test much more interesting.
If you want to try the challenge, comment or DM me.
And please be critical. If something is confusing or badly taught, I genuinely want to know

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u/stefmanRS — 9 days ago

Are the Serbian stories decent?

Hi! I’m currently learning Italian, and built a site to generate personalized short stories at my level that are then emailed to me daily. It is working well for me, and I’m having fun using it. I figured then I’d open it up to other languages too and see if it was helpful for people. But I’m curious how accurate the stories are (they are AI generated) in other languages like Serbian.

Would someone people willing to give it a shot and seeing how it does? It’s completely free and I’m just looking for feedback.

https://getcartela.com

Thanks a bunch! I appreciate it.

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u/luc_vizz — 8 days ago
▲ 23 r/Serbian

A quick question for Russians living in Serbia

Guys, I'm going into the 9th grade now (I'm going until the 11th grade) and I'd better figure out what I want already (definitely not to live and study in Russia). So, I have a question: if I start learning Serbian right now while in Russia, what is the best way to do it, my family doesn't have money for a tutor ;("

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u/Super_puper_hueglot — 13 days ago

Speaking club NS

Ćao društvo!

Moja žena i ja bismo želeli da nađemo ljude iz Novog Sada kojima, isto kao i nama, fali praksa srpskog jezika. Ako neko već zna srpski na B1 nivou i nedostaje mu komunikacija na jeziku (možda zbog rada od kuće ili zato što ne radi sa Srbima), možemo da se okupimo i organizujemo nešto kao mali speaking club (maksimalno 4–5 ljudi, da ne bude gužve).

Ako vas zanima ova ideja, slobodno mi se javite u DM.

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u/PieceSea1669 — 10 days ago
▲ 15 r/Serbian

Best resources for Serbian langauge

I wasted two months looking for Serbian on Duolingo before someone told me it simply doesn't exist. Serbian is one of the few languages Duolingo has never built a course for. Once I got over that I went looking for everything else and spent a long time figuring out what was actually worth using.

The first thing that actually worked for vocabulary was Drops. Visual, gamified, five minutes a day. It's not deep but it got me comfortable with basic Serbian words faster than anything else and the images make things stick in a way plain flashcards never did. Good for the first month then you naturally outgrow it.

From there I moved to Serbonika for structure. It's the best course I found specifically built for Serbian takes you from complete beginner to A2 systematically and is clearly designed by someone who actually understands how learners struggle with Serbian grammar and cases. This is where things started clicking for me.

For vocabulary in context I used Clozemaster which teaches words through real sentences rather than isolation. After a few weeks Serbian stopped feeling like a list of disconnected items and started feeling like something real.

Speaking was the last thing I tackled and the hardest. Around month three I hit a wall where I could read Serbian reasonably well but froze the moment someone actually spoke to me. I started doing daily speaking practice on Issen and it was the first time my brain was forced to produce Serbian rather than just absorb it. That shift made a real difference.

What is everyone else using? Especially curious about listening resources for natural spoken Serbian.

u/SpreadUsual4084 — 12 days ago

Serbian Language and Culture Workshop

Good Day!

I was just wondering if anyone had any experience with the Serbian Language and Culture Workshop? Is it legit? Has anyone stayed in the dorm rhey offer? I am told its cash only and will need to withdraw euros when i land in Belgrade tonight. Any advice on this?

Thank you all

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u/6play9j — 11 days ago
▲ 7 r/Serbian+1 crossposts

Nemacki jezik preporuka?

Da li znate nekoga ko predaje dobro Nemacki jezik i ko stvarno pomogne da se nauci a ne samo da predaje gradivo bez ikakve logike?
Pomagajte hitno je 😨
Ucim nemacki već 5g, svaki kurs je sve gore jer je s brda s dola, ništa nema veze sa ovim prethodnom i dovela sam sebe u situaciju da razumem govorni jezik 80%, da čitam i razumem 90%, a znam da izgovorim 10% svega toga….
Hitno mi treba pomoć u pitanju je posao i više ne mogu da odlazem…
Hvala svima🙏

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u/angell0107 — 14 days ago