Language Learning Resources for Serbian and Croatian
Learning Serbian and Croatian are necessary for family history, understanding Balkan history, and being able to interact in the Balkans on an everyday basis. To interview people it is a must! You also must know the different dialects your family speaks, otherwise you will If you know those two languages, you can travel to Macedonia, Slovenia, and Bulgaria and get by. If you learn both the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets, the first alphabet (Cyrillic) will make it easier to understand written Russian. If you know the Latin alphabet and what letters make what sounds, Polish is really easy to understand (the basics and the words that come from the same root words)
I have created a Google Classroom which can be used to make assignments and grade you. I try to focus on the basics of the language, the extra conversational language that will make you sound more fluent, and the cultural historical component of the question that is often left out of most discussions. It is hard to learn the history--most people need to learn about the last 150 years to really understand why things work the way they do--I will be posting on that shortly. Message me if you want access to it. All you need is a free private Google Account, and it should be super easy to set up. All I do is send you a code, and then we work together much like teachers and students do nowadays through Canvas, Blackboard, and other systems.
classroom.google.com
Shannon Kennedy, an ethnomusicologist that works for Fluent in 3 Months has a website, Eurolinguiste. Her first foreign language was Croatian. Now she has expanded beyond that to Russian, Korean, etc. Check it out for basics. She also has a YouTube channel.
http://eurolinguiste.com/croatian/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CWYgMBs5r0
Since Duolingo only has Polish and Czech, there are not a lot of free apps available for Croatian. But it does have German, Italian, and Turkish, which are all super useful languages for getting around, and reading records for family history. These languages also contributed essential words to the developing language. The words for tool 'alat', and almonds 'badem' both come from Turkish, just as an example.
You can try Mango, for a subscription fee. They have basic Serbian and Croatian.
Advanced BCS learners can try Youtube, social media, and other kinds of websites. Here are some favorites below:
Humor: https://smehisamosmeh.blogspot.ba/ Smeh i Samo Smeh (Smiles and Only Smiles) A Bosnian humor site and meme producer
News: B92: Want the Serbian news? Try this to get their perspective. https://www.b92.net/
Vecerniji (Croatian
Jutarniji Vesti (croatian)
Music: The band Connect (croatian):
KinoKlub: (unknown)
Dubioza Kolektiva (bosnian band):
Serbian Translations (Serbian dubs of popular music and good old oldies!)
Disney: slobodnousername: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtAP8mTddbjQi-NBoasMdIw
Cartoons Serbia : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFA7vFi2XecookytJYzqPTw
Disney Slavic Dubs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgj-ElAfz-yeQVRyZ6g8ZpA
Hope this helps! Its a great journey. I'll post more later!
I have created a Google Classroom which can be used to make assignments and grade you. I try to focus on the basics of the language, the extra conversational language that will make you sound more fluent, and the cultural historical component of the question that is often left out of most discussions. It is hard to learn the history--most people need to learn about the last 150 years to really understand why things work the way they do--I will be posting on that shortly. Message me if you want access to it. All you need is a free private Google Account, and it should be super easy to set up. All I do is send you a code, and then we work together much like teachers and students do nowadays through Canvas, Blackboard, and other systems.
classroom.google.com
Shannon Kennedy, an ethnomusicologist that works for Fluent in 3 Months has a website, Eurolinguiste. Her first foreign language was Croatian. Now she has expanded beyond that to Russian, Korean, etc. Check it out for basics. She also has a YouTube channel.
http://eurolinguiste.com/croatian/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CWYgMBs5r0
Since Duolingo only has Polish and Czech, there are not a lot of free apps available for Croatian. But it does have German, Italian, and Turkish, which are all super useful languages for getting around, and reading records for family history. These languages also contributed essential words to the developing language. The words for tool 'alat', and almonds 'badem' both come from Turkish, just as an example.
You can try Mango, for a subscription fee. They have basic Serbian and Croatian.
Advanced BCS learners can try Youtube, social media, and other kinds of websites. Here are some favorites below:
Humor: https://smehisamosmeh.blogspot.ba/ Smeh i Samo Smeh (Smiles and Only Smiles) A Bosnian humor site and meme producer
News: B92: Want the Serbian news? Try this to get their perspective. https://www.b92.net/
Vecerniji (Croatian
Jutarniji Vesti (croatian)
Music: The band Connect (croatian):
KinoKlub: (unknown)
Dubioza Kolektiva (bosnian band):
Serbian Translations (Serbian dubs of popular music and good old oldies!)
Disney: slobodnousername: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtAP8mTddbjQi-NBoasMdIw
Cartoons Serbia : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFA7vFi2XecookytJYzqPTw
Disney Slavic Dubs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgj-ElAfz-yeQVRyZ6g8ZpA
Hope this helps! Its a great journey. I'll post more later!
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