Serbian Alphabet Tutorial (Latin & Cyrillic)

The Serbian alphabet (Also known as Serbian / Croatian / Bosnian / Montenegrin alphabet) uses two writing scripts at the same time: Latin Serbian script (Latinica) and Cyrillic script (Ćirilica). They are used interchangeably, sometimes dubbed, sometimes single. To make learning easier for native speakers of the languages with Latin writing systems, the Serbian lessons are written in the Latin script.

Also, there are local differences in usage of the alphabets:

In Croatia only Latin script is used;

In Montenegro, there are 2 more extra letters Ś/С́ and Ź/З́.

Latin Serbian alphabet (Latinica)

Aa [cup] Bb [book] Vv [live] Gg [gap] Dd [door]
Đđ [juice] Ee [step] Žž [pleasure] Zz [zoom] Ii [pig]
Jj [boy] Kk [can] Ll [loop] Lj lj [million] Mm [moon]
Nn [nurse] Nj nj [canyon] Oo [fork] Pp [part] Rr [berry] (rolled R)
Ss [sauce] Tt [tool] Ćć the sound is softer than CH Uu [zoo] Ff [flight]
Hh [hat] Cc [cats] Čč [change] Dž dž [George] Šš [show]

Cyrillic Serbian alphabet (Ćirilica/Ћирилица)

Аа [cup] Бб [book] Вв [live] Гг [gap] Дд [door]
Ђ ђ [juice] Ее [step] Жж [pleasure] Зз [zoom] Ии [pig]
Jj [boy] Кк [can] Лл [loop] Љ љ [million] Мм [moon]
Нн [nurse] Њ њ [canyon] Оо [fork] Пп [part] Рр [berry] (rolled R)
Сс [sauce] Тт [tool] Ћ ћ the sound is softer than CH Уу [zoo] Фф [flight]
Хх [hat] Цц [cats] Чч [change] Џ џ [George] Шш [show]

Serbian Language Lessons

  1. Present tense of Serbian verbs
  2. Important verbs and modal verbs
  3. Past tense
  4. Future tense and prepositions
  5. Verb aspect and reflexive verbs
  6. Genders and Plural
  7. Numbers and counting
  8. Introduction to Serbian cases
  9. Cases of pronouns
  10. Cases of nouns
  11. Cases of adjectives
  12. Word order and enclitics
  13. Possessive pronouns
  14. Conditional mood and the verbs “to need” and “to like”
  15. Conjunctions and complex sentences
  16. Imperative mood
  17. Degrees of comparison
  18. Serbian adverbs
  19. Pronouns like “something, everybody, nowhere”
  20. Demonstrative pronouns, “here” and “there”
  21. Future tense II
  22. Passive voice and “There is/are” in the Serbian language
  23. Participles
  24. Aorist