Love = Murder? Balkan Romance (and Serbian Grammar!) as Understood in the Song “Ubiću Te”
The lyrics for Magnifico’s tune “Ubiću Te” can tell us some things about Serbian grammar.
Bosnian
Više vs. Još in Serbian/ Bosnian/ Croatian: The Differences and When to Use Each One
The horrors of Serbian/Croatian/Bosian hit you one after another: cases, verb aspect, and conjugations… And then at some point, probably later in the process, the bizarre and seemingly random distinctions between više and još will also start to get on your nerves. These words can be translated, variously, as “more”, “even more”, “yet”, “any more”, “still”, etc.
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Learn Just Enough Bosnian Slang to Toast, Gripe, and Propose Marriage
Bosnian is uniquely rich among its Slavic brethren in shortened informal expressions. Here’s a quick guide; master these few words and you’ll sound like a local.
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The Best Books for Learning Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian
I’ve tried out all of the best learning books for Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian—here’s what to use and to avoid.
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Make Sweet Ljubav in Serbian: Slang for Love Piles, Sex, Consent, and Gossiping About it All
Key slang in Serbian / Croatian / Bosnian for sex and romance
Can You Count to One in Serbian? It’s Fucking Harder Than You’d Fucking Think!
Today we’ll learn to count in Serbian / Bosnian / Croatian. But this South Slavic linguistic shitshow is crazy, so all we’re really going to understand is the number one. If we get really masochistic, we may cover the numbers two, three, maybe even four and more in some other article. This is a grammar
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How to Search Multiple Definitions and Translations in a Single Click — for Language Learning and Translating
A very nerdy way to hack your term searches as a language learner and get the best definitions and contextual images and texts for a single word
