Starter sequence
Cyrillic, Latin & Pronunciation
Read Serbian in both official scripts, convert between them, and identify words with optional browser audio.
Noun Gender
Identify whether a noun is masculine, feminine, or neuter from a list of ~580 common Serbian nouns.
Noun Plurals
Pick the correct plural form for hundreds of Serbian nouns, practising the basic nominative plural endings.
AdjectiveβNoun Gender
Choose the adjective ending that agrees with a noun's gender: masculine, feminine, or neuter.
PadeΕΎi β Cases Explained
The seven cases for English speakers, ordered in the suggested learning sequence.
Beginner Foundations
Essential first grammar and everyday language, right after the starter sequence.
The Verb βto beβ (BITI)
Conjugate the verb BITI across its present-tense sets β full forms and clitics β for every person.
Personal Pronouns
Drill the personal pronouns β ja, ti, on, onaβ¦ β across all six cases, choosing between long (stressed) and short (clitic) forms.
Common Phrases
Fill the blank in 250 everyday Serbian phrases β greetings, routines, travel, food, and fixed expressions.
Prepositions: u vs na
Pick the right preposition for a noun, learning classic traps like u Ε‘koli vs na fakultetu.
Adverbs: viΕ‘e vs joΕ‘
Choose between viΕ‘e (more / not anymore) and joΕ‘ (still / one more) in 100 sentence contexts.
Intermediate Verbs & Tenses
Present, past, and future β then aspect, the concept that ties all the tenses together, and the prefixes that build perfective verbs.
Present-Tense Verb Endings
Practise the six present-tense persons by verb group, with the full paradigm shown after every answer.
Perfect Tense
Build the past with the auxiliary and a participle that agrees with the subject's gender and number.
Future Tense β Futur I
Build future statements with short forms of hteti, contracted spellings, and negation.
Verb Aspect
Choose imperfective or perfective verbs for repeated actions, actions in progress, and completed results.
Verb Prefixes β pre-, po-, za-β¦
One root, fourteen verbs: pisati β prepisati, zapisati, potpisati. The 14 spatial prefixes, their sound changes, and why every prefixed verb is perfective.
Verb Conjugation
Conjugate Serbian verbs across the present, perfect, and future tenses for every person.
Intermediate Cases in Action
From single endings to full sentence contexts. The six case drills follow the recommended practice order.
Case Endings
Change nouns through the seven cases in singular and plural, including masculine animate Accusative.
Prepositions & Cases
Choose the noun form whose case-ending fits the preposition in the sentence β motion vs. location, and more.
Accusative Drill
28 sentence contexts for the accusative: direct objects, direction, and the animate masculine trap.
Genitive Drill
27 sentence contexts for the genitive: prepositions, negation, paucal, and genitive plural.
Dative Drill
27 sentence contexts for the dative: recipients, helping, trusting, admiring, and ka/prema.
Locative Drill
28 sentence contexts for the locative: location with u/na, topics with o, and months.
Instrumental Drill
27 sentence contexts for the instrumental: company, tools, transport, and pred/pod/nad.
Vocative Drill
27 addressing forms: names and kin terms, including the Nikola/Luka and dete traps.
Numerals & Noun Form
Choose the noun form β singular, paucal, or plural β that agrees with the number, traps included.
Advanced Nuances
What comes after the basics: error detection, negated objects, comparison, clitic placement, conditionals, and indefinite pronouns.
Case Errors β Spot the Error
34 sentences with one word in the wrong case, highlighted. Pick the form that fixes it.
Genitive of Negation
Decide whether a negated object takes the genitive (standard) or keeps the accusative.
Adjective Comparison
Form the comparative and superlative of Serbian adjectives from real comparison endings.
Clitics & Word Order
Place short forms such as sam, se, ga, and Δu naturally in Serbian sentences.
Conditional Sentences
Choose between ako, kad, and da β Serbian's three words for "if" β based on whether the condition is real, expected, or unreal.
Prefix Matrix β neko, niko, iko
Build whole word families from question words: kada β nekada, nikada, ikada. The full 10 Γ 4 matrix with examples, negative concord, and traps.
Reference Guides & Tables
Consult at any level β no scoring, just explanations and lookup tables.
Case Declension Guide
A plain-language reference explaining the 7 Serbian cases, how endings change by gender, and how to convert any noun between cases.
Word Building β Same Root, New Ending
How one root grows into a word family: poΔetak / poΔetnik / poΔetni. 20 families, common suffixes, and root letter changes.
Words with Multiple Meanings
A 200-word reference table of Serbian polysemy β one word, two or three English meanings, filterable.
Idioms & Proverbs
66 Serbian idioms with English translations and the literal meanings underneath, filterable by keyword.