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Plain-English guides to learning Serbian & Croatian.
Football & the World Cup: How to Cheer in Serbian & Croatian
In the Balkans, football is close to a religion — and the World Cup is the high holy season. Here's the vocabulary and the chants you need to follow a match, cheer for your team, and sound like a local.
By Glen Ranđelović Michaelsen
The Alphabet: Two Scripts, One Sound Each
Serbian and Croatian are written with a near-perfect phonetic alphabet — every letter is exactly one sound. Here's how the Latin and Cyrillic scripts work and why they're easier than they look.
By Glen Ranđelović Michaelsen
The Number System, Made Simple
Counting in Serbian and Croatian is regular and predictable — but numbers interact with cases in a way that surprises beginners. Here's how counting works and the one rule that makes it click.
By Glen Ranđelović Michaelsen
Understanding the Seven Cases
Cases are the part of Serbian and Croatian that scares beginners most — but the core idea is simple: word endings tell you who does what to whom. Here's a plain-English guide to all seven.
By Glen Ranđelović Michaelsen