1a. Serbian Latin Alphabet (Letters & Sounds)

Question 1

Pronunciation is like ‘a’ in car

A a

Answer 1

avion (plane)

adresa (address)

Question 2

Pronunciation is like ‘b’ in bed

B b

Answer 2

Bog (God)

brat (brother)

Question 3

Pronunciation is like ‘ts’ in cats

C c

Answer 3

crkva (church)

cipele (shoes)

Question 4

Pronunciation is like ‘ch’ in match (its a hard ‘ch’ sound)

Č č

Answer 4

čovek (man)

čizme (boots)

Question 5

Pronunciation is like ‘ch’ in church (its a softer ‘ch’ sound)

Ć ć

Answer 5

ćerka (daughter)

ćevapi (skinless sausages)

Question 6

Pronunciation is like ‘d’ in day

D d

Answer 6

dobro (good)

devojka (girl)

Question 7

Pronunciation is like ‘j’ in joy (it a hard ‘j’ sound)

Dž dž

Answer 7

džep (pocket)

džip (jeep)

Question 8

Pronunciation is like ‘j’ in juice (its a softer ‘j’ sound)

Đ đ

Answer 8

đak (student)

Question 9

Pronunciation is like like ‘e’ in men

E e

Answer 9

ekser (nail)

ekonomija (economics)

Question 10

Pronunciation is like ‘f’ in french

F f

Answer 10

flaša (bottle)

Francuski (French)

Question 11

Pronunciation is like ‘g’ in good

G g

Answer 11

glup (stupid)

grad (city)

Question 12

Pronunciation is like ‘h’ in hot

H h

Answer 12

hleb (bread)

hodati (walk)

Question 13

Pronunciation is like ‘e’ in east

I i

Answer 13

igla (needle)

igračka (toy)

Question 14

Pronunciation is like ‘y’ in you

J j

Answer 14

jaje (egg)

jastuk (pillow)

Question 15

Pronunciation is like ‘k’ in king

K k

Answer 15

kafa (coffee)

kolo (Serbian folk dance)

Question 16

Pronunciation is like ‘l’ in love

L l

Answer 16

lopta (ball)

lepa (beautiful)

Question 17

Pronunciation is like ‘li’ in million

Lj lj

Answer 17

ljubav (love)

ljut (angry)

Question 18

Pronunciation is like ‘m’ in man

M m

Answer 18

majka (mother)

mleko (milk)

Question 19

Pronunciation is like ‘n’ in nice

N n

Answer 19

nos (nose)

ne znam (don’t know)

Question 20

Pronunciation is likelike ‘ni’ in onion

Nj nj

Answer 20

njega (him)

njeno (her)

Question 21

Pronunciation is like ‘o’ in door

O o

Answer 21

olovka (pencil)

ogledalo (mirror)

Question 22

Pronunciation is like ‘p’ in pen

P p

Answer 22

pivo (beer)

pametan (clever)

Question 23

Pronunciation is rolled ‘r’ (like in Scottish dialects)

R r

Answer 23

rakija (brandy)

riba (fish)

Question 24

Pronunciation is like ’s’ in son

S s

Answer 24

sestra (sister)

stolica (chair)

Question 25

# Pronunciation is like **'sh'** in **sh**e **Š š**

Answer 25

**škola** *(school)* **šala** *(joke)*

Question 26

# Pronunciation is like **'t'** in **t**ime **T t**

Answer 26

**tata** *(dad)* **tanjir** *(plate)*

Question 27

# Pronunciation is like **'u'** in p**u**t **U u**

Answer 27

**uvo** *(ear)* **ulica** *(street)*

Question 28

# Pronunciation is like like **'v'** in **v**ictory **V v**

Answer 28

**voda** *(water)* **vrata** *(door)*

Question 29

# Pronunciation is like **'z'** in **z**oo **Z z**

Answer 29

**zvezda** *(star)* **zlato** *(gold)*

Question 30

# Pronunciation is like **'su'** in lei**su**re **Ž ž**

Answer 30

**žaba** *(frog)* **živeli** *(cheers)*