As we saw [in one of the previous lessons], the Serbian language has a most useful peculiarity: you read what you write, you write what you speak! For someone coming from Latin-based languages (Italian, French, English, German, you name it), this is a blessing! We can imagine, though, how our languages may look and sound from a Serbian’s perspective. In this lesson, we will look at some _phonemes_ and at how they are transcribed into _graphemes_ in the different languages.
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An Italian cellist’s journey into Serbian Language — Lesson 6
Phonetic transcription (Part 1) Both Italian and English have vocals and consonants, namely: Vocals (vocali): a, e, i, o, u Consonants (consonanti), in bold those unique to English: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z. Vocals are the same, with EnglishContinue reading “An Italian cellist’s journey into Serbian Language — Lesson 6”
An Italian cellist’s journey into Serbian Language — Lesson 5
Before delving deep into the next chapter, I would like to share my recent first-hand experience with the differences between _ekavski_ and _ijekavski._
Making Progress
Dear all,
Welcome to the second update for _Summer 2023,_ this time live from Belgrade, Serbia! Before moving on with the news, I would like to offer my public apology to the several thousands of people who watched the excerpt of
An Italian cellist’s journey into Serbian Language — Lesson 3
In [Lesson 1], the lesson ended with a personally composed rhythm to memorise the order of letters of the Cyrillic alphabet. A few days later, I discovered a song that Serbian kids have been using for the last 30 years at least.
