When I first created this Serbian Phrases project back in 2013, the idea was simple: give learners practical Serbian they could actually use in real conversations.

Since then, the project has grown into something much bigger.

Today, SerbianPhrases.com is a fast, searchable collection of 500+ useful Serbian phrases, organised so that you can quickly find exactly what you need — whether you are greeting someone, asking a question, travelling, shopping, making small talk or simply trying to sound more natural in Serbian.

You can search in English or Serbian, choose between Latin and Cyrillic, and see whether a phrase is better suited to casual ti or polite vi situations.

Each section is designed to be practical rather than overwhelming: find the phrase, hear how it sounds, and then practise it.

Learn Serbian phrases through practice

The updated site is not just a phrase list.

You can move directly from the phrases to interactive Serbian exercises, games and practice activities, so you are not simply reading expressions — you are actually using them.

Practise Serbian online: https://www.serbianphrases.com/exercises.html

And if you are just starting Serbian, there is now a completely free Serbian Phrases course.

The free course contains ten lessons covering some of the most useful areas for your first conversations:

The lessons include pronunciation, matching games, flashcards, short tests and printable worksheets.

See the free Serbian course: https://www.serbianphrases.com/courses.html

Explore all Serbian phrases: https://www.serbianphrases.com/

Why I teach Serbian this way

I'm Marina Petrović, a teacher of Serbian and English with more than 30 years of language-teaching experience. I have been teaching online since 2008, working with learners from many different countries and backgrounds.

Over the years, one thing has become very clear to me: people learn languages much better when they are relaxed, curious and actively involved.

That is why my teaching method relies heavily on games, repetition, humour, music and short memorable activities rather than endless grammar explanations.

In many ways, it is closer to the way children naturally acquire language: they hear something, repeat it, play with it, use it in context — and gradually it starts to feel natural.

The goal of SerbianPhrases.com is therefore not simply to give you hundreds of Serbian expressions.

It is to help those expressions become language you can actually use.

If you would like to start exploring, begin with the phrase database, try a few exercises, or join the free course and practise the most useful Serbian phrases with me.

Start here: https://www.serbianphrases.com/