Customer Reviews
A very worthwhile book - By: Englez, 15 Oct 2008 
This is a really excellent book for anyone starting to learn serbian. This book is ideal for anyone planning to work/travel to Serbia or Bosnia (Republika Serpska Entity) as it also teaches the languagein Cyrillic as well as latin, which is essential as most road signsin the RS (save major routes) arein cyrillic (as I found out getting lost one time en route to Banja Luka). This is also suitable for Bosnian as the languages are practically identical (only some very minor differences on a small minority of words). It's also useful for Croatian (98% the same language), although using some Serb words will be corrected by the locals, but this never seemed to cause offence they were glad that I had made the effort.
A useful tool... - By: A customer, 29 May 2008 I bought this book,in order to teach myself the basics of the language & skip a year of getting taught by a real Serbian teacher. My main goal was to save some money for tougher levels of the languagein the years to follow.
I found this book very easy to use. The vocabulary was important for daily speech, the grammar was easy to follow & generally everything was suitable for a beginner. In case someone does not know the cyrillic script well, he/she might find it hard to follow from Unit 5 & on, but with a little patience all gets better soon.
The audio part was not the best I have tried, mainly because it was very fastin some parts, but generally it helped. And the voice actors were not bad, they helped you practice your speech so that it can sound normal.
Allin all, this was a helpful tool. I will give it 5/5 stars because I have tried many books & I think this one has the most things to offer: some grammar, some listening practice, some exercises & decent vocabulary. Of course, you will need a teacher or a higher level book if you wanna proceed to tougher levels, but if you just wanna feel comfortable during a trip to the area, then this book is what you are looking for.
At last a comprehensive guide..... - By: , 01 Jan 2004 As a student of the Serbian language, I am always looking out for books to help with my studies. As many people with an interestin this area know, there are very few books on the subject, or they are based on Serbo-Croat & focus on the Croatian side of the language. This book purely focuses on Serbian & teaches the grammar & vocabularyin a very easy to manage way. I have just passed the half way mark & am now able to hold converstions with my Serbian friends, who are very impressed with the standard of my language. Very well written & very informative regarding culture & lifestyle an abosolute must.
