How to Speak Bosnian
Bosnian is the language of Bosnia and Herzegovina. People speak it at home, in schools and cafés, and in families living far from the country. You learn it because you are visiting, moving, marrying in, reclaiming a family language, or you already care about this place and want the real name for what you hear. This site teaches that named language, not a vague mix of the region.
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Bosnian coffee, BaščaršijaWhat this site is for
Bosnian hangs meaning on the ends of words, where English hangs it on little words and word order. The site exists so you can speak anyway. Book 1 gives you ready phrases in the present tense. The Grammar book is the notebook beside that walk. Every page uses Latin script.
The books
The Learn page holds the books. Book 1 is the walk through town in the present tense. Grammar is the notebook for endings. The dictionary and YouTube sit in the header when you want a word or a video.
Book 1
How to Speak Bosnian in 30 Days. Phrases for the café, the street, and meeting people, in the present tense, with Ana, Emir, Amira, and Mrvica.
Grammar
How to Speak Bosnian: Grammar. English keeps coffee still in every job. Bosnian changes kahva to kahvu when you want the drink, because the work sits on the end of the word. This notebook covers gender, cases, verbs, and how a sentence actually runs, with the same small words you meet in Book 1.
Book 1 is the walk through town
If you want a story while you learn, that is Book 1. Ana drinks kahva at Amira’s. Emir gets a little lost with her. Mrvica steals the scene. It is survival Bosnian for a visit or early life here.
Traditional Bosnian costume
Watch on YouTube
Companion videos sit on YouTube with stills, on-screen text, and optional narration, so you can hear a Book 1 lesson when you are away from the page.
Say zdravo
Questions about the books, classroom use, or how to start? Send a note.