WWII Spoken Serbo-Croatian Basic Language Course War Dept. US Army SF EM 573

Description: INTRODUCTION 1. This course in spoken Serbo-Croatian is designed as a general introduction to the Serbo-Croatian language. It contains all the essential grammatical materials for learning to speak everyday Serbo-Croatian, and its vocabulary, though small, is built around a number of the most useful common situations and current topics. It is based on the principle that you must hear a language if you are to understand it when spoken, and that you must practice speaking it in order to master its sounds and its forms. A teacher will often not be available for those for whom this book is written, so the course has been made as nearly self-teaching as possible. This manual covers the course completely and requires the use of no other reference material. 2. The Serbo-Croatian language is spoken by about 11 million people in Jugoslavia. There are also a considerable number of Serbo-Croatian speakers in the adjoining countries of Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Kumania, and in nearby Czechoslovakia. To these we may add approximately 150,000 Serbs and Croats in the United States. Variations in language are perfectly natural and are found in every language in the world. So do not be surprised if no two Serbo-Croatian speakers whom you meet seem to talk in exactly the same way. All the Serbo-Croatian speakers you meet in Jugoslavia will understand the kind of Serbo-Croatian presented in this manual, and a great many of them, especially in the larger towns and cities and among the fairly well educated will speak it exactly as you find it here. The people in the country areas and some of the people in the cities will often, however, speak a slightly different kind of Serbo-Croatian. If the pronunciation vou hear is not quite like what is given to you in this manual or what you hear in this course, imitate the person with whom you are speaking. Likewise, do not hesitate to use the gestures which you see, for they are part of the language. Imitate them if you can. 3. A Native Speaker and This Manual are used in this course to help you in learning to speak Serbo-Croatian. The two must be used together. Neither is of any value without the other. This manual has been so organized that it can be used to study by yourself or in a group. If you work in a group and have no regular teacher, choose one of the group to act as Group Leader.

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Location: Norco, Louisiana

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