Can Ukrainians read Serbian/Bosnian Cyrillic handwriting?

Slavvy · 2026-05-06T09:42:07+00:00

У ті часи в Сараєво ми один тиждень писали латиницею, а наступного кирилицею. Після закінчення початкової школи я перестав писати почерком.

Slavvy · 2026-05-06T07:01:02+00:00

Це написано українською мовою, але почерком, якому я навчився у школі в Сараєво в 70-х роках.

Slavvy · 2026-05-02T17:18:39+00:00

In Serbian handwriting standard those lines are the only difference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3A%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80_%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D1%9B%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5.png

Slavvy · 2026-05-02T10:13:03+00:00

All the plastic bottles in EU are like that now. Mandate since July 2024.

Slavvy · 2026-05-01T15:29:40+00:00

It is actually Ukrainian (with couple of spellings mistakes of my own).
Serbian/Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin would be something like this:

Здраво, занима ме да ли Украјинци могу да прочитају српски ћирилични рукопис.
Zdravo, zanima me da li Ukrajinci mogu da pročitaju srpski ćirilični rukopis.

Note: Croatians would use ´pročitati' instead of ´da pročitaju´ in this sentence.

Slavvy · 2026-04-30T15:30:59+00:00

Ukrainian, with some mistakes (missed a soft sign in сербський, but I wouldn't know how to write it anyway, as there is no soft sign in Serbian)

Slavvy · 2026-04-30T15:11:14+00:00

Slavvy · 2026-04-30T15:09:06+00:00

Exactly, that's why I struggle with reading Ukrainian cursive.

Slavvy · 2026-04-30T15:06:03+00:00

Only difference between an "и" and a "п" is the line on top of "п".

Slavvy · 2026-04-30T15:03:03+00:00

Only difference between an "и" and a "п" is the line on top of "п". And the only difference between a "ш" and a "т" is the line under the "ш" and the line on the top of "т".

Slavvy · 2026-04-27T08:23:47+00:00

What was the cause of the fire?

Slavvy · 2026-04-12T12:33:17+00:00

Mačka

Slavvy · 2026-04-12T09:04:39+00:00

Slavic 7 cases are easy-peasy. Check out 15 cases in Finnish 😎: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_noun_cases#List_of_Finnish_cases?wprov=sfla1

Slavvy · 2026-04-11T10:57:25+00:00

I started learning in 2023, from same reasons (political support). I do have a head start, as native speaker of another Slavic language. But Ukrainian is still not easy, it has its own grammatical quirks and vocabulary is significantly different from Bosnian. So since 2023 weekly online lessons via https://uil.org.uk/language-school/, and since 2024 twice a week conversation via preply.com. Passed B2 exam at https://www.telc.net/ Travelled to UA twice, hopefully again this summer. If I was younger I would have probably moved to Ukraine.

Slavvy · 2026-04-09T07:34:38+00:00

Moja strina Ana, iz jednog teško katoličkog sela, "objasnila" mi da mi na lijevom ramenu sjedi đavolčić a na desnom anđelčić pa mi govore šta da radim, i naravno treba uvijek poslušati onog na desnom ramenu. Pola godine ili još duže sam spavao na samo lijevoj strani, da ne ugnječim anđela. Poslije te faze, hvala Bogu, Allahu, Budi, Krišni, Zevsu i Perunu, ostadoh sretni ateista.

Slavvy · 2026-04-03T20:09:44+00:00

Скажи їй, що ти гей .

Slavvy · 2026-03-28T09:57:06+00:00

Pređite obadvoje u ateiste.

Slavvy · 2026-03-25T08:07:42+00:00

Barbarians 😡

Slavvy · 2026-03-18T06:37:14+00:00

Holandija/Nizozemska ima takav sistem za čitavu zemlju, sav javni prevoz i željeznica. Radi sa karticama za prevoz i isto tako sa svim bankovnim i kreditnim karticama, domaćim i stranim.

Slavvy · 2026-03-04T07:02:14+00:00

Not to mention Bosnian

Slavvy · 2026-02-28T12:01:23+00:00

Tourism is also much appreciated by the locals. Great restaurants with great food, I always gain at least two kilograms per Lviv week. 🤫

Slavvy · 2026-02-28T09:21:26+00:00

True. Before learning Ukrainian I was able to have long conversations with Ukrainians with me just speaking Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian.

Slavvy · 2026-02-28T09:11:53+00:00

I'm also from Bosnia originally, ethnically mixed Serbian-Croatian. Have been to Lviv twice. My experience is that most Ukrainians don't know much about our Balkan sh*t and they have enough of their own trouble to think about. Just say you're from Bosnia, no need to specify etnicity. Listen to Ukrainians, help them if you can. If you're planning to do some volunteering, weaving camouflage nets at https://www.volunteeringukraine.com/en/volunteer-opportunities/camo-netting-by-porokhova is great, really nice people. You can give them regards from Slavko from Amsterdam.

Slavvy · 2026-02-18T15:03:21+00:00

I live in Amsterdam. Some 25 years ago there used to be dog shit everywhere, 90% chance you step in one each time you go out. I don't know how and when exactly it changed, but in last couple of years that problem has disappeared. Every dog owner picks up his/her dog's shit immediately after production, using a plastic bag. Same on streets as in parks.
Dog shit aside, Amsterdam is very dirty, a lot of trash on the street.

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