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🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Emir, your native Bosnian teacher

Regular live classes in small groups. Ask questions, practice conversation, progress fast.

Live classes

You speak Bosnian every week, with a native teacher

You join whichever slot suits you, with nothing to book. The joining link arrives by email, and the session is recorded.

  • 4 slots this week, across all three levels
  • 2 to 5 students per class, all at your level
  • Replay available the same evening, with no time limit
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A family language

Reconnect with Bosnian

The language of your parents, your grandparents or your partner. The one you want to pass on to your children.

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Speaking the language of the country means reconnecting with its people.
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Now, at home, we speak Bosnian.
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“Hi Mum, I speak Bosnian!”
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Children who speak Bosnian are the greatest cultural wealth you can bring to your family.
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Your grandparents’ Bosnian should not end with them.
  • Finally understand what is said at the table, and answer back.
  • Your in-laws speak Bosnian to you. Answer them in Bosnian.

A language is passed down from generation to generation. Now it is your turn.

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The platform

Progress in Bosnian between classes, at your own pace

Interactive lessons with native audio, vocabulary, dialogues and quizzes. Everything you need to reinforce your skills between live sessions.

The platform

Between classes, you move forward twenty minutes a day

Lessons follow one another in order, with no evening to set aside. Every word is recorded by a native speaker.

  • 208 lessons across 54 modules, from beginner to advanced
  • Native audio on every word, with a slow-down button
  • Your progress is kept, on phone and on computer alike
Audio

You hear the language as it is actually spoken

The recordings are made by native speakers, not by a synthetic voice. The slow-down button separates the sounds when it goes too fast.

  • Every sentence can be played and slowed down
  • The transcription and translation sit under the audio
  • You replay it as many times as you need, with no limit
Quizzes

Every module ends with a quiz, not with a ticked box

You are corrected on the spot, with the explanation. A failed quiz can be retaken, with no penalty and no record.

  • Immediate correction, with the right answer explained
  • An end-of-level test opens the next level
  • A level certificate at the end of the course
Level certificate

Your Bosnian level, certified in your name

  • Issued once you have passed every lesson of a level: beginner, intermediate or advanced
  • Downloadable as a PDF and shareable on LinkedIn
  • A unique number, verifiable online on targumi.com
  • Included in the plans with live classes, from the first payment: it is not issued during the trial
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Full program

Your Bosnian curriculum

Exactly what you'll find inside the platform: 54 modules, 208+ structured lessons, quizzes and exercises.

🇧🇦
Beginner Bosnian
👋Bosnian basics
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🔤Bosnian alphabet — Abeceda
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👋Greetings — Pozdravi
  • Essential Questions and Linguistic Survival10 min
  • Numbers and practical expressions10 min
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🏙️Daily life in Bosnian
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👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Family — Porodica
  • Family members , Članovi porodice10 min
  • The house and daily family life10 min
  • Family Descriptions and Emotions10 min
  • Family routines and essential verbs10 min
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🛒At the market — Na pijaci
  • The Bosnian market and fruits10 min
  • Vegetables, Groceries, and Local Products10 min
  • Ćevapi and national cuisine10 min
  • Paying, Negotiating, and Bosnian Commerce10 min
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🏠Housing — Stan i kuća
  • Types of Housing in Bosnia, Vrsta stanovanja10 min
  • Furniture and Rooms , Namještaj i prostorije10 min
  • Everyday life at home , Svakodnevni život10 min
  • Buying and Renting , Kupiti ili iznajmiti10 min
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🏥Health — Zdravlje
  • At the Doctor's , Kod doktora10 min
  • At the Pharmacy , U apoteci10 min
  • Emergencies and Hospital , Hitna pomoć10 min
  • Well-being and prevention , Zdravi život10 min
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🍽️Gastronomy — Gastronomija
  • Iconic dishes , Bosanska kuhinja10 min
  • Drinks and Coffee , Pića i kahva10 min
  • Desserts and Sweets , Slatkiši10 min
  • At the Restaurant , U restoranu10 min
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👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Family and traditions — Porodica i tradicije
  • Extended Family and Ties , Šira porodica10 min
  • Bosnian weddings , Bosanska svadba10 min
  • Holidays and Celebrations , Praznici i proslave10 min
  • Family values and wisdom , Porodične vrijednosti10 min
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✈️Traveling — Putovanje
  • Sarajevo , The Jerusalem of the Balkans10 min
  • Mostar and Herzegovina , Mostar i Hercegovina10 min
  • Historic Towns , Travnik, Jajce, and Beyond10 min
  • Practical Travel Tips , Praktični savjeti10 min
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🏔️Nature — Priroda
  • Mountains and the Dinaric Alps , Planine10 min
  • Rivers and Waters - Rijeke i vode10 min
  • National Parks , Nacionalni parkovi10 min
  • Climate and seasons , Klima i godišnja doba10 min
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🎭Culture — Kultura
  • Sevdalinka , the Song of the Bosnian Soul10 min
  • Crafts and Heritage , Zanatstvo i baština10 min
  • Literature and Cinema , Književnost i film10 min
  • Festivals and Cultural Life , Festivali10 min
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💻Tech — Tehnologija
  • The Bosnian Tech Ecosystem , IT ekosistem10 min
  • Everyday Digital Life , Digitalni život10 min
  • Tech diaspora and Bosnian talent , Dijaspora10 min
  • Innovation and the future , Inovacija i budućnost10 min
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🎨Colors & Body — Boje i tijelo
  • Colors , Boje8 min
  • The Human Body , Tijelo8 min
  • Animals - Životinje8 min
  • Days, week and time , Dani i vrijeme9 min
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🔤Pronouns & Verbs — Zamjenice i glagoli
  • Personal Pronouns , Lične zamjenice8 min
  • The Verbs To Be and To Have , Biti i imati9 min
  • Common Action Verbs , Glagoli radnje9 min
  • Essential questions , Bitna pitanja8 min
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🚌Transport & City — Prijevoz i grad
  • Transportation , Prijevoz8 min
  • In the city , U gradu8 min
  • At the Café , U kafani ili kafiću8 min
  • Shopping, Kupovina8 min
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❤️Emotions & Expressions — Osjećaji i izrazi
  • Emotions , Osjećaji8 min
  • Politeness and Common Phrases - Ljubaznost i izrazi7 min
  • Bosnian Idiomatic Expressions, Bosanski izrazi9 min
  • Clothing and physical description , Odjeća i izgled8 min
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💼Work & Professions — Posao i profesije
  • Professions , Profesije8 min
  • The office and tools , Kancelarija i alati8 min
  • Work hours and daily routine , Radno vrijeme8 min
  • Looking for a Job , Tražiti posao8 min
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☀️Weather & Seasons — Vrijeme i godišnja doba
  • Seasons , Godišnja doba8 min
  • The weather , Vremenska prognoza8 min
  • Temperatures and Natural Phenomena , Temperature i prirodne pojave8 min
  • Dressing for the weather , Oblačiti se prema vremenu8 min
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🎭Media & Leisure — Mediji i slobodno vrijeme
  • Leisure Activities , Slobodne aktivnosti8 min
  • Films, books and music , Filmovi, knjige i muzika8 min
  • Sport and the outdoors , Sport i priroda8 min
  • Internet and Social Media , Internet i društvene mreže8 min
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📐Practical grammar — Padeži I
  • The nominative , Nominativ (subject)10 min
  • The Accusative , Akuzativ (Direct Object)10 min
  • The dative , Dativ (indirect object and beneficiary)10 min
  • Genitive and Locative , Genitiv i lokativ10 min
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🗣️Review & Communication — Komunikacija i ponavljanje
  • Asking for Help and Directions , Tražiti pomoć i smjer8 min
  • Talking about yourself and others , Pričati o sebi i drugima8 min
  • Survival Conversation , Preživljavanje u razgovoru8 min
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🇧🇦
Intermediate Bosnian
📖The 7 cases
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✈️Advanced travel — Putovanja
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💼The world of work — Posao
  • CV and job application , CV i prijava15 min
  • The Job Interview - Razgovor za posao15 min
  • At the Office , U kancelariji15 min
  • Business and Commerce , Biznis i trgovina15 min
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🕌Ottoman loanwords
  • The Ottoman Heritage of Bosnian14 min
  • Bosnian Ottoman Cuisine13 min
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💬Conversation
  • Greetings and politeness12 min
  • Introducing Yourself and Talking About Yourself13 min
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📰Media and current affairs — Mediji
  • Newspapers and press , Novine15 min
  • Radio and Television , Radio i TV15 min
  • Social media , Drustvene mreze15 min
  • Fake news , Lazne vijesti15 min
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🌍Bosnian culture
  • Sarajevo , crossroads city15 min
  • Bosnian traditions and hospitality13 min
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🏛️Politics and society — Politika
  • The government , Vlada15 min
  • Elections , Izbori15 min
  • Debates and opinions , Debate15 min
  • Rights and citizenship , Prava gradjana15 min
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💰Economy and finance — Ekonomija
  • At the bank , Banka15 min
  • Invest and Save , Investicije15 min
  • Trade and Exchange , Trgovina15 min
  • Currency and exchange , Valuta15 min
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🎓Advanced education — Obrazovanje
  • University , Univerzitet15 min
  • Research and Thesis , Istrazivanje15 min
  • Diplomas, Diplome15 min
  • Scholarships and Studies, Stipendije15 min
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🎭Arts and literature — Umjetnost
  • Cinema , Film15 min
  • Music , Muzika15 min
  • Literature , Knjizevnost15 min
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: essential facts , Osnovni podaci o BiH15 min
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🌍Environment — Okolina
  • Climate , Klima15 min
  • Pollution , Zagadjenje15 min
  • Recycling , Reciklaza15 min
  • Energy , Energija15 min
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🔬Science and technology — Nauka
  • Innovation , Inovacije15 min
  • AI , Umjetna inteligencija15 min
  • Space , Svemir15 min
  • Medicine , Medicina15 min
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🌐International relations — Medjunarodni odnosi
  • Diplomacy , Diplomatija15 min
  • United Nations, UN15 min
  • Migrations , Migracije15 min
  • Cooperation , Saradnja15 min
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🧠Philosophy and thought — Filozofija
  • Debating, Debata15 min
  • Ethics , Etika15 min
  • Logic , Logika15 min
  • Critical Thinking , Kriticko misljenje15 min
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🚀Personal project — Licni projekat
  • Entrepreneurship , Poduzetnistvo15 min
  • Goals , Ciljevi15 min
  • Review , Bilans15 min
  • Future , Buducnost15 min
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📝Essential expressions
  • Common Conversations10 min
  • Turkish and Arabic Loanwords8 min
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🇧🇦
Advanced Bosnian
⚡Verbal aspect
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🎵Sevdah
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🕌Multicultural Sarajevo
  • Sarajevo , Four Religions, One City16 min
  • The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand , Sarajevo 191415 min
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🏛️Formal register
  • The Formal Register in Bosnian16 min
  • Administrative and Legal Vocabulary15 min
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📖Ivo Andrić — Nobel 1961
  • Ivo Andrić, Life and Work16 min
  • Na Drini ćuprija , most koji traje17 min
  • Travnička hronika , Bosna između carstava16 min
  • Prokleta avlija , priča unutar priče15 min
  • Andrićev stil , jezik i poetika15 min
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🪨Mak Dizdar & Hemon — Poetic voices
  • Mak Dizdar , Kameni spavač16 min
  • Poetry Analysis , Dizdar's Poetics16 min
  • Aleksandar Hemon , Sarajevo to Chicago15 min
  • Višejezičnost , bosanska književnost i jezici14 min
  • Usmena poezija , guslari i epovi14 min
  • + 1 more
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📰Bosnian press — Media and journalistic language
  • Medijski pejzaž Bosne i Hercegovine15 min
  • Journalistic Language , Headlines and Lead Paragraphs15 min
  • Politički i institucionalni rječnik16 min
  • Bosanski u medijima , norma i varijacija15 min
  • Media discourse on social issues15 min
  • + 1 more
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🕯️Srebrenica — Sjećanje i pravda
  • Srebrenica 1995 , historijski kontekst17 min
  • Sudski procesi , MKSJ i MMS16 min
  • Kolektivno sjećanje i negacionizam15 min
  • Survivors and Reconstruction , Voices of Witnesses15 min
  • Jezik žalosti i tugovanja14 min
  • + 1 more
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✍️Daytonski sporazum 1995
  • Daytonski pregovori , kraj rata16 min
  • Daytonski ustav , struktura i ograničenja16 min
  • Pomirenje poslije Daytona , illusion or reality?15 min
  • Distrikt Brčko , poseban status14 min
  • EUFOR Althea , evropska bezbjednosna misija14 min
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🇪🇺EU integracije — Put Bosne u Europu
  • EU Candidacy , A Historic Step15 min
  • Zapadni Balkan i EU , regional context15 min
  • EU reform , judiciary and the fight against corruption15 min
  • Bosanski u EU kontekstu , pravni jezik15 min
  • Mladi i civilno društvo , Bosnian Europe14 min
  • + 1 more
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🎵Sevdalinka — Muzika duše bosanske
  • Sevdalinka , porijeklo i definicija16 min
  • Poetski tekstovi sevdalinke16 min
  • Sevdalinka i bosanski identitet15 min
  • Osmanska muzička tradicija u Bosni15 min
  • Veliki izvođači i repertoar sevdalinke14 min
  • + 1 more
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🧠Viši registri — Filozofski i akademski jezik
  • Academic argument , struktura i jezik16 min
  • Filozofski jezik bosanskog16 min
  • Pisanje naučnih tekstova , struktura i stil15 min
  • Jezik književne kritike15 min
  • Javni diskurs visokog registra14 min
  • + 1 more
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🔬Nauka i akademski život
  • Akademski život , sveučilište i istraživanje15 min
  • Scientific Vocabulary , Biology and Medicine15 min
  • Tehnologija i digitalni vokabular14 min
  • Okoliš i ekologija , zeleni vokabular14 min
  • Economy and Finance , Specialized Vocabulary15 min
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📜Bosnian proverbs and culture
  • Poslovice , Bosnian Proverbs12 min
  • Formal and Literary Register10 min
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The curriculum

What you'll learn in Bosnian

A curriculum designed to get you speaking Bosnian in the situations that actually matter to you.

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  1. 01
    Conversational Bosnian from Sarajevo and Mostar
  2. 02
    Grammar: 7 cases and verbal aspects
  3. 03
    Bosnian vs Serbian vs Croatian: understanding the nuances
  4. 04
    Ottoman and Turkish vocabulary woven into Bosnian
  5. 05
    Bosnian culture: Turkish coffee, baklava, sevdalinka music
  6. 06
    Bosnian for the diaspora and humanitarian professionals
FAQ

Frequently asked questions about learning Bosnian

The three languages are mutually intelligible at more than 95%, a Bosnian, a Serb and a Croat understand each other without difficulty. The differences are mainly lexical (Bosnian retains more Turkish and Arabic words, Croatian favours Latin-based neologisms, Serbian is closer to Russian) and in writing (Croatian uses only the Latin alphabet, Serbian uses Cyrillic or Latin, Bosnian mainly Latin). Learning Bosnian effectively gives you access to all three.
Bosnian is rated Category 3 by the FSI, around 1,100 hours for English speakers. The main challenges are the 7 grammatical cases and the verbal aspect system (perfective/imperfective). On the upside, the Latin alphabet, regular pronunciation and the rich vein of Oriental vocabulary (inherited from Turkish) offer unexpected footholds. A conversational B1 level is achievable in 8 to 12 months with regular lessons.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of Europe's emerging destinations, still relatively untouched despite extraordinary landscapes (the Neretva river, the forests of Sutjeska, the waters of Blagaj). Sarajevo is nicknamed 'the Jerusalem of the Balkans' for its religious diversity. Learning Bosnian also lets you travel through Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia, countries that together make up the former Yugoslavia and share near-complete linguistic intelligibility.
Yes. The Bosnian community in France is estimated at 80,000-100,000 people, with concentrations in Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg and Grenoble, while even larger communities live in Germany, Austria and Sweden. Most arrived after the 1992-1995 war and are well integrated, working across every sector. Speaking a few words of Bosnian with members of this community creates an immediate and moving connection.
Yes, abundantly. Five centuries of Ottoman rule left hundreds of Turkish and Arabic words in everyday Bosnian: 'džamija' (mosque, from Turkish camii), 'čaša' (glass), 'dućan' (shop), 'merhaba' (hello in Turkish), 'kahva' (coffee). These Oriental loanwords give Bosnian a distinctive flavour among the Slavic languages and are often instantly recognisable to anyone with a working knowledge of Turkish or Arabic.
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