Srpski mentalitet, part 2 - beginner (A1-B1.1)
06 April 2026

Srpski mentalitet, part 2 - beginner (A1-B1.1)

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U novoj epizodi razgovaramo o mentalitetu žrtve. Objašnjavamo zašto istorija i porodica utiču na to kako ljudi u Srbiji razmišljaju danas. Takođe, saznaćete zašto Srbi sebe vide i kao žrtve i kao heroje.

U drugom delu pričamo o zabavnim stvarima – sujeverju. Da li znate šta znači kada neko štuca ili zašto je promaja "opasna"?

Nadamo se da će vam ova epizoda pomoći da bolje razumete srpsku kulturu. Pišite nam vaše mišljenje!


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Nevena (00:00) 

Zdravo svima, ja sam Nevena. 

Hello everyone, I am Nevena.

Jelena (00:01) 

Ja sam Jelena. 

I am Jelena.

Nevena (00:03)

I dobro došli u novu epizodu Unlock Your Serbian sa Jelenom i Nevenom. 

And welcome to a new episode of Unlock Your Serbian with Jelena and Nevena.

Jelena (00:08) 

Tako je, dobro došli u još jednu epizodu našeg podkasta i danas razgovaramo o srpskom mentalitetu. Ponovo razgovaramo o ovoj temi zato što smo baš o ovoj temi, dakle o srpskom mentalitetu, razgovarali sa našim članovima na Patreonu, na našim pozivima subotom u pet popodne. That's right, welcome to another episode of our podcast, and today we are talking about the Serbian mentality. We are talking about this topic again because we discussed this very subject–the Serbian mentality–with our members on Patreon, during our Saturday calls at five in the afternoon.

Nevena (00:35) 

Mislimo da je tema o srpskom mentalitetu generalno interesantna za sve koji žive u Srbiji ili koji imaju porodicu i prijatelje iz Srbije i možda i iz Bosne, Crne Gore i tako dalje. Danas želimo da razgovaramo o mentalitetu žrtve. Žrtva je neko ko je imao loše iskustvo. Dakle to je victim na engleskom jeziku. U Srbiji vidimo mentalitet žrtve veoma često.

We think that the topic of Serbian mentality is generally interesting for everyone living in Serbia or those who have family and friends from Serbia, and maybe from Bosnia, Montenegro, and so on. Today we want to talk about the victim mentality. A victim is someone who has had a bad experience. So that is "victim" in English. In Serbia, we see the victim mentality very often.

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