How to ask
Five sentences, and the last one does most of the work. Start with Izvinite — it's how you stop a stranger without seeming rude.
What comes back — in the street
These arrive as commands: skrenite, idite. That isn't rudeness, it's just how directions are given. Nobody is telling you off.
What comes back — inside a building
One warning before you start counting floors: in Serbia, as in Britain, the ground floor isn't the first. Prvi sprat is one flight up.
When it goes wrong
Practise these
ExerciseAsking for directions
Fourteen sentences for stopping a stranger and understanding it when you go wrong.
ExerciseQuestion words
Eighteen questions built from kako, kada, gde, koliko, koje.
ExerciseTaking a taxi
Fourteen sentences for the whole ride, from flagging one down to paying.
Want to hear me say all of these?
Lesson nine of my free course is directions — with video of every phrase, slowly and then at the speed a passer-by will actually say it.