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| Back again with another question | 10/12/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I asked you a question about the meaning of my surname a few months ago. You were very helpful. ...
A: Zdravo, Amanda! Mudrović family name could easily be both Serbian or Croatian. But, if your ...
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| Andjuin | 10/12/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: Have you heard the word/name Andjuin? I am caught up with it and the only place I have found it on ...
A: Kate. I found the exact chat room where you find it, but the word in question was misspelled - it ...
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| Serbian surname Drca | 10/8/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: My surname (Drca) is very unusual and there is not many people with it. I would like to know where ...
A: Zdravo, Suzana! I found the village called Drca in Lika. You can find some info on it on: ...
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| Translate lyrics | 10/7/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: Would be able to translate a song from Serbian to English for me, i would really appreciate it. ...
A: Ninna. I have to admit I hate translating songs. It is the most demanding of all translating tasks. ...
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| Surname | 10/4/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: Ranko, Thanks for your response back in May of this year. Very interesting and helpful. I had said ...
A: Mark! I'm glad you found some further information. It would be interesting to find out something ...
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| tracing my roots | 10/2/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: Where did our last name originate? In English can be spelled "Zirkich,Zurkich, or Zerkich" or ...
A: It took me some time to find about your surname, but now I'm quite sure: Your surname is of Serbian ...
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| prezime Mitrovic | 9/23/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: Dobar dan, Moj otac je roden u ljigu. Jedno selo blizu Valjevo, i to ti je to. Njegov otac je isto ...
A: Zdravo, Suzana! U Ljigu još ima Mitrovića. Pretpostavljam da bi neko od njih mogao da zna nešto ...
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| Origins of surname | 9/23/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: Where does the surname vermenitch come from and what does it mean? Although I have found people in ...
A: Chantal! After some insight, I couldn't find info on surname Vermenić (this should be the ...
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| translation and meaning | 9/23/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I am a nigerian and came across the word and tried to know the meaning using google from where i was ...
A: Jide. "Resora" is probably genitive or accusative form of word "resor", usually meaning sector ...
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| Borkan family surname | 9/22/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: the family surname Borkan. My great-grandfather Milan Borkan was from Gross Gaj, now called Veliki ...
A: Mike! I have just received Natasha's e-mail address: kovacevn@hotmail.com and you can contact her. ...
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| last name | 9/19/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: Dobar dan gospodine! Moje prezime je Mitrovic, i ja se pitam odakle to prezime postojih. Hvala, ...
A: Zdravo, Suzana! Prezime Mitrović je često kod Srba, i potiče od muškog imena Mitar ...
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| name pronunciation | 9/19/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: How to you pronounce Emilija and Zgonjanin
A: Bob! Emilija Zgonjanin is pronounced this way: E - short, like in 'bet', or like 'e' in Emily, m - ...
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| LOVE | 9/17/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: How do you write out LOVE and FAMILY in serbian?
A: Crystal! LOVE - ljubav FAMILY - porodica or familija in Cyrillic script, ljubav is ...
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| Serbian sayings or proverbs | 9/15/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I was wondering if you knew of any Serbian sayings or proverbs? ANSWER: Hi, Brett! Serbs have many ...
A: Brett. Yes, there are. "Gde ti je srce, tu ti je dom." This literally means: "Where your heart is, ...
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| Meaning of surname Vudrag | 9/14/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I got married almost a year ago, and my husband is of German/Yugoslav and Persian decent. I took on ...
A: Michelle. I'm not sure, but there is little probability for the existence of Vudrag family ...
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| FAmily origin and family crest | 9/12/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I was hoping that you could possibly help my find out where the surname 'Racic' originates from and ...
A: Zdravo, Igore. Račić family originates from area Lug in Trebinje, East Herzegovina ...
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| Meaning of surname Vudrag | 9/8/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I got married almost a year ago, and my husband is of German/Yugoslav and Persian decent. I took on ...
A: Michelle! It took me some time to find info on Vudrag surname. Vudrags are Serbian family that ...
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| origin of Kragulj | 9/4/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I was wondering what is the origin of the last name Kragulj. It doesn't sound Serbian because it ...
A: Zdravo, Ivana! 'Kragulj' surname originates from the word 'kraguj' or 'kragulj', meaning 'goshawk' ...
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| Azdra | 9/4/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I was wondering if you know what the origins of the subject name are. I think it was the name of a ...
A: Carlos! Azra wasn't a Bosnian princess. Bosnian kings were Christians (Serbs, to be more precise), ...
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| Kovacev last name | 8/28/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: could you tell me the origin of the name Kovacev and its meaning. Is it a truly Serbian name or does ...
A: Zdravo, Nataša I received this e-mail from AllExperts: "Hello Ranko - I saw your answer to ...
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| Raynovich and Eremic | 8/23/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I see that you are quiet a "guru". Please, my sons last name is Raynovich. His father comes from ...
A: but that's far from truth. I'm simply interested in languages, and I happen to know a little about ...
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| surname Dožudić | 8/14/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: Ranko I was wondering if you could tell me anything about my surname, its meaning or origin. My ...
A: Zdravo, Borivoje! You asked a tough question. I could find little information, but this is what I ...
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| MANDA | 8/13/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I would like to know how it happened that the name MAGDALENA had been transfered in our language ...
A: Pozdrav, (prez)imenjače! Ako ti ne smeta, odgovoriću na engleskom, pošto izgleda ima ljudi ...
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| Serbian sayings or proverbs | 8/13/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I was wondering if you knew of any Serbian sayings or proverbs?
A: Brett! Serbs have many sayings and proverbs. I found several on a forum on phrasebase.com, I'm ...
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| Last name Djurica. | 8/8/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I was wondering if you could tell me where the last name Djurica comes from and what it means. ...
A: Zdravo, Đurica! As you can already see, Đurica is correct spelling. This "Đ" letter ...
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| The name Bulic | 7/29/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I have often wondered where my father's family originated from and what the last name of Bulic might ...
A: Sorry for the delay, I've been very busy lately. Bulic families today live in all territories ...
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| Sveta Slava Djurdjevica | 7/27/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: Dobar dan, Ranko! Earlier this year I asked you a question about the location of Djurdjevic families ...
A: Zdravo, Jovice! Đurđević families, as well as the families which originated from ...
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| last name meaning | 7/25/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: for a long time i have wondered what my last name means, and i was wondering if u might know, so if ...
A: Oliver. The meaning of "Guteša" surname (that's the correct spelling) is obscure. The only similar ...
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| Serbian last names | 7/24/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I was just wondering if you know of any last names related to Rice. My friend says he is Serbian and ...
A: Zara. Rice is not a Serbian last name. It was probably anglicized to Rice after immigration. Your ...
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| Background of last name | 7/24/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: Zdravo Ranko! My name is Miodrag Pipercic and I was wondering if you could shed some light on the ...
A: Miodrag! I could find no info on Piperčić surname origin. Your surname seems to be very ...
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| Another surname question | 7/19/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I have a Serbian surname - Jojic - (I think) but have never been sure of exactly how to pronounce ...
A: Lin. Sorry for the delay - I've been absent for a few days, and forgot to set my vacation dates. The ...
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| Surname | 7/18/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I would like to know about the origin of serbian surname Vladić. It is not a common surname ...
A: Goga. Sorry for the delay - I've been absent for a few days, and forgot to set my vacation dates. I ...
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| surname | 7/14/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: What can you tell me about my sur-name, rajkovich--location of origin,meaning, correct spelling
A: Zdravo, Richard! Rajkovićs were the old Serbian noble family in East Herzegovina. Family roots ...
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| surname | 7/13/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: My surname is MURATOVIC. I read what you briefly wrote in relation to the Muratovic surname. So ...
A: Zdravo, Borislave! The assumption that Muratović family has something to do with Muslims (or ...
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| phrase | 7/10/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: The owner said it was supposed to be funny, but doesn't know any Serbian. "Nishta, eto radi se" ...
A: Cholpon. Sorry for the delay, been a bit busy. This actually ain't funny, it's an ordinary phrase ...
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| best way to learn serbian | 6/16/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: Zdravo Ranko! I am dating a serbian guy and I have been learning the language at a slow pace. You ...
A: Zdravo, Mignon! I'm glad to hear that you are learning Serbian! I didn't research either of the ...
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| Translation Help | 6/14/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: My mother passed away last year and I want to get a tattoo with the either saying in Serbian, can ...
A: Zdravo, Matt! The translation for those sentences, written in cyrilic looks like this: ...
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| serbian-english translation | 6/10/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: What does this mean in english? "Jerome i ja smo raskinuli pre nekoliko nedelja. Vec nekoliko ...
A: here's the translation: "Jerome and I broke up several weeks ago. For several months I've been ...
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| Surname | 6/7/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: Greetings: My grandfather came to the U.S. from Serbia in the very early 1900s. The ship's manifest ...
A: Edward! The correct spelling is Kostić. As you can see, it is only slightly anglicized, to be ...
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| the word 'love' in cyrillic | 5/30/2008 | Ranko Mandic |
Q: I am of Norwegian and Welsh decent, and I have two small tattoos that reflect my heritage; a small ...
A: Zdravo, Allison! First of all, best wishes in your future life with your husband! Wow, your ...
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