badminton
“badminton” — game of badminton in Slovenian. Noun, level A2. the shuttlecock is žogica or perjanica; the word was taken whole from English and never changes. In a live sentence: “Za badminton potrebujeta dva loparja” — For badminton the two of them need two rackets. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Slovenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Slovenian | badminton |
| Translation | game of badminton |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- badmintongame of badminton
Why it looks that way
the shuttlecock is žogica or perjanica; the word was taken whole from English and never changes
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Za badminton potrebujeta dva loparjaFor badminton the two of them need two rackets
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “game of badminton” in Slovenian?
«badminton». In a live sentence: “Za badminton potrebujeta dva loparja” — For badminton the two of them need two rackets. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2.
Why does this word look the way it does?
the shuttlecock is žogica or perjanica; the word was taken whole from English and never changes. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.