bilo je takole
“bilo je takole” — this is how it happened in Slovenian. Phrase, level B1. literally it was thus; careful with the order: the clitic je holds second place, and if you start with another word it moves: Zgodilo se je takole. In a live sentence: “Bilo je takole: prišel sem domov in vrata so bila odprta” — This is how it happened: I came home, and the door was open. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Slovenian | bilo je takole |
| Translation | this is how it happened |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- bilo je takolethis is how it happened
Why it looks that way
literally it was thus; careful with the order: the clitic je holds second place, and if you start with another word it moves: Zgodilo se je takole
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.
- Bilo je takole: prišel sem domov in vrata so bila odprtaThis is how it happened: I came home, and the door was open
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 “this is how it happened” in Slovenian?
«bilo je takole». In a live sentence: “Bilo je takole: prišel sem domov in vrata so bila odprta” — This is how it happened: I came home, and the door was open. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
literally it was thus; careful with the order: the clitic je holds second place, and if you start with another word it moves: Zgodilo se je takole. 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.