ciljna črta
“ciljna črta” — finish line in Slovenian. Noun, level A2. C is "ts" as in "cats", č is "ch" as in "church", the r between consonants carries the syllable itself: TSEELY-nah-CHUHRT-ah. In a live sentence: “Do ciljne črte je imel še dva kilometra” — Two kilometres were still left to the finish line. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Slovenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Slovenian | ciljna črta |
| Translation | finish line |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- ciljna črtafinish line
How to pronounce it
C is "ts" as in "cats", č is "ch" as in "church", the r between consonants carries the syllable itself: TSEELY-nah-CHUHRT-ah
Why it looks that way
cilj is both a goal and the finish: priti v cilj; to keep it apart from the goal of your plans, the line is called ciljna črta
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.
- Do ciljne črte je imel še dva kilometraTwo kilometres were still left to the finish line
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 “finish line” in Slovenian?
«ciljna črta». C is "ts" as in "cats", č is "ch" as in "church", the r between consonants carries the syllable itself: TSEELY-nah-CHUHRT-ah. In a live sentence: “Do ciljne črte je imel še dva kilometra” — Two kilometres were still left to the finish line. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2.
Why does this word look the way it does?
cilj is both a goal and the finish: priti v cilj; to keep it apart from the goal of your plans, the line is called ciljna črta. 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.