hraniti
“hraniti” — store in Slovenian. Verb, level B1, topic — home and things. a two-sense homonym: hraniti v hladilniku, to store in the fridge, and hraniti otroka, to feed a child; both from hrana, food. In a live sentence: “Zdravilo hranite na hladnem” — Store the medicine in a cool place. You can hear how it sounds right here. One of 196 words in the set “home and things” in the Slovenian course.
In short
| Written in Slovenian | hraniti |
| Translation | store |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- hranitistore
Why it looks that way
a two-sense homonym: hraniti v hladilniku, to store in the fridge, and hraniti otroka, to feed a child; both from hrana, food
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.
- Zdravilo hranite na hladnemStore the medicine in a cool place
Nearby words: home and things
Room, key, water, electricity. You will need them on your first day in a rented flat.
- hišahouseš is "sh", the h sounds: HEESH-ah
- stanovanjeapartmentFrom stanovati, "to reside". It opens the first line of rental ads.
- bivališčeresidencešč said in sequence: bee-VAH-lee-shcheh
- sobaroomRooms are counted the way you count rooms: dvosobno stanovanje, "a two-room apartment".
- kuhinjakitchenthe h sounds, j is "y": koo-HEE-nyah
- kopalnicabathroomc is "ts": koh-PAHL-nee-tsah
- balkonbalconyRental ads write z balkonom, "with a balcony".
- nadstropjefloor (storey)j is "y": NAHD-stroh-pyeh
- dvigaloelevatorFrom dvigniti, "to lift". People will understand lift, but the button says dvigalo.
- stopnicestairsc is "ts": STOHPT-nee-tseh
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “home and things”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “store” in Slovenian?
a two-sense homonym: hraniti v hladilniku, to store in the fridge, and hraniti otroka, to feed a child; both from hrana, food
- How do you say “balcony” in Slovenian?
Rental ads write z balkonom, "with a balcony".
- How do you say “residence” in Slovenian?
From bivati, "to dwell". A word of forms and ads; in a live conversation people just say stanovanje.
- How do you say “stairs” in Slovenian?
Plural only — there are many steps. In Ljubljana speech the stairs are štenge, from the German Stiege.
- How do you say “bathroom” in Slovenian?
From kopati se, "to bathe". The toilet lives separately and is stranišče — or plainly WC.
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 “store” in Slovenian?
«hraniti». In a live sentence: “Zdravilo hranite na hladnem” — Store the medicine in a cool place. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1, from the set “home and things”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
a two-sense homonym: hraniti v hladilniku, to store in the fridge, and hraniti otroka, to feed a child; both from hrana, food. 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.