izreči se
“izreči se” — speak out (for or against) in Slovenian. Verb, level B1. Č is "ch" as in "church": eez-REH-chee-seh. In a live sentence: “Vsak se je izrekel o predlogu” — Everyone spoke out about the proposal. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Slovenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Slovenian | izreči se |
| Translation | speak out (for or against) |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- izreči sespeak out (for or against)
How to pronounce it
Č is "ch" as in "church": eez-REH-chee-seh
Why it looks that way
from reči, to say; in conversation people more often povedati svoje mnenje; izreči se za is to come out in favour of
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.
- Vsak se je izrekel o predloguEveryone spoke out about the proposal
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 “speak out (for or against)” in Slovenian?
«izreči se». Č is "ch" as in "church": eez-REH-chee-seh. In a live sentence: “Vsak se je izrekel o predlogu” — Everyone spoke out about the proposal. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
from reči, to say; in conversation people more often povedati svoje mnenje; izreči se za is to come out in favour of. 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.