kaj pa ti misliš?
“kaj pa ti misliš?” — What do you think? in Slovenian. Phrase, level B1. the power is in the particle pa, which does the job of the English but/and in a question: Kaj pa ti?, and you?; pa always stands second, never first; polite form: Kaj pa vi mislite?; answers usually open with Po mojem ... In a live sentence: “Meni se zdi predrago. Kaj pa ti misliš?” — It seems too expensive to me. And what do you think?
In short
| Written in Slovenian | kaj pa ti misliš? |
| Translation | What do you think? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- kaj pa ti misliš?What do you think?
Why it looks that way
the power is in the particle pa, which does the job of the English but/and in a question: Kaj pa ti?, and you?; pa always stands second, never first; polite form: Kaj pa vi mislite?; answers usually open with Po mojem ...
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.
- Meni se zdi predrago. Kaj pa ti misliš?It seems too expensive to me. And what do you think?
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 “What do you think?” in Slovenian?
«kaj pa ti misliš?» In a live sentence: “Meni se zdi predrago. Kaj pa ti misliš?” — It seems too expensive to me. And what do you think? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
the power is in the particle pa, which does the job of the English but/and in a question: Kaj pa ti?, and you?; pa always stands second, never first; polite form: Kaj pa vi mislite?; answers usually open with Po mojem ... 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.