kako se to piše?
“kako se to piše?” — How is it spelled? in Slovenian. Phrase, level A2. Š is "sh" as in "ship": KAH-koh-seh-toh-PEE-sheh. In a live sentence: “Kako se to piše, z eno ali dvema l?” — How is it spelled, with one l or two? You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Slovenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Slovenian | kako se to piše? |
| Translation | How is it spelled? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- kako se to piše?How is it spelled?
How to pronounce it
Š is "sh" as in "ship": KAH-koh-seh-toh-PEE-sheh
Why it looks that way
the particle se makes it impersonal — the same as in kako se to naredi; about a surname the question is Kako se pišete?, which already means what is your surname
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.
- Kako se to piše, z eno ali dvema l?How is it spelled, with one l or two?
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 “How is it spelled?” in Slovenian?
«kako se to piše?» Š is "sh" as in "ship": KAH-koh-seh-toh-PEE-sheh. In a live sentence: “Kako se to piše, z eno ali dvema l?” — How is it spelled, with one l or two? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2.
Why does this word look the way it does?
the particle se makes it impersonal — the same as in kako se to naredi; about a surname the question is Kako se pišete?, which already means what is your surname. 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.