kultura
“kultura” — culture in Slovenian. Noun, level B1. the culture of a people and good manners alike: To ni kultura!, that is no way to behave; the eighth of February in Slovenia is the state culture holiday, Prešernov dan. In a live sentence: “Kultura ima v Sloveniji svoj državni praznik” — Culture in Slovenia has its own state holiday. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Slovenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Slovenian | kultura |
| Translation | culture |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- kulturaculture
Why it looks that way
the culture of a people and good manners alike: To ni kultura!, that is no way to behave; the eighth of February in Slovenia is the state culture holiday, Prešernov dan
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.
- Kultura ima v Sloveniji svoj državni praznikCulture in Slovenia has its own state holiday
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 “culture” in Slovenian?
«kultura». In a live sentence: “Kultura ima v Sloveniji svoj državni praznik” — Culture in Slovenia has its own state holiday. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
the culture of a people and good manners alike: To ni kultura!, that is no way to behave; the eighth of February in Slovenia is the state culture holiday, Prešernov dan. 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.