lepo se je bilo pogovoriti
“lepo se je bilo pogovoriti” — it was nice talking in Slovenian. Phrase, level B1. Slovenians put lepo where English says nice: lepo te je bilo videti; shorter is bilo mi je v veselje. In a live sentence: “Lepo se je bilo pogovoriti, se slišiva” — It was nice talking, let us call again. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Slovenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Slovenian | lepo se je bilo pogovoriti |
| Translation | it was nice talking |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- lepo se je bilo pogovoritiit was nice talking
Why it looks that way
Slovenians put lepo where English says nice: lepo te je bilo videti; shorter is bilo mi je v veselje
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.
- Lepo se je bilo pogovoriti, se slišivaIt was nice talking, let us call again
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 “it was nice talking” in Slovenian?
«lepo se je bilo pogovoriti». In a live sentence: “Lepo se je bilo pogovoriti, se slišiva” — It was nice talking, let us call again. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Slovenians put lepo where English says nice: lepo te je bilo videti; shorter is bilo mi je v veselje. 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.