nakupovalni voziček
“nakupovalni voziček” — shopping cart in Slovenian. Noun, level A2, topic — shopping and money. Č is "ch" as in "church": nah-koo-poh-vahl-nee-voh-ZEE-chehk. In a live sentence: “Za voziček rabiš kovanec” — The cart needs a coin. You can hear how it sounds right here. One of 82 words in the set “shopping and money” in the Slovenian course.
In short
| Written in Slovenian | nakupovalni voziček |
| Translation | shopping cart |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- nakupovalni vozičekshopping cart
How to pronounce it
Č is "ch" as in "church": nah-koo-poh-vahl-nee-voh-ZEE-chehk
Why it looks that way
a diminutive of voz, a cart; the basket is košarica, taken for small purchases
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.
- Za voziček rabiš kovanecThe cart needs a coin
Nearby words: shopping and money
How much it costs, whether there is a smaller one, whether cards are accepted. A shop forgives mistakes: miss a word and they will show you the thing with their hands anyway.
- koliko stane?how much does it cost?One thing: koliko stane. Several: koliko stanejo. In a shop a bare koliko? is enough.
- evroeurov before a consonant sounds like "u": EH-oo-roh
- trgovinashopFrom trg, the square where trade happened. It is the shop itself, not "trade".
- tržnicamarketž is "zh"; no written vowel before r: tuhrzh-NEE-tsah
- pultcounterš is "sh"
- prodajalecsellerj is "y", c is "ts": pro-DAH-yah-lets
- kupecbuyerc is "ts": KOO-pets
- tehtnicascalethe h sounds, c is "ts": TEHHT-nee-tsah
- kilogramkilogram (unit)At the market people say the short kila: dve kili jabolk. Two kilograms take the dual: dva kilograma.
- svežfreshfinal ž devoices: svesh
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “shopping and money”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “shopping cart” in Slovenian?
a diminutive of voz, a cart; the basket is košarica, taken for small purchases
- How do you say “buyer” in Slovenian?
One root, two sides of the counter: prodajalec sells, kupec buys.
- How do you say “shop” in Slovenian?
From trg, the square where trade happened. It is the shop itself, not "trade".
- How do you say “fresh” in Slovenian?
Feminine sveža, neuter sveže. The comparative is svežji, "fresher".
- How do you say “seller” in Slovenian?
From prodajati, "to sell". A woman is prodajalka — and at the market that is her nine times out of ten.
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 “shopping cart” in Slovenian?
«nakupovalni voziček». Č is "ch" as in "church": nah-koo-poh-vahl-nee-voh-ZEE-chehk. In a live sentence: “Za voziček rabiš kovanec” — The cart needs a coin. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2, from the set “shopping and money”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
a diminutive of voz, a cart; the basket is košarica, taken for small purchases. 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.