pasti na izpitu
“pasti na izpitu” — fail an exam in Slovenian. Phrase, level B1. the same pasti as to fall — you literally fall at the exam; people also say izpit me je vrgel, the exam threw me out; for a subject: pasti pri kemiji. In a live sentence: “Padel sem na izpitu in grem na popravni” — I failed the exam and I am going to the resit. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Slovenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Slovenian | pasti na izpitu |
| Translation | fail an exam |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- pasti na izpitufail an exam
Why it looks that way
the same pasti as to fall — you literally fall at the exam; people also say izpit me je vrgel, the exam threw me out; for a subject: pasti pri kemiji
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.
- Padel sem na izpitu in grem na popravniI failed the exam and I am going to the resit
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 “fail an exam” in Slovenian?
«pasti na izpitu». In a live sentence: “Padel sem na izpitu in grem na popravni” — I failed the exam and I am going to the resit. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
the same pasti as to fall — you literally fall at the exam; people also say izpit me je vrgel, the exam threw me out; for a subject: pasti pri kemiji. 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.