voziti se s čolnom
“voziti se s čolnom” — to ride in a boat in Slovenian. Phrase, level A2. l before n sounds like "u". In a live sentence: “Radi se vozimo s čolnom po jezeru” — We love riding in a boat on the lake. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Slovenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Slovenian | voziti se s čolnom |
| Translation | to ride in a boat |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- voziti se s čolnomto ride in a boat
How to pronounce it
l before n sounds like "u"
Why it looks that way
You do not "swim" in a boat here — you ride in it: plavati is left to people and fish.
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.
- Radi se vozimo s čolnom po jezeruWe love riding in a boat on the lake
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 “to ride in a boat” in Slovenian?
«voziti se s čolnom». l before n sounds like "u". In a live sentence: “Radi se vozimo s čolnom po jezeru” — We love riding in a boat on the lake. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2.
Why does this word look the way it does?
You do not "swim" in a boat here — you ride in it: plavati is left to people and fish. 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.