vprašala je, kje
“vprašala je, kje” — she asked where in Slovenian. Phrase, level B1. Š is "sh" as in "ship": VPRAH-shah-lah-yeh-kyeh. In a live sentence: “Vprašala je, kje sem pustil ključe” — She asked where I had left the keys. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Slovenian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Slovenian | vprašala je, kje |
| Translation | she asked where |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- vprašala je, kjeshe asked where
How to pronounce it
Š is "sh" as in "ship": VPRAH-shah-lah-yeh-kyeh
Why it looks that way
an indirect question is introduced by the same question word: vprašala je, kje sem bil; the order inside the clause is straight, no inversion; and remember je: in a live sentence it moves to second place — Soseda me je vprašala, kje ...
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.
- Vprašala je, kje sem pustil ključeShe asked where I had left the keys
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 “she asked where” in Slovenian?
«vprašala je, kje». Š is "sh" as in "ship": VPRAH-shah-lah-yeh-kyeh. In a live sentence: “Vprašala je, kje sem pustil ključe” — She asked where I had left the keys. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
an indirect question is introduced by the same question word: vprašala je, kje sem bil; the order inside the clause is straight, no inversion; and remember je: in a live sentence it moves to second place — Soseda me je vprašala, kje ... 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.