бити љубоморан
“бити љубоморан” (biti ljubomoran) — to be jealous in Serbian. Verb, level B1. There is no separate verb: Serbian says to be jealous and takes the preposition na, ljubomoran sam na njega. Ljubomora is jealousy. In a live sentence: “Љубоморан је на сваког ко јој се јави” — He is jealous of everyone who calls her. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters б, и, т, и, љ, у, б, о, м, о, р, а.
In short
| Written in Serbian | бити љубоморан |
| Read in Latin letters | biti ljubomoran |
| Translation | to be jealous |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- бити љубоморанbiti ljubomoranto be jealous
Why it looks that way
There is no separate verb: Serbian says to be jealous and takes the preposition na, ljubomoran sam na njega. Ljubomora is jealousy.
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.
- Љубоморан је на сваког ко јој се јавиLjubomoran je na svakog ko joj se javiHe is jealous of everyone who calls her
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 be jealous” in Serbian?
«бити љубоморан», read “biti ljubomoran”. In a live sentence: “Љубоморан је на сваког ко јој се јави” — He is jealous of everyone who calls her. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters б, и, т, и, љ, у, б, о, м, о, р, а.
How is “бити љубоморан” written in Latin letters?
biti ljubomoran. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
There is no separate verb: Serbian says to be jealous and takes the preposition na, ljubomoran sam na njega. Ljubomora is jealousy. 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.