чувати природу
“чувати природу” (čuvati prirodu) — to protect nature in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Cuvati already stood as to keep; with nature, children and health it means to guard, to watch over. In a live sentence: “Децу учимо да чувају природу од малих ногу” — We teach children to protect nature from an early age. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ч, у, в, а, т, и, п, р, и, р, о, д.
In short
| Written in Serbian | чувати природу |
| Read in Latin letters | čuvati prirodu |
| Translation | to protect nature |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- чувати природуčuvati priroduto protect nature
Why it looks that way
Cuvati already stood as to keep; with nature, children and health it means to guard, to watch over.
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.
- Децу учимо да чувају природу од малих ногуDecu učimo da čuvaju prirodu od malih noguWe teach children to protect nature from an early age
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 protect nature” in Serbian?
«чувати природу», read “čuvati prirodu”. In a live sentence: “Децу учимо да чувају природу од малих ногу” — We teach children to protect nature from an early age. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ч, у, в, а, т, и, п, р, и, р, о, д.
How is “чувати природу” written in Latin letters?
čuvati prirodu. 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?
Cuvati already stood as to keep; with nature, children and health it means to guard, to watch over. 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.