фудбалски терен
“фудбалски терен” (fudbalski teren) — a football pitch in Serbian. Noun, level A1. Teren is a marked playing ground, while polje is a field in nature; the two are not confused. In a live sentence: “Фудбалски терен је после кише мокар” — The football pitch is wet after the rain. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ф, у, д, б, а, л, с, к, и, т, е, р. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | фудбалски терен |
| Read in Latin letters | fudbalski teren |
| Translation | a football pitch |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- фудбалски теренfudbalski terena football pitch
Why it looks that way
Teren is a marked playing ground, while polje is a field in nature; the two are not confused.
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.
- Фудбалски терен је после кише мокарFudbalski teren je posle kiše mokarThe football pitch is wet after the rain
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 “a football pitch” in Serbian?
«фудбалски терен», read “fudbalski teren”. In a live sentence: “Фудбалски терен је после кише мокар” — The football pitch is wet after the rain. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ф, у, д, б, а, л, с, к, и, т, е, р.
How is “фудбалски терен” written in Latin letters?
fudbalski teren. 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?
Teren is a marked playing ground, while polje is a field in nature; the two are not confused. 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.