испоставити се
“испоставити се” (ispostaviti se) — to come to light in Serbian. Verb, level B1. The card ispostavilo se, it turned out, already stood: that is the same form in the past. The full verb works in other tenses too: ispostavice se da smo bili u pravu. In a live sentence: “Испоставило се да адреса није тачна” — It came to light that the address was wrong. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | испоставити се |
| Read in Latin letters | ispostaviti se |
| Translation | to come to light |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- испоставити сеispostaviti seto come to light
Why it looks that way
The card ispostavilo se, it turned out, already stood: that is the same form in the past. The full verb works in other tenses too: ispostavice se da smo bili u pravu.
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.
- Испоставило се да адреса није тачнаIspostavilo se da adresa nije tačnaIt came to light that the address was wrong
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 come to light” in Serbian?
«испоставити се», read “ispostaviti se”. In a live sentence: “Испоставило се да адреса није тачна” — It came to light that the address was wrong. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters и, с, п, о, с, т, а, в, и, т, и, с.
How is “испоставити се” written in Latin letters?
ispostaviti se. 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?
The card ispostavilo se, it turned out, already stood: that is the same form in the past. The full verb works in other tenses too: ispostavice se da smo bili u pravu. 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.