извод из матичне књиге рођених
“извод из матичне књиге рођених” (izvod iz matične knjige rođenih) — a birth certificate in Serbian. Noun, level B1. Literally an extract from the register of the born: long, but that is how they ask for it. In speech shortened to izvod iz knjige rodjenih; the old name is krstenica. In a live sentence: “Треба ми извод из матичне књиге рођених” — I need the birth certificate. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | извод из матичне књиге рођених |
| Read in Latin letters | izvod iz matične knjige rođenih |
| Translation | a birth certificate |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- извод из матичне књиге рођенихizvod iz matične knjige rođeniha birth certificate
Why it looks that way
Literally an extract from the register of the born: long, but that is how they ask for it. In speech shortened to izvod iz knjige rodjenih; the old name is krstenica.
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.
- Треба ми извод из матичне књиге рођенихTreba mi izvod iz matične knjige rođenihI need the birth certificate
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 birth certificate” in Serbian?
«извод из матичне књиге рођених», read “izvod iz matične knjige rođenih”. In a live sentence: “Треба ми извод из матичне књиге рођених” — I need the birth certificate. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters и, з, в, о, д, и, з, м, а, т, и, ч.
How is “извод из матичне књиге рођених” written in Latin letters?
izvod iz matične knjige rođenih. 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?
Literally an extract from the register of the born: long, but that is how they ask for it. In speech shortened to izvod iz knjige rodjenih; the old name is krstenica. 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.