јавити се на телефон
“јавити се на телефон” (javiti se na telefon) — to answer the phone in Serbian. Phrase, level A2. Javiti se is literally "to make yourself known". The same verb means "to get in touch": javi mi se — "drop me a line". In a live sentence: “Не могу да се јавим на телефон на састанку” — I cannot answer the phone at the meeting. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Serbian | јавити се на телефон |
| Read in Latin letters | javiti se na telefon |
| Translation | to answer the phone |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- јавити се на телефонjaviti se na telefonto answer the phone
Why it looks that way
Javiti se is literally "to make yourself known". The same verb means "to get in touch": javi mi se — "drop me a line".
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.
- Не могу да се јавим на телефон на састанкуNe mogu da se javim na telefon na sastankuI cannot answer the phone at the meeting
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 answer the phone” in Serbian?
«јавити се на телефон», read “javiti se na telefon”. In a live sentence: “Не могу да се јавим на телефон на састанку” — I cannot answer the phone at the meeting. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ј, а, в, и, т, и, с, е, н, а, т, е.
How is “јавити се на телефон” written in Latin letters?
javiti se na telefon. 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?
Javiti se is literally "to make yourself known". The same verb means "to get in touch": javi mi se — "drop me a line". 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.