је ли то далеко одавде?
“је ли то далеко одавде?” (je li to daleko odavde?) — is it far from here? in Serbian. Phrase, level A2. Je li is the short form of the question instead of da li je. Odavde means from here, the pair of odatle and odande. In a live sentence: “Је ли то далеко одавде или могу пешке?” — Is it far from here or can I walk? You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Serbian | је ли то далеко одавде? |
| Read in Latin letters | je li to daleko odavde? |
| Translation | is it far from here? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- је ли то далеко одавде?je li to daleko odavde?is it far from here?
Why it looks that way
Je li is the short form of the question instead of da li je. Odavde means from here, the pair of odatle and odande.
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.
- Је ли то далеко одавде или могу пешке?Je li to daleko odavde ili mogu peške?Is it far from here or can I walk?
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 “is it far from here?” in Serbian?
«је ли то далеко одавде?», read “je li to daleko odavde?”. In a live sentence: “Је ли то далеко одавде или могу пешке?” — Is it far from here or can I walk? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ј, е, л, и, т, о, д, а, л, е, к, о.
How is “је ли то далеко одавде?” written in Latin letters?
je li to daleko odavde?. 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?
Je li is the short form of the question instead of da li je. Odavde means from here, the pair of odatle and odande. 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.