како се то пише?
“како се то пише?” (kako se to piše?) — how is it spelled? in Serbian. Phrase, level A2. An impersonal se: it is spelled, and by whom does not matter. Built the same as kako se kaze, kako se zove, gde se placa. In a live sentence: “Како се то пише, можете ли слово по слово?” — How is it spelled, can you say it letter by letter? You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Serbian | како се то пише? |
| Read in Latin letters | kako se to piše? |
| Translation | how is it spelled? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- како се то пише?kako se to piše?how is it spelled?
Why it looks that way
An impersonal se: it is spelled, and by whom does not matter. Built the same as kako se kaze, kako se zove, gde se placa.
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.
- Како се то пише, можете ли слово по слово?Kako se to piše, možete li slovo po slovo?How is it spelled, can you say it letter by letter?
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 “how is it spelled?” in Serbian?
«како се то пише?», read “kako se to piše?”. In a live sentence: “Како се то пише, можете ли слово по слово?” — How is it spelled, can you say it letter by letter? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters к, а, к, о, с, е, т, о, п, и, ш, е.
How is “како се то пише?” written in Latin letters?
kako se to piše?. 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?
An impersonal se: it is spelled, and by whom does not matter. Built the same as kako se kaze, kako se zove, gde se placa. 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.