који од
“који од” (koji od) — which of in Serbian. Pronoun, level A1. Od takes the genitive: koji od njih — "which of them". The same koji also works as "which" in relative clauses. In a live sentence: “Који од ова два више волиш?” — Which of these two do you prefer? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters к, о, ј, и, о, д. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | који од |
| Read in Latin letters | koji od |
| Translation | which of |
| Part of speech | pronoun |
| Level | A1 |
- који одkoji odwhich of
Why it looks that way
Od takes the genitive: koji od njih — "which of them". The same koji also works as "which" in relative clauses.
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.
- Који од ова два више волиш?Koji od ova dva više volišWhich of these two do you prefer?
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 “which of” in Serbian?
«који од», read “koji od”. In a live sentence: “Који од ова два више волиш?” — Which of these two do you prefer? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Pronoun, level A1; written with the characters к, о, ј, и, о, д.
How is “који од” written in Latin letters?
koji od. 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?
Od takes the genitive: koji od njih — "which of them". The same koji also works as "which" in relative clauses. 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.