лични допринос
“лични допринос” (lični doprinos) — a personal contribution in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. The card stedni ulog, a bank deposit, already stood, and it is a completely different word. A contribution to a common cause is doprinos, from doneti. In a live sentence: “Сваки лични допринос овде нешто значи” — Every personal contribution matters here. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters л, и, ч, н, и, д, о, п, р, и, н, о.
In short
| Written in Serbian | лични допринос |
| Read in Latin letters | lični doprinos |
| Translation | a personal contribution |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- лични доприносlični doprinosa personal contribution
Why it looks that way
The card stedni ulog, a bank deposit, already stood, and it is a completely different word. A contribution to a common cause is doprinos, from doneti.
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.
- Сваки лични допринос овде нешто значиSvaki lični doprinos ovde nešto značiEvery personal contribution matters here
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 personal contribution” in Serbian?
«лични допринос», read “lični doprinos”. In a live sentence: “Сваки лични допринос овде нешто значи” — Every personal contribution matters here. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters л, и, ч, н, и, д, о, п, р, и, н, о.
How is “лични допринос” written in Latin letters?
lični doprinos. 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?
The card stedni ulog, a bank deposit, already stood, and it is a completely different word. A contribution to a common cause is doprinos, from doneti. 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.