машина
“машина” (mašina) — a machine tool in Serbian. Noun, level B1. There is no separate word for it: both the lathe and the sewing one are masina. What stands next to it tells them apart: sivaca masina, masina za brusenje. The card ves masina already stood. In a live sentence: “Машина у погону ради и ноћу” — The machine tool in the shop runs at night too. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters м, а, ш, и, н, а.
In short
| Written in Serbian | машина |
| Read in Latin letters | mašina |
| Translation | a machine tool |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- машинаmašinaa machine tool
Why it looks that way
There is no separate word for it: both the lathe and the sewing one are masina. What stands next to it tells them apart: sivaca masina, masina za brusenje. The card ves masina already stood.
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.
- Машина у погону ради и ноћуMašina u pogonu radi i noćuThe machine tool in the shop runs at night too
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 machine tool” in Serbian?
«машина», read “mašina”. In a live sentence: “Машина у погону ради и ноћу” — The machine tool in the shop runs at night too. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters м, а, ш, и, н, а.
How is “машина” written in Latin letters?
mašina. 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?
There is no separate word for it: both the lathe and the sewing one are masina. What stands next to it tells them apart: sivaca masina, masina za brusenje. The card ves masina already stood. 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.