млада
“млада” (mlada) — a bride in Serbian. Noun, level A2. Literally the young one, and you know the adjective mlad. The word nevesta in Serbian more often means a daughter-in-law. In a live sentence: “Млада је стигла у белој хаљини” — The bride arrived in a white dress. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters м, л, а, д, а. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Serbian | млада |
| Read in Latin letters | mlada |
| Translation | a bride |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- младаmladaa bride
Why it looks that way
Literally the young one, and you know the adjective mlad. The word nevesta in Serbian more often means a daughter-in-law.
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.
- Млада је стигла у белој хаљиниMlada je stigla u beloj haljiniThe bride arrived in a white dress
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 bride” in Serbian?
«млада», read “mlada”. In a live sentence: “Млада је стигла у белој хаљини” — The bride arrived in a white dress. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters м, л, а, д, а.
How is “млада” written in Latin letters?
mlada. 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?
Literally the young one, and you know the adjective mlad. The word nevesta in Serbian more often means a daughter-in-law. 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.