на спрат
“на спрат” (na sprat) — upstairs in Serbian. Adverb, level A1. In a building, "upstairs" is na sprat, with the direction case. The general word for "upward" was nagore. In a live sentence: “Идем на спрат по ћебе” — I am going upstairs to get a blanket. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters н, а, с, п, р, а, т. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | на спрат |
| Read in Latin letters | na sprat |
| Translation | upstairs |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | A1 |
- на спратna spratupstairs
Why it looks that way
In a building, "upstairs" is na sprat, with the direction case. The general word for "upward" was nagore.
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.
- Идем на спрат по ћебеIdem na sprat po ćebeI am going upstairs to get a blanket
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 “upstairs” in Serbian?
«на спрат», read “na sprat”. In a live sentence: “Идем на спрат по ћебе” — I am going upstairs to get a blanket. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adverb, level A1; written with the characters н, а, с, п, р, а, т.
How is “на спрат” written in Latin letters?
na sprat. 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?
In a building, "upstairs" is na sprat, with the direction case. The general word for "upward" was nagore. 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.