незгодно ми је да тражим
“незгодно ми је да тражим” (nezgodno mi je da tražim) — I feel awkward asking in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Nezgodno is uncomfortable, out of place; the pair of zgodno from unit thirty-eight. The person is in the dative, as in zao mi je. In a live sentence: “Незгодно ми је да тражим, али треба ми помоћ” — I feel awkward asking but I need help. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | незгодно ми је да тражим |
| Read in Latin letters | nezgodno mi je da tražim |
| Translation | I feel awkward asking |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- незгодно ми је да тражимnezgodno mi je da tražimI feel awkward asking
Why it looks that way
Nezgodno is uncomfortable, out of place; the pair of zgodno from unit thirty-eight. The person is in the dative, as in zao mi je.
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.
- Незгодно ми је да тражим, али треба ми помоћNezgodno mi je da tražim, ali treba mi pomoćI feel awkward asking but I need help
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 “I feel awkward asking” in Serbian?
«незгодно ми је да тражим», read “nezgodno mi je da tražim”. In a live sentence: “Незгодно ми је да тражим, али треба ми помоћ” — I feel awkward asking but I need help. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters н, е, з, г, о, д, н, о, м, и, ј, е.
How is “незгодно ми је да тражим” written in Latin letters?
nezgodno mi je da tražim. 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?
Nezgodno is uncomfortable, out of place; the pair of zgodno from unit thirty-eight. The person is in the dative, as in zao mi je. 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.