онлајн курс
“онлајн курс” (onlajn kurs) — an online course in Serbian. Noun, level B1. The English word is written in Serbian letters by sound: onlajn, with a j. Without the hyphen it is two words in a row. In a live sentence: “Онлајн курс је јефтинији, али теже се истраје” — The online course is cheaper but harder to get through. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters о, н, л, а, ј, н, к, у, р, с.
In short
| Written in Serbian | онлајн курс |
| Read in Latin letters | onlajn kurs |
| Translation | an online course |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- онлајн курсonlajn kursan online course
Why it looks that way
The English word is written in Serbian letters by sound: onlajn, with a j. Without the hyphen it is two words in a row.
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.
- Онлајн курс је јефтинији, али теже се истрајеOnlajn kurs je jeftiniji, ali teže se istrajeThe online course is cheaper but harder to get through
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 “an online course” in Serbian?
«онлајн курс», read “onlajn kurs”. In a live sentence: “Онлајн курс је јефтинији, али теже се истраје” — The online course is cheaper but harder to get through. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters о, н, л, а, ј, н, к, у, р, с.
How is “онлајн курс” written in Latin letters?
onlajn kurs. 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 English word is written in Serbian letters by sound: onlajn, with a j. Without the hyphen it is two words in a row. 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.