политичка странка
“политичка странка” (politička stranka) — a political party in Serbian. Noun, level B1. Stranka is a party and at once a party in a case: on the office door they write rad sa strankama, reception of visitors. Partija is understood too. In a live sentence: “Нова политичка странка је основана у мају” — The new political party was founded in May. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters п, о, л, и, т, и, ч, к, а, с, т, р.
In short
| Written in Serbian | политичка странка |
| Read in Latin letters | politička stranka |
| Translation | a political party |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- политичка странкаpolitička strankaa political party
Why it looks that way
Stranka is a party and at once a party in a case: on the office door they write rad sa strankama, reception of visitors. Partija is understood too.
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.
- Нова политичка странка је основана у мајуNova politička stranka je osnovana u majuThe new political party was founded in May
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 political party” in Serbian?
«политичка странка», read “politička stranka”. In a live sentence: “Нова политичка странка је основана у мају” — The new political party was founded in May. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters п, о, л, и, т, и, ч, к, а, с, т, р.
How is “политичка странка” written in Latin letters?
politička stranka. 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?
Stranka is a party and at once a party in a case: on the office door they write rad sa strankama, reception of visitors. Partija is understood too. 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.