позајмити новац
“позајмити новац” (pozajmiti novac) — to borrow money in Serbian. Phrase, level A2. One verb for both directions: pozajmio sam mu, I lent to him; pozajmio sam od njega, I borrowed from him. The preposition shows the way. In a live sentence: “Можеш ли да ми позајмиш новац до плате?” — Can you lend me money until payday? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters п, о, з, а, ј, м, и, т, и, н, о, в.
In short
| Written in Serbian | позајмити новац |
| Read in Latin letters | pozajmiti novac |
| Translation | to borrow money |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- позајмити новацpozajmiti novacto borrow money
Why it looks that way
One verb for both directions: pozajmio sam mu, I lent to him; pozajmio sam od njega, I borrowed from him. The preposition shows the way.
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.
- Можеш ли да ми позајмиш новац до плате?Možeš li da mi pozajmiš novac do plate?Can you lend me money until payday?
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 “to borrow money” in Serbian?
«позајмити новац», read “pozajmiti novac”. In a live sentence: “Можеш ли да ми позајмиш новац до плате?” — Can you lend me money until payday? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters п, о, з, а, ј, м, и, т, и, н, о, в.
How is “позајмити новац” written in Latin letters?
pozajmiti novac. 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?
One verb for both directions: pozajmio sam mu, I lent to him; pozajmio sam od njega, I borrowed from him. The preposition shows the way. 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.