прекинути контакт
“прекинути контакт” (prekinuti kontakt) — to cut off contact in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Prekinuti is to interrupt, hence also prekidac, the switch, from unit thirty-four. Softer: ne cujemo se vise, we no longer hear each other. In a live sentence: “Прекинули смо контакт после те свађе” — We stopped talking after that quarrel. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters п, р, е, к, и, н, у, т, и, к, о, н.
In short
| Written in Serbian | прекинути контакт |
| Read in Latin letters | prekinuti kontakt |
| Translation | to cut off contact |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- прекинути контактprekinuti kontaktto cut off contact
Why it looks that way
Prekinuti is to interrupt, hence also prekidac, the switch, from unit thirty-four. Softer: ne cujemo se vise, we no longer hear each other.
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.
- Прекинули смо контакт после те свађеPrekinuli smo kontakt posle te svađeWe stopped talking after that quarrel
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 cut off contact” in Serbian?
«прекинути контакт», read “prekinuti kontakt”. In a live sentence: “Прекинули смо контакт после те свађе” — We stopped talking after that quarrel. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters п, р, е, к, и, н, у, т, и, к, о, н.
How is “прекинути контакт” written in Latin letters?
prekinuti kontakt. 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?
Prekinuti is to interrupt, hence also prekidac, the switch, from unit thirty-four. Softer: ne cujemo se vise, we no longer hear each other. 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.