примили су ме на посао
“примили су ме на посао” (primili su me na posao) — I was hired in Serbian. Phrase, level A2. Primiti you know as to receive from unit fifteen: here its second meaning, to take a person in. The me stands in second place. In a live sentence: “Примили су ме на посао од првог септембра” — I was hired on the first of September. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Serbian | примили су ме на посао |
| Read in Latin letters | primili su me na posao |
| Translation | I was hired |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- примили су ме на посаоprimili su me na posaoI was hired
Why it looks that way
Primiti you know as to receive from unit fifteen: here its second meaning, to take a person in. The me stands in second place.
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.
- Примили су ме на посао од првог септембраPrimili su me na posao od prvog septembraI was hired on the first of September
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 was hired” in Serbian?
«примили су ме на посао», read “primili su me na posao”. In a live sentence: “Примили су ме на посао од првог септембра” — I was hired on the first of September. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters п, р, и, м, и, л, и, с, у, м, е, н.
How is “примили су ме на посао” written in Latin letters?
primili su me na posao. 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?
Primiti you know as to receive from unit fifteen: here its second meaning, to take a person in. The me stands in second place. 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.