прошао сам своју станицу
“прошао сам своју станицу” (prošao sam svoju stanicu) — to miss my stop in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Serbian passes the stop, it does not drive past it. Svoj is compulsory: prosao sam moju stanicu sounds wrong. In a live sentence: “Задремао сам и прошао сам своју станицу” — I dozed off and missed my stop. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters п, р, о, ш, а, о, с, а, м, с, в, о.
In short
| Written in Serbian | прошао сам своју станицу |
| Read in Latin letters | prošao sam svoju stanicu |
| Translation | to miss my stop |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- прошао сам своју станицуprošao sam svoju stanicuto miss my stop
Why it looks that way
Serbian passes the stop, it does not drive past it. Svoj is compulsory: prosao sam moju stanicu sounds wrong.
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.
- Задремао сам и прошао сам своју станицуZadremao sam i prošao sam svoju stanicuI dozed off and missed my stop
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 miss my stop” in Serbian?
«прошао сам своју станицу», read “prošao sam svoju stanicu”. In a live sentence: “Задремао сам и прошао сам своју станицу” — I dozed off and missed my stop. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters п, р, о, ш, а, о, с, а, м, с, в, о.
How is “прошао сам своју станицу” written in Latin letters?
prošao sam svoju stanicu. 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?
Serbian passes the stop, it does not drive past it. Svoj is compulsory: prosao sam moju stanicu sounds wrong. 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.