рад са странкама
“рад са странкама” (rad sa strankama) — office hours in Serbian. Noun, level A2. This is how office hours are signed at any institution: rad sa strankama. A trap: stranka here is a visitor and a party in a case, and politicka stranka is a political party. One word. In a live sentence: “Рад са странкама је од девет до дванаест” — Office hours are from nine to twelve. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | рад са странкама |
| Read in Latin letters | rad sa strankama |
| Translation | office hours |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- рад са странкамаrad sa strankamaoffice hours
Why it looks that way
This is how office hours are signed at any institution: rad sa strankama. A trap: stranka here is a visitor and a party in a case, and politicka stranka is a political party. One word.
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.
- Рад са странкама је од девет до дванаестRad sa strankama je od devet do dvanaestOffice hours are from nine to twelve
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 “office hours” in Serbian?
«рад са странкама», read “rad sa strankama”. In a live sentence: “Рад са странкама је од девет до дванаест” — Office hours are from nine to twelve. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters р, а, д, с, а, с, т, р, а, н, к, а.
How is “рад са странкама” written in Latin letters?
rad sa strankama. 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?
This is how office hours are signed at any institution: rad sa strankama. A trap: stranka here is a visitor and a party in a case, and politicka stranka is a political party. One word. 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.