резервисати сто
“резервисати сто” (rezervisati sto) — to reserve a table in Serbian. Phrase, level A1. Sto is both "table" and "one hundred" — restaurants disambiguate aloud: sto za dvoje, "a table for two". Book the same way. In a live sentence: “Хтео бих да резервишем сто за двоје” — I would like to reserve a table for two. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters р, е, з, е, р, в, и, с, а, т, и, с.
In short
| Written in Serbian | резервисати сто |
| Read in Latin letters | rezervisati sto |
| Translation | to reserve a table |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- резервисати стоrezervisati stoto reserve a table
Why it looks that way
Sto is both "table" and "one hundred" — restaurants disambiguate aloud: sto za dvoje, "a table for two". Book the same 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.
- Хтео бих да резервишем сто за двојеHteo bih da rezervišem sto za dvojeI would like to reserve a table for two
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 reserve a table” in Serbian?
«резервисати сто», read “rezervisati sto”. In a live sentence: “Хтео бих да резервишем сто за двоје” — I would like to reserve a table for two. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters р, е, з, е, р, в, и, с, а, т, и, с.
How is “резервисати сто” written in Latin letters?
rezervisati sto. 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?
Sto is both "table" and "one hundred" — restaurants disambiguate aloud: sto za dvoje, "a table for two". Book the same 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.