рок за предају
“рок за предају” (rok za predaju) — the submission deadline in Serbian. Noun, level B1. Predaja is handing in work, and also surrender; both readings live in the word. The same rok as rok placanja from unit twenty-one. In a live sentence: “Рок за предају извештаја је сутра у подне” — The submission deadline is tomorrow at noon. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters р, о, к, з, а, п, р, е, д, а, ј, у.
In short
| Written in Serbian | рок за предају |
| Read in Latin letters | rok za predaju |
| Translation | the submission deadline |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- рок за предајуrok za predajuthe submission deadline
Why it looks that way
Predaja is handing in work, and also surrender; both readings live in the word. The same rok as rok placanja from unit twenty-one.
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.
- Рок за предају извештаја је сутра у поднеRok za predaju izveštaja je sutra u podneThe submission deadline is tomorrow at noon
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 “the submission deadline” in Serbian?
«рок за предају», read “rok za predaju”. In a live sentence: “Рок за предају извештаја је сутра у подне” — The submission deadline is tomorrow at noon. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters р, о, к, з, а, п, р, е, д, а, ј, у.
How is “рок за предају” written in Latin letters?
rok za predaju. 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?
Predaja is handing in work, and also surrender; both readings live in the word. The same rok as rok placanja from unit twenty-one. 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.