рудно благо
“рудно благо” (rudno blago) — mineral wealth in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Literally ore wealth: blago is both a treasure and wealth. There is no Serbian word for the earths entrails, people say ono sto je pod zemljom. In a live sentence: “Рудно благо ове земље још није истражено” — The mineral wealth of this country is not yet studied. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters р, у, д, н, о, б, л, а, г, о.
In short
| Written in Serbian | рудно благо |
| Read in Latin letters | rudno blago |
| Translation | mineral wealth |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- рудно благоrudno blagomineral wealth
Why it looks that way
Literally ore wealth: blago is both a treasure and wealth. There is no Serbian word for the earths entrails, people say ono sto je pod zemljom.
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.
- Рудно благо ове земље још није истраженоRudno blago ove zemlje još nije istraženoThe mineral wealth of this country is not yet studied
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 “mineral wealth” in Serbian?
«рудно благо», read “rudno blago”. In a live sentence: “Рудно благо ове земље још није истражено” — The mineral wealth of this country is not yet studied. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters р, у, д, н, о, б, л, а, г, о.
How is “рудно благо” written in Latin letters?
rudno blago. 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?
Literally ore wealth: blago is both a treasure and wealth. There is no Serbian word for the earths entrails, people say ono sto je pod zemljom. 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.