саживети се
“саживети се” (saživeti se) — to come to terms in Serbian. Verb, level B1. Literally to live together with. The card pomiriti se is already taken by to make up, and Serbian says to resign with the same verb, so here saziveti se is taken: to live with and stop fighting what cannot be changed. In a live sentence: “Саживели смо се са тим да селидбе нема” — We came to terms with the move not happening. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | саживети се |
| Read in Latin letters | saživeti se |
| Translation | to come to terms |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- саживети сеsaživeti seto come to terms
Why it looks that way
Literally to live together with. The card pomiriti se is already taken by to make up, and Serbian says to resign with the same verb, so here saziveti se is taken: to live with and stop fighting what cannot be changed.
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.
- Саживели смо се са тим да селидбе немаSaživeli smo se sa tim da selidbe nemaWe came to terms with the move not happening
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 come to terms” in Serbian?
«саживети се», read “saživeti se”. In a live sentence: “Саживели смо се са тим да селидбе нема” — We came to terms with the move not happening. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters с, а, ж, и, в, е, т, и, с, е.
How is “саживети се” written in Latin letters?
saživeti se. 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 to live together with. The card pomiriti se is already taken by to make up, and Serbian says to resign with the same verb, so here saziveti se is taken: to live with and stop fighting what cannot be changed. 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.