спремање собе
“спремање собе” (spremanje sobe) — room cleaning in Serbian. Noun, level A2. The nj at the end is the soft ny: spre-ma-nje. In a live sentence: “Спремање собе је сваког дана до подне” — Room cleaning every day until noon. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters с, п, р, е, м, а, њ, е, с, о, б, е. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Serbian | спремање собе |
| Read in Latin letters | spremanje sobe |
| Translation | room cleaning |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- спремање собеspremanje soberoom cleaning
How to pronounce it
The nj at the end is the soft ny: spre-ma-nje.
Why it looks that way
Spremati means both to clean and to cook: spremam rucak is making lunch. The do-not-disturb sign on the door asks to skip it.
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.
- Спремање собе је сваког дана до поднеSpremanje sobe je svakog dana do podneRoom cleaning every day until 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 “room cleaning” in Serbian?
«спремање собе», read “spremanje sobe”. The nj at the end is the soft ny: spre-ma-nje. In a live sentence: “Спремање собе је сваког дана до подне” — Room cleaning every day until noon. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters с, п, р, е, м, а, њ, е, с, о, б, е.
How is “спремање собе” written in Latin letters?
spremanje sobe. 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?
Spremati means both to clean and to cook: spremam rucak is making lunch. The do-not-disturb sign on the door asks to skip it. 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.