стићи до
“стићи до” (stići do) — to get as far as in Serbian. Verb, level A1. The preposition do supplies the limit. Without it, stici simply means "to arrive". In a live sentence: “Стижемо до моста за десет минута” — We will get as far as the bridge in ten minutes. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters с, т, и, ћ, и, д, о. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | стићи до |
| Read in Latin letters | stići do |
| Translation | to get as far as |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
- стићи доstići doto get as far as
Why it looks that way
The preposition do supplies the limit. Without it, stici simply means "to arrive".
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.
- Стижемо до моста за десет минутаStižemo do mosta za deset minutaWe will get as far as the bridge in ten minutes
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 get as far as” in Serbian?
«стићи до», read “stići do”. In a live sentence: “Стижемо до моста за десет минута” — We will get as far as the bridge in ten minutes. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level A1; written with the characters с, т, и, ћ, и, д, о.
How is “стићи до” written in Latin letters?
stići do. 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?
The preposition do supplies the limit. Without it, stici simply means "to arrive". 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.