сустићи
“сустићи” (sustići) — to catch up in Serbian. Verb, level B1. The plain stici you know as to make it and to arrive. The prefix su- adds a second participant: sustici is to draw level with the one ahead. In a live sentence: “Трчао сам да их сустигнем на углу” — I ran to catch up with them at the corner. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters с, у, с, т, и, ћ, и.
In short
| Written in Serbian | сустићи |
| Read in Latin letters | sustići |
| Translation | to catch up |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- сустићиsustićito catch up
Why it looks that way
The plain stici you know as to make it and to arrive. The prefix su- adds a second participant: sustici is to draw level with the one ahead.
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.
- Трчао сам да их сустигнем на углуTrčao sam da ih sustignem na ugluI ran to catch up with them at the corner
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 catch up” in Serbian?
«сустићи», read “sustići”. In a live sentence: “Трчао сам да их сустигнем на углу” — I ran to catch up with them at the corner. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters с, у, с, т, и, ћ, и.
How is “сустићи” written in Latin letters?
sustići. 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 plain stici you know as to make it and to arrive. The prefix su- adds a second participant: sustici is to draw level with the one ahead. 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.