тешко ми иде
“тешко ми иде” (teško mi ide) — it comes hard to me in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Literally it goes hard for me: the person in the dative, the subject the thing. The opposite is lako mi ide. In a live sentence: “Признајем, математика ми тешко иде од основне школе” — I admit, mathematics has come hard to me since primary school. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters т, е, ш, к, о, м, и, и, д, е.
In short
| Written in Serbian | тешко ми иде |
| Read in Latin letters | teško mi ide |
| Translation | it comes hard to me |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- тешко ми идеteško mi ideit comes hard to me
Why it looks that way
Literally it goes hard for me: the person in the dative, the subject the thing. The opposite is lako mi ide.
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.
- Признајем, математика ми тешко иде од основне школеPriznajem, matematika mi teško ide od osnovne školeI admit, mathematics has come hard to me since primary school
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 “it comes hard to me” in Serbian?
«тешко ми иде», read “teško mi ide”. In a live sentence: “Признајем, математика ми тешко иде од основне школе” — I admit, mathematics has come hard to me since primary school. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters т, е, ш, к, о, м, и, и, д, е.
How is “тешко ми иде” written in Latin letters?
teško mi ide. 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 it goes hard for me: the person in the dative, the subject the thing. The opposite is lako mi ide. 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.