то нема везе с темом
“то нема везе с темом” (to nema veze s temom) — that is beside the point in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Nema veze on its own means never mind, no big deal, the most common Serbian comfort phrase. With the instrumental it turns into not connected with. In a live sentence: “То нема везе с темом, вратимо се на посао” — That is beside the point, back to work. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | то нема везе с темом |
| Read in Latin letters | to nema veze s temom |
| Translation | that is beside the point |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- то нема везе с темомto nema veze s temomthat is beside the point
Why it looks that way
Nema veze on its own means never mind, no big deal, the most common Serbian comfort phrase. With the instrumental it turns into not connected with.
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.
- То нема везе с темом, вратимо се на посаоTo nema veze s temom, vratimo se na posaoThat is beside the point, back to work
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 “that is beside the point” in Serbian?
«то нема везе с темом», read “to nema veze s temom”. In a live sentence: “То нема везе с темом, вратимо се на посао” — That is beside the point, back to work. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters т, о, н, е, м, а, в, е, з, е, с, т.
How is “то нема везе с темом” written in Latin letters?
to nema veze s temom. 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?
Nema veze on its own means never mind, no big deal, the most common Serbian comfort phrase. With the instrumental it turns into not connected with. 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.