врата се не затварају
“врата се не затварају” (vrata se ne zatvaraju) — the door will not close in Serbian. Phrase, level A1. Vrata is plural only, so the verb is plural too; the se stands in front of the negative. In a live sentence: “Врата се не затварају до краја” — The door will not close all the way. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters в, р, а, т, а, с, е, н, е, з, а, т.
In short
| Written in Serbian | врата се не затварају |
| Read in Latin letters | vrata se ne zatvaraju |
| Translation | the door will not close |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- врата се не затварајуvrata se ne zatvarajuthe door will not close
Why it looks that way
Vrata is plural only, so the verb is plural too; the se stands in front of the negative.
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.
- Врата се не затварају до крајаVrata se ne zatvaraju do krajaThe door will not close all the way
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 “the door will not close” in Serbian?
«врата се не затварају», read “vrata se ne zatvaraju”. In a live sentence: “Врата се не затварају до краја” — The door will not close all the way. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters в, р, а, т, а, с, е, н, е, з, а, т.
How is “врата се не затварају” written in Latin letters?
vrata se ne zatvaraju. 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?
Vrata is plural only, so the verb is plural too; the se stands in front of the negative. 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.