вратити ауто
“вратити ауто” (vratiti auto) — to return the car in Serbian. Phrase, level A2. Usage: vracam auto u petak u podne. The same verb as vratiti dug, to pay back a debt, from unit twenty-one. In a live sentence: “Треба вратити ауто на исто место” — The car has to be returned to the same spot. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters в, р, а, т, и, т, и, а, у, т, о.
In short
| Written in Serbian | вратити ауто |
| Read in Latin letters | vratiti auto |
| Translation | to return the car |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- вратити аутоvratiti autoto return the car
Why it looks that way
Usage: vracam auto u petak u podne. The same verb as vratiti dug, to pay back a debt, from unit twenty-one.
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.
- Треба вратити ауто на исто местоTreba vratiti auto na isto mestoThe car has to be returned to the same spot
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 return the car” in Serbian?
«вратити ауто», read “vratiti auto”. In a live sentence: “Треба вратити ауто на исто место” — The car has to be returned to the same spot. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters в, р, а, т, и, т, и, а, у, т, о.
How is “вратити ауто” written in Latin letters?
vratiti auto. 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?
Usage: vracam auto u petak u podne. The same verb as vratiti dug, to pay back a debt, from unit twenty-one. 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.