зауставити се
“зауставити се” (zaustaviti se) — to stop in Serbian. Verb, level A1. The reflexive se travels as the second word of the sentence, not glued to the verb: voz se zaustavlja — with se early. In a live sentence: “Воз се зауставља на свакој станици” — The train stops at every station. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters з, а, у, с, т, а, в, и, т, и, с, е. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | зауставити се |
| Read in Latin letters | zaustaviti se |
| Translation | to stop |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
- зауставити сеzaustaviti seto stop
Why it looks that way
The reflexive se travels as the second word of the sentence, not glued to the verb: voz se zaustavlja — with se early.
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.
- Воз се зауставља на свакој станициVoz se zaustavlja na svakoj staniciThe train stops at every station
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 stop” in Serbian?
«зауставити се», read “zaustaviti se”. In a live sentence: “Воз се зауставља на свакој станици” — The train stops at every station. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level A1; written with the characters з, а, у, с, т, а, в, и, т, и, с, е.
How is “зауставити се” written in Latin letters?
zaustaviti se. 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 reflexive se travels as the second word of the sentence, not glued to the verb: voz se zaustavlja — with se early. 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.