заврнути сијалицу
“заврнути сијалицу” (zavrnuti sijalicu) — to screw in a light bulb in Serbian. Phrase, level A1. Zavrnuti screws in and screws shut; the reverse is odvrnuti. Direct object, no preposition. In a live sentence: “Заврни сијалицу до краја” — Screw the light bulb in all the way. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters з, а, в, р, н, у, т, и, с, и, ј, а. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | заврнути сијалицу |
| Read in Latin letters | zavrnuti sijalicu |
| Translation | to screw in a light bulb |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- заврнути сијалицуzavrnuti sijalicuto screw in a light bulb
Why it looks that way
Zavrnuti screws in and screws shut; the reverse is odvrnuti. Direct object, no preposition.
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.
- Заврни сијалицу до крајаZavrni sijalicu do krajaScrew the light bulb in 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 “to screw in a light bulb” in Serbian?
«заврнути сијалицу», read “zavrnuti sijalicu”. In a live sentence: “Заврни сијалицу до краја” — Screw the light bulb in all the way. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters з, а, в, р, н, у, т, и, с, и, ј, а.
How is “заврнути сијалицу” written in Latin letters?
zavrnuti sijalicu. 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?
Zavrnuti screws in and screws shut; the reverse is odvrnuti. Direct object, no preposition. 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.