Lingoflyболничко одељење
- болничко одељењеbolničko odeljenjea hospital department
“болничко одељење” (bolničko odeljenje) — a hospital department in Serbian. Noun, level B1. An lj and an nj at the end: o-de-lje-nje. Both signs are soft, ly and ny. In a live sentence: “Хируршко одељење је на трећем спрату” (Hirurško odeljenje je na trećem spratu) — The surgical department is on the third floor. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | болничко одељење (bolničko odeljenje) |
| Read in Latin letters | bolničko odeljenje |
| Translation | a hospital department |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
An lj and an nj at the end: o-de-lje-nje. Both signs are soft, ly and ny.
Why it looks that way
A bank branch is called differently, filijala. Odeljenje covers the hospital department, a division at work and a class at school.
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.
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 “a hospital department” in Serbian?
«болничко одељење» (bolničko odeljenje), read “bolničko odeljenje”. An lj and an nj at the end: o-de-lje-nje. Both signs are soft, ly and ny. In a live sentence: “Хируршко одељење је на трећем спрату” (Hirurško odeljenje je na trećem spratu) — The surgical department is on the third floor. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters б, о (o), л, н, и (i), ч, к, о (o), о (o), д, е, љ…
How is “болничко одељење” (bolničko odeljenje) written in Latin letters?
bolničko odeljenje. 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?
A bank branch is called differently, filijala. Odeljenje covers the hospital department, a division at work and a class at school. 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 this 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.