Lingoflyбројати наглас
- бројати нагласbrojati naglasto count out loud
“бројати наглас” (brojati naglas) — to count out loud in Serbian. Verb, level A1. From broj, "number". Naglas — "out loud" — comes from glas, "voice". In a live sentence: “Броји наглас до десет” (Broji naglas do deset) — Count out loud to ten. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters б, р, о (o), ј, а (a), т, и (i), н, а (a), г, л, а (a)… A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | бројати наглас (brojati naglas) |
| Read in Latin letters | brojati naglas |
| Translation | to count out loud |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
From broj, "number". Naglas — "out loud" — comes from glas, "voice".
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 “to count out loud” in Serbian?
«бројати наглас» (brojati naglas), read “brojati naglas”. In a live sentence: “Броји наглас до десет” (Broji naglas do deset) — Count out loud to ten. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level A1; written with the characters б, р, о (o), ј, а (a), т, и (i), н, а (a), г, л, а (a)…
How is “бројати наглас” (brojati naglas) written in Latin letters?
brojati naglas. 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?
From broj, "number". Naglas — "out loud" — comes from glas, "voice". 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.