Lingoflyелектронска књига
- електронска књигаelektronska knjigaan e-book
“електронска књига” (elektronska knjiga) — an e-book in Serbian. Noun, level A2. In speech people say e-knjiga. The reading device is simply citac. In a live sentence: “Електронска књига је јефтинија од штампане” (Elektronska knjiga je jeftinija od štampane) — The e-book is cheaper than the printed one. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters е, л, е, к, т, р, о (o), н, с (s), к, а (a), к… A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Serbian | електронска књига (elektronska knjiga) |
| Read in Latin letters | elektronska knjiga |
| Translation | an e-book |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
In speech people say e-knjiga. The reading device is simply citac.
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.
- Електронска књига је јефтинија од штампанеElektronska knjiga je jeftinija od štampaneThe e-book is cheaper than the printed one
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 “an e-book” in Serbian?
«електронска књига» (elektronska knjiga), read “elektronska knjiga”. In a live sentence: “Електронска књига је јефтинија од штампане” (Elektronska knjiga je jeftinija od štampane) — The e-book is cheaper than the printed one. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters е, л, е, к, т, р, о (o), н, с (s), к, а (a), к…
How is “електронска књига” (elektronska knjiga) written in Latin letters?
elektronska knjiga. 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?
In speech people say e-knjiga. The reading device is simply citac. 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.