Lingoflyиздржавати породицу
- издржавати породицуizdržavati porodicuto provide for the family
“издржавати породицу” (izdržavati porodicu) — to provide for the family in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Izdržavati supports someone, while izdržati is to hold out. One letter apart, and the lives are quite different. In a live sentence: “Сам издржава породицу од четворо” (Sam izdržava porodicu od četvoro) — He alone provides for a family of four. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | издржавати породицу (izdržavati porodicu) |
| Read in Latin letters | izdržavati porodicu |
| Translation | to provide for the family |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Izdržavati supports someone, while izdržati is to hold out. One letter apart, and the lives are quite different.
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.
- Сам издржава породицу од четвороSam izdržava porodicu od četvoroHe alone provides for a family of four
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 provide for the family” in Serbian?
«издржавати породицу» (izdržavati porodicu), read “izdržavati porodicu”. In a live sentence: “Сам издржава породицу од четворо” (Sam izdržava porodicu od četvoro) — He alone provides for a family of four. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters и (i), з, д, р, ж, а (a), в, а (a), т, и (i), п, о (o)…
How is “издржавати породицу” (izdržavati porodicu) written in Latin letters?
izdržavati porodicu. 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?
Izdržavati supports someone, while izdržati is to hold out. One letter apart, and the lives are quite different. 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.