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- извините за кашњењеizvinite za kašnjenjesorry for being late
“извините за кашњење” (izvinite za kašnjenje) — sorry for being late in Serbian. Phrase, level A2. A ready formula: izvinite plus kašnjenje, the delay, joined by za. In a live sentence: “Извините за кашњење, био је саобраћај” (Izvinite za kašnjenje, bio je saobraćaj) — Sorry for being late, there was traffic. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters и (i), з, в, и (i), н, и (i), т, е, з, а (a), к, а (a)… A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Serbian | извините за кашњење (izvinite za kašnjenje) |
| Read in Latin letters | izvinite za kašnjenje |
| Translation | sorry for being late |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
A ready formula: izvinite plus kašnjenje, the delay, joined by za.
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 “sorry for being late” in Serbian?
«извините за кашњење» (izvinite za kašnjenje), read “izvinite za kašnjenje”. In a live sentence: “Извините за кашњење, био је саобраћај” (Izvinite za kašnjenje, bio je saobraćaj) — Sorry for being late, there was traffic. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters и (i), з, в, и (i), н, и (i), т, е, з, а (a), к, а (a)…
How is “извините за кашњење” (izvinite za kašnjenje) written in Latin letters?
izvinite za kašnjenje. 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 ready formula: izvinite plus kašnjenje, the delay, joined by za. 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.