Lingoflyкњиговођа
- књиговођаknjigovođaan accountant
“књиговођа” (knjigovođa) — an accountant in Serbian. Noun, level A2. Literally a book-leader: he keeps the books of the firm. Masculine though it ends in a, like kolega and sudija. In a live sentence: “Књиговођа предаје извештај до петнаестог” (Knjigovođa predaje izveštaj do petnaestog) — The accountant files the report by the fifteenth. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters к, њ, и (i), г, о (o), в, о (o), ђ, а (a). A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Serbian | књиговођа (knjigovođa) |
| Read in Latin letters | knjigovođa |
| Translation | an accountant |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally a book-leader: he keeps the books of the firm. Masculine though it ends in a, like kolega and sudija.
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.
- Књиговођа предаје извештај до петнаестогKnjigovođa predaje izveštaj do petnaestogThe accountant files the report by the fifteenth
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 accountant” in Serbian?
«књиговођа» (knjigovođa), read “knjigovođa”. In a live sentence: “Књиговођа предаје извештај до петнаестог” (Knjigovođa predaje izveštaj do petnaestog) — The accountant files the report by the fifteenth. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters к, њ, и (i), г, о (o), в, о (o), ђ, а (a).
How is “књиговођа” (knjigovođa) written in Latin letters?
knjigovođa. 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?
Literally a book-leader: he keeps the books of the firm. Masculine though it ends in a, like kolega and sudija. 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.