Lingoflyместо до пролаза
- место до пролазаmesto do prolazaaisle seat
“место до пролаза” (mesto do prolaza) — aisle seat in Serbian. Noun, level A1. Do here means "next to", as in mesto do prozora — the window seat. In a live sentence: “Радије бих место до пролаза” (Radije bih mesto do prolaza) — I would prefer the aisle seat. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters м, е, с (s), т, о (o), д, о (o), п, р, о (o), л, а (a)… A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | место до пролаза (mesto do prolaza) |
| Read in Latin letters | mesto do prolaza |
| Translation | aisle seat |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Do here means "next to", as in mesto do prozora — the window seat.
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.
- Радије бих место до пролазаRadije bih mesto do prolazaI would prefer the aisle seat
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 “aisle seat” in Serbian?
«место до пролаза» (mesto do prolaza), read “mesto do prolaza”. In a live sentence: “Радије бих место до пролаза” (Radije bih mesto do prolaza) — I would prefer the aisle seat. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters м, е, с (s), т, о (o), д, о (o), п, р, о (o), л, а (a)…
How is “место до пролаза” (mesto do prolaza) written in Latin letters?
mesto do prolaza. 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?
Do here means "next to", as in mesto do prozora — the window seat. 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.