музички инструмент
- музички инструментmuzički instrumenta musical instrument
“музички инструмент” (muzički instrument) — a musical instrument in Serbian. Noun, level A1. Muzički comes from muzika with k switching to č; instrument without the tag sounds more like a tradesman tool. In a live sentence: “Свака кућа има неки музички инструмент” (Svaka kuća ima neki muzički instrument) — Every home has some kind of musical instrument. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | музички инструмент (muzički instrument) |
| Read in Latin letters | muzički instrument |
| Translation | a musical instrument |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Muzički comes from muzika with k switching to č; instrument without the tag sounds more like a tradesman tool.
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 “a musical instrument” in Serbian?
«музички инструмент» (muzički instrument), read “muzički instrument”. In a live sentence: “Свака кућа има неки музички инструмент” (Svaka kuća ima neki muzički instrument) — Every home has some kind of musical instrument. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters м, у (u), з, и (i), ч, к, и (i), и (i), н, с (s), т, р…
How is “музички инструмент” (muzički instrument) written in Latin letters?
muzički instrument. 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?
Muzički comes from muzika with k switching to č; instrument without the tag sounds more like a tradesman tool. 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.