Lingoflyнеће да упали
- неће да упалиneće da upaliit will not start
“неће да упали” (neće da upali) — it will not start in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Upaliti auto is to start the car, upaliti svetlo to turn on the light: one verb for ignition of any kind. Neće da upali is literally it does not want to start. In a live sentence: “Хладно је и ауто неће да упали” (Hladno je i auto neće da upali) — It is cold and the car will not start. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | неће да упали (neće da upali) |
| Read in Latin letters | neće da upali |
| Translation | it will not start |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Upaliti auto is to start the car, upaliti svetlo to turn on the light: one verb for ignition of any kind. Neće da upali is literally it does not want to start.
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 “it will not start” in Serbian?
«неће да упали» (neće da upali), read “neće da upali”. In a live sentence: “Хладно је и ауто неће да упали” (Hladno je i auto neće da upali) — It is cold and the car will not start. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters н, е, ћ, е, д, а (a), у (u), п, а (a), л, и (i).
How is “неће да упали” (neće da upali) written in Latin letters?
neće da upali. 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?
Upaliti auto is to start the car, upaliti svetlo to turn on the light: one verb for ignition of any kind. Neće da upali is literally it does not want to start. 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.