Lingoflyоткад знам за себе
- откад знам за себеotkad znam za sebeas long as I remember
“откад знам за себе” (otkad znam za sebe) — as long as I remember in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Literally since I have known of myself. There is also the short oduvek, always, forever. In a live sentence: “Откад знам за себе, ту стоји иста клупа” (Otkad znam za sebe, tu stoji ista klupa) — As long as I remember the same bench has stood there. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | откад знам за себе (otkad znam za sebe) |
| Read in Latin letters | otkad znam za sebe |
| Translation | as long as I remember |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally since I have known of myself. There is also the short oduvek, always, forever.
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 “as long as I remember” in Serbian?
«откад знам за себе» (otkad znam za sebe), read “otkad znam za sebe”. In a live sentence: “Откад знам за себе, ту стоји иста клупа” (Otkad znam za sebe, tu stoji ista klupa) — As long as I remember the same bench has stood there. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters о (o), т, к, а (a), д, з, н, а (a), м, з, а (a), с (s)…
How is “откад знам за себе” (otkad znam za sebe) written in Latin letters?
otkad znam za sebe. 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 since I have known of myself. There is also the short oduvek, always, forever. 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.