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- питати поновоpitati ponovoto ask again
“питати поново” (pitati ponovo) — to ask again in Serbian. Verb, level B1. Serbian has no single word for it: there is no re- prefix here. Preispitati exists but means to reconsider a decision, not to ask a person again. In a live sentence: “Није ме срамота да питам поново” (Nije me sramota da pitam ponovo) — I am not ashamed to ask again. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | питати поново (pitati ponovo) |
| Read in Latin letters | pitati ponovo |
| Translation | to ask again |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Serbian has no single word for it: there is no re- prefix here. Preispitati exists but means to reconsider a decision, not to ask a person again.
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 “to ask again” in Serbian?
«питати поново» (pitati ponovo), read “pitati ponovo”. In a live sentence: “Није ме срамота да питам поново” (Nije me sramota da pitam ponovo) — I am not ashamed to ask again. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters п, и (i), т, а (a), т, и (i), п, о (o), н, о (o), в, о (o).
How is “питати поново” (pitati ponovo) written in Latin letters?
pitati ponovo. 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?
Serbian has no single word for it: there is no re- prefix here. Preispitati exists but means to reconsider a decision, not to ask a person again. 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.