Lingoflyпо свим правилима
- по свим правилимаpo svim pravilimaby the book
“по свим правилима” (po svim pravilima) — by the book in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. The plural to-form after po: pravila gives pravilima. The same case in po kućama, po ulicama. In a live sentence: “Уговор је сачињен по свим правилима” (Ugovor je sačinjen po svim pravilima) — The contract is drawn up by the book. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | по свим правилима (po svim pravilima) |
| Read in Latin letters | po svim pravilima |
| Translation | by the book |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The plural to-form after po: pravila gives pravilima. The same case in po kućama, po ulicama.
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 “by the book” in Serbian?
«по свим правилима» (po svim pravilima), read “po svim pravilima”. In a live sentence: “Уговор је сачињен по свим правилима” (Ugovor je sačinjen po svim pravilima) — The contract is drawn up by the book. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters п, о (o), с (s), в, и (i), м, п, р, а (a), в, и (i), л…
How is “по свим правилима” (po svim pravilima) written in Latin letters?
po svim pravilima. 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?
The plural to-form after po: pravila gives pravilima. The same case in po kućama, po ulicama. 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.