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- политичка странкаpolitička strankaa political party
“политичка странка” (politička stranka) — a political party in Serbian. Noun, level B1. Stranka is a party and at once a party in a case: on the office door they write rad sa strankama, reception of visitors. Partija is understood too. In a live sentence: “Нова политичка странка је основана у мају” (Nova politička stranka je osnovana u maju) — The new political party was founded in May. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | политичка странка (politička stranka) |
| Read in Latin letters | politička stranka |
| Translation | a political party |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Stranka is a party and at once a party in a case: on the office door they write rad sa strankama, reception of visitors. Partija is understood too.
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 political party” in Serbian?
«политичка странка» (politička stranka), read “politička stranka”. In a live sentence: “Нова политичка странка је основана у мају” (Nova politička stranka je osnovana u maju) — The new political party was founded in May. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters п, о (o), л, и (i), т, и (i), ч, к, а (a), с (s), т, р…
How is “политичка странка” (politička stranka) written in Latin letters?
politička stranka. 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?
Stranka is a party and at once a party in a case: on the office door they write rad sa strankama, reception of visitors. Partija is understood too. 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.