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- прећи границуpreći granicuto cross the border
“прећи границу” (preći granicu) — to cross the border in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Preći is to cross over, get across: preći ulicu, preći na drugu temu. The irregular past is prešao sam. In a live sentence: “Ујутру смо прешли границу без чекања” (Ujutru smo prešli granicu bez čekanja) — In the morning we crossed the border without waiting. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters п, р, е, ћ, и (i), г, р, а (a), н, и (i), ц, у (u).
In short
| Written in Serbian | прећи границу (preći granicu) |
| Read in Latin letters | preći granicu |
| Translation | to cross the border |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Preći is to cross over, get across: preći ulicu, preći na drugu temu. The irregular past is prešao sam.
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 cross the border” in Serbian?
«прећи границу» (preći granicu), read “preći granicu”. In a live sentence: “Ујутру смо прешли границу без чекања” (Ujutru smo prešli granicu bez čekanja) — In the morning we crossed the border without waiting. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters п, р, е, ћ, и (i), г, р, а (a), н, и (i), ц, у (u).
How is “прећи границу” (preći granicu) written in Latin letters?
preći granicu. 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?
Preći is to cross over, get across: preći ulicu, preći na drugu temu. The irregular past is prešao sam. 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.