Lingoflyпроћи на разговору
- проћи на разговоруproći na razgovoruto pass the interview
“проћи на разговору” (proći na razgovoru) — to pass the interview in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. The soft ch in proći: pro-chi. The present tense: prođem, prođeš, prođe. In a live sentence: “Прошао сам на разговору и чекам понуду” (Prošao sam na razgovoru i čekam ponudu) — I passed the interview and I am waiting for the offer. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | проћи на разговору (proći na razgovoru) |
| Read in Latin letters | proći na razgovoru |
| Translation | to pass the interview |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
The soft ch in proći: pro-chi. The present tense: prođem, prođeš, prođe.
Why it looks that way
Proći passes in every sense: past someone, an ordeal, even pain. To fail is pasti, as with an exam.
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 pass the interview” in Serbian?
«проћи на разговору» (proći na razgovoru), read “proći na razgovoru”. The soft ch in proći: pro-chi. The present tense: prođem, prođeš, prođe. In a live sentence: “Прошао сам на разговору и чекам понуду” (Prošao sam na razgovoru i čekam ponudu) — I passed the interview and I am waiting for the offer. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters п, р, о (o), ћ, и (i), н, а (a), р, а (a), з, г, о (o)…
How is “проћи на разговору” (proći na razgovoru) written in Latin letters?
proći na razgovoru. 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?
Proći passes in every sense: past someone, an ordeal, even pain. To fail is pasti, as with an exam. 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.