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- роштиљroštiljbarbecue
“роштиљ” (roštilj) — barbecue in Serbian. Noun, level A1. The grate and everything grilled on it. Food from it is sa žara — "off the embers". In a live sentence: “У недељу правимо роштиљ” (U nedelju pravimo roštilj) — On Sunday we are having a barbecue. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters р, о (o), ш, т, и (i), љ. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | роштиљ (roštilj) |
| Read in Latin letters | roštilj |
| Translation | barbecue |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The grate and everything grilled on it. Food from it is sa žara — "off the embers".
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.
- У недељу правимо роштиљU nedelju pravimo roštiljOn Sunday we are having a barbecue
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 “barbecue” in Serbian?
«роштиљ» (roštilj), read “roštilj”. In a live sentence: “У недељу правимо роштиљ” (U nedelju pravimo roštilj) — On Sunday we are having a barbecue. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters р, о (o), ш, т, и (i), љ.
How is “роштиљ” (roštilj) written in Latin letters?
roštilj. 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 grate and everything grilled on it. Food from it is sa žara — "off the embers". 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.