Lingoflyсамо тренутак, објаснићу
- само тренутак, објаснићуsamo trenutak, objasnićuone moment, I will explain
“само тренутак, објаснићу” (samo trenutak, objasniću) — one moment, I will explain in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Serbian counts not minutes but moments: trenutak. Objasniću is one word, the future tense written together. In a live sentence: “Само тренутак, објаснићу све редом” (Samo trenutak, objasniću sve redom) — One moment, I will explain everything in order. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | само тренутак, објаснићу (samo trenutak, objasniću) |
| Read in Latin letters | samo trenutak, objasniću |
| Translation | one moment, I will explain |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Serbian counts not minutes but moments: trenutak. Objasniću is one word, the future tense written together.
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.
- Само тренутак, објаснићу све редомSamo trenutak, objasniću sve redomOne moment, I will explain everything in order
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 “one moment, I will explain” in Serbian?
«само тренутак, објаснићу» (samo trenutak, objasniću), read “samo trenutak, objasniću”. In a live sentence: “Само тренутак, објаснићу све редом” (Samo trenutak, objasniću sve redom) — One moment, I will explain everything in order. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters с (s), а (a), м, о (o), т, р, е, н, у (u), т, а (a), к…
How is “само тренутак, објаснићу” (samo trenutak, objasniću) written in Latin letters?
samo trenutak, objasniću. 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?
Serbian counts not minutes but moments: trenutak. Objasniću is one word, the future tense written together. 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.