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- спремати испитspremati ispitto study for an exam
“спремати испит” (spremati ispit) — to study for an exam in Serbian. Phrase, level A2. Serbian prepares the exam itself, with no preposition: spremam ispit. With se it works too: spremam se za ispit, I am getting ready for the exam. In a live sentence: “Цео викенд спремам испит из историје” (Ceo vikend spremam ispit iz istorije) — I am studying for the history exam all weekend. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | спремати испит (spremati ispit) |
| Read in Latin letters | spremati ispit |
| Translation | to study for an exam |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Serbian prepares the exam itself, with no preposition: spremam ispit. With se it works too: spremam se za ispit, I am getting ready for the 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 study for an exam” in Serbian?
«спремати испит» (spremati ispit), read “spremati ispit”. In a live sentence: “Цео викенд спремам испит из историје” (Ceo vikend spremam ispit iz istorije) — I am studying for the history exam all weekend. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters с (s), п, р, е, м, а (a), т, и (i), и (i), с (s), п, и (i)…
How is “спремати испит” (spremati ispit) written in Latin letters?
spremati ispit. 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 prepares the exam itself, with no preposition: spremam ispit. With se it works too: spremam se za ispit, I am getting ready for the 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.