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- шта то значи?šta to znači?what does it mean?
“шта то значи?” (šta to znači?) — what does it mean? in Serbian. Phrase, level A2. Značiti is to mean; šta znači is also put before a word: šta znači đubrivo? And nema veze is the answer when it does not matter. In a live sentence: “Шта то значи, нисам сигуран да разумем” (Šta to znači, nisam siguran da razumem) — What does it mean, I am not sure I understand. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Serbian | шта то значи? (šta to znači) |
| Read in Latin letters | šta to znači? |
| Translation | what does it mean? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Značiti is to mean; šta znači is also put before a word: šta znači đubrivo? And nema veze is the answer when it does not matter.
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.
- Шта то значи, нисам сигуран да разумемŠta to znači, nisam siguran da razumemWhat does it mean, I am not sure I understand
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 “what does it mean?” in Serbian?
«шта то значи?» (šta to znači), read “šta to znači?” In a live sentence: “Шта то значи, нисам сигуран да разумем” (Šta to znači, nisam siguran da razumem) — What does it mean, I am not sure I understand. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ш, т, а (a), т, о (o), з, н, а (a), ч, и (i).
How is “шта то значи?” (šta to znači) written in Latin letters?
šta to znači? 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?
Značiti is to mean; šta znači is also put before a word: šta znači đubrivo? And nema veze is the answer when it does not matter. 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.