Lingoflyстрана у пасошу
- страна у пасошуstrana u pasošupage (of a passport)
“страна у пасошу” (strana u pasošu) — page (of a passport) in Serbian. Noun, level A1. Strana is both a side and a page. In the at-form pasoš simply takes its ending: u pasošu. In a live sentence: “Виза је на трећој страни у пасошу” (Viza je na trećoj strani u pasošu) — The visa is on the third page of the passport. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | страна у пасошу (strana u pasošu) |
| Read in Latin letters | strana u pasošu |
| Translation | page (of a passport) |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Strana is both a side and a page. In the at-form pasoš simply takes its ending: u pasošu.
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 “page (of a passport)” in Serbian?
«страна у пасошу» (strana u pasošu), read “strana u pasošu”. In a live sentence: “Виза је на трећој страни у пасошу” (Viza je na trećoj strani u pasošu) — The visa is on the third page of the passport. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters с (s), т, р, а (a), н, а (a), у (u), п, а (a), с (s), о (o), ш…
How is “страна у пасошу” (strana u pasošu) written in Latin letters?
strana u pasošu. 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?
Strana is both a side and a page. In the at-form pasoš simply takes its ending: u pasošu. 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.