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“тачност” (tačnost) — accuracy in Serbian. Noun, level B1. From tačan, exact. The same word about a person means punctuality: ceni se tačnost. In a live sentence: “Тачност мерења зависи од инструмента” (Tačnost merenja zavisi od instrumenta) — The accuracy of the measurement depends on the device. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters т, а (a), ч, н, о (o), с (s), т. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | тачност (tačnost) |
| Read in Latin letters | tačnost |
| Translation | accuracy |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
From tačan, exact. The same word about a person means punctuality: ceni se tačnost.
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.
- Тачност мерења зависи од инструментаTačnost merenja zavisi od instrumentaThe accuracy of the measurement depends on the device
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 “accuracy” in Serbian?
«тачност» (tačnost), read “tačnost”. In a live sentence: “Тачност мерења зависи од инструмента” (Tačnost merenja zavisi od instrumenta) — The accuracy of the measurement depends on the device. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters т, а (a), ч, н, о (o), с (s), т.
How is “тачност” (tačnost) written in Latin letters?
tačnost. 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?
From tačan, exact. The same word about a person means punctuality: ceni se tačnost. 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.