Lingoflyтешко ми иде
- тешко ми идеteško mi ideit comes hard to me
“тешко ми иде” (teško mi ide) — it comes hard to me in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Literally it goes hard for me: the person in the to-form, the subject the thing. The opposite is lako mi ide. In a live sentence: “Признајем, математика ми тешко иде од основне школе” (Priznajem, matematika mi teško ide od osnovne škole) — I admit, mathematics has come hard to me since primary school. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | тешко ми иде (teško mi ide) |
| Read in Latin letters | teško mi ide |
| Translation | it comes hard to me |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally it goes hard for me: the person in the to-form, the subject the thing. The opposite is lako mi ide.
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.
- Priznajem, matematika mi teško ide od osnovne školeI admit, mathematics has come hard to me since primary school
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 “it comes hard to me” in Serbian?
«тешко ми иде» (teško mi ide), read “teško mi ide”. In a live sentence: “Признајем, математика ми тешко иде од основне школе” (Priznajem, matematika mi teško ide od osnovne škole) — I admit, mathematics has come hard to me since primary school. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters т, е, ш, к, о (o), м, и (i), и (i), д, е.
How is “тешко ми иде” (teško mi ide) written in Latin letters?
teško mi ide. 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?
Literally it goes hard for me: the person in the to-form, the subject the thing. The opposite is lako mi ide. 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.