Lingoflyуписати факултет
- уписати факултетupisati fakultetto enroll at university
“уписати факултет” (upisati fakultet) — to enroll at university in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Upisati is both to write in (a mark into a grade book) and to enroll: upisati fakultet, to get into university. No preposition: the faculty is the direct object. In a live sentence: “Уписао је факултет из првог покушаја” (Upisao je fakultet iz prvog pokušaja) — He got into university on the first try. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | уписати факултет (upisati fakultet) |
| Read in Latin letters | upisati fakultet |
| Translation | to enroll at university |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Upisati is both to write in (a mark into a grade book) and to enroll: upisati fakultet, to get into university. No preposition: the faculty is the direct object.
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 enroll at university” in Serbian?
«уписати факултет» (upisati fakultet), read “upisati fakultet”. In a live sentence: “Уписао је факултет из првог покушаја” (Upisao je fakultet iz prvog pokušaja) — He got into university on the first try. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters у (u), п, и (i), с (s), а (a), т, и (i), ф, а (a), к, у (u), л…
How is “уписати факултет” (upisati fakultet) written in Latin letters?
upisati fakultet. 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?
Upisati is both to write in (a mark into a grade book) and to enroll: upisati fakultet, to get into university. No preposition: the faculty is the direct object. 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.