Lingoflyвежба
- вежбаvežbaexercise
“вежба” (vežba) — exercise in Serbian. Noun, level A1. From vežbati. In the notebook it is vežba broj pet; in the gym the same word means a workout move. In a live sentence: “Уради вежбу на трећој страни” (Uradi vežbu na trećoj strani) — Do the exercise on the third page. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters в, е, ж, б, а (a). A word from the everyday Serbian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | вежба (vežba) |
| Read in Latin letters | vežba |
| Translation | exercise |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
From vežbati. In the notebook it is vežba broj pet; in the gym the same word means a workout move.
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.
- Уради вежбу на трећој страниUradi vežbu na trećoj straniDo the exercise on the third page
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 “exercise” in Serbian?
«вежба» (vežba), read “vežba”. In a live sentence: “Уради вежбу на трећој страни” (Uradi vežbu na trećoj strani) — Do the exercise on the third page. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters в, е, ж, б, а (a).
How is “вежба” (vežba) written in Latin letters?
vežba. 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 vežbati. In the notebook it is vežba broj pet; in the gym the same word means a workout move. 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.