Lingoflyвременска прогноза
- временска прогнозаvremenska prognozathe weather forecast
“временска прогноза” (vremenska prognoza) — the weather forecast in Serbian. Noun, level A2. The adjective vremenska here comes from vreme, the weather, not the time; vremenska prognoza and prognoza vremena mean the same. In a live sentence: “Временска прогноза за викенд није добра” (Vremenska prognoza za vikend nije dobra) — The weather forecast for the weekend is bad. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | временска прогноза (vremenska prognoza) |
| Read in Latin letters | vremenska prognoza |
| Translation | the weather forecast |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The adjective vremenska here comes from vreme, the weather, not the time; vremenska prognoza and prognoza vremena mean the same.
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 “the weather forecast” in Serbian?
«временска прогноза» (vremenska prognoza), read “vremenska prognoza”. In a live sentence: “Временска прогноза за викенд није добра” (Vremenska prognoza za vikend nije dobra) — The weather forecast for the weekend is bad. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters в, р, е, м, е, н, с (s), к, а (a), п, р, о (o)…
How is “временска прогноза” (vremenska prognoza) written in Latin letters?
vremenska prognoza. 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?
The adjective vremenska here comes from vreme, the weather, not the time; vremenska prognoza and prognoza vremena mean the same. 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.