Skolan är tråkig.

[davidculley]

English Translation

School is boring.

Tom är uttråkad.

English Translation

Tom’s bored.

“tråkig” means boring. From that word, you can form “ut-tråkad”: bored. That helped me remember the word “uttråkad” (and its correct spelling). The tip also works in the other direction: I had always confused “tråkig” (boring) with “trasig” (broken/kaputt). But now no longer.