бланк
“бланк” (blank) — blank form in Russian. Noun, level A2. Blank vydali na meste, zapolnili tut zhe — "the form was handed out on the spot and filled in at once". In a live sentence: “Бланк выдали на месте, заполнили тут же” — The form was handed out on the spot and filled in at once. Written with the characters б, л, а, н, к. A word from the everyday Russian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Russian | бланк |
| Read in Latin letters | blank |
| Translation | blank form |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Blank vydali na meste, zapolnili tut zhe — "the form was handed out on the spot and filled in at once".
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.
- Бланк выдали на месте, заполнили тут жеBlank vydali na meste, zapolnili tut zheThe form was handed out on the spot and filled in at once
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 “blank form” in Russian?
«бланк», read “blank”. In a live sentence: “Бланк выдали на месте, заполнили тут же” — The form was handed out on the spot and filled in at once. Noun, level A2; written with the characters б, л, а, н, к.
How is “бланк” written in Latin letters?
blank. 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?
Blank vydali na meste, zapolnili tut zhe — "the form was handed out on the spot and filled in at once". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.