древние руины
“древние руины” (drevnie ruiny) — ancient ruins in Russian. Phrase, level B1. Drevnie ruiny vidny s dorogi — "the ancient ruins are visible from the road" — the remains of a very old building; ruina came from Latin, and English ruins is plural too. In a live sentence: “Древние руины видны с дороги” — The ancient ruins are visible from the road. Written with the characters д, р, е, в, н, и, е, р, у, и, н, ы.
In short
| Written in Russian | древние руины |
| Read in Latin letters | drevnie ruiny |
| Translation | ancient ruins |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Drevnie ruiny vidny s dorogi — "the ancient ruins are visible from the road" — the remains of a very old building; ruina came from Latin, and English ruins is plural too.
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.
- Древние руины видны с дорогиDrevnie ruiny vidny s dorogiThe ancient ruins are visible from the road
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 “ancient ruins” in Russian?
«древние руины», read “drevnie ruiny”. In a live sentence: “Древние руины видны с дороги” — The ancient ruins are visible from the road. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters д, р, е, в, н, и, е, р, у, и, н, ы.
How is “древние руины” written in Latin letters?
drevnie ruiny. 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?
Drevnie ruiny vidny s dorogi — "the ancient ruins are visible from the road" — the remains of a very old building; ruina came from Latin, and English ruins is plural too. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.