ход мысли
“ход мысли” (khod mysli) — train of thought in Russian. Phrase, level B1. Tvoy khod mysli mne ne do kontsa yasen — "your train of thought is not entirely clear to me" — how the thought travels; khod is motion, as in the hands of a clock and the course of a business. In a live sentence: “Твой ход мысли мне не до конца ясен” — Your train of thought is not entirely clear to me. A word from the everyday Russian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Russian | ход мысли |
| Read in Latin letters | khod mysli |
| Translation | train of thought |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Tvoy khod mysli mne ne do kontsa yasen — "your train of thought is not entirely clear to me" — how the thought travels; khod is motion, as in the hands of a clock and the course of a business.
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.
- Твой ход мысли мне не до конца ясенTvoy khod mysli mne ne do kontsa yasenYour train of thought is not entirely clear to me
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 “train of thought” in Russian?
«ход мысли», read “khod mysli”. In a live sentence: “Твой ход мысли мне не до конца ясен” — Your train of thought is not entirely clear to me. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters х, о, д, м, ы, с, л, и.
How is “ход мысли” written in Latin letters?
khod mysli. 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?
Tvoy khod mysli mne ne do kontsa yasen — "your train of thought is not entirely clear to me" — how the thought travels; khod is motion, as in the hands of a clock and the course of a business. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.