насколько я знаю
“насколько я знаю” (naskolko ya znayu) — as far as I know in Russian. Phrase, level B1. Naskolko ya znayu, magazin v ponedelnik zakryt — "as far as I know the shop is closed on Mondays" — spoken to the measure of one's knowledge; past that line, no guarantees. In a live sentence: “Насколько я знаю, магазин в понедельник закрыт” — As far as I know the shop is closed on Mondays. A word from the everyday Russian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Russian | насколько я знаю |
| Read in Latin letters | naskolko ya znayu |
| Translation | as far as I know |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Naskolko ya znayu, magazin v ponedelnik zakryt — "as far as I know the shop is closed on Mondays" — spoken to the measure of one's knowledge; past that line, no guarantees.
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.
- Насколько я знаю, магазин в понедельник закрытNaskolko ya znayu, magazin v ponedelnik zakrytAs far as I know the shop is closed on Mondays
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 “as far as I know” in Russian?
«насколько я знаю», read “naskolko ya znayu”. In a live sentence: “Насколько я знаю, магазин в понедельник закрыт” — As far as I know the shop is closed on Mondays. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters н, а, с, к, о, л, ь, к, о, я, з, н…
How is “насколько я знаю” written in Latin letters?
naskolko ya znayu. 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?
Naskolko ya znayu, magazin v ponedelnik zakryt — "as far as I know the shop is closed on Mondays" — spoken to the measure of one's knowledge; past that line, no guarantees. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.