название книги
“название книги” (nazvanie knigi) — book title in Russian. Noun, level A1. Nazvaniye knigi ya zabyl, pomnyu tolko oblozhku — "I forgot the title; I only remember the cover". In a live sentence: “Название книги я забыл, помню только обложку” — I forgot the title; I only remember the cover. Written with the characters н, а, з, в, а, н, и, е, к, н, и, г… A word from the everyday Russian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Russian | название книги |
| Read in Latin letters | nazvanie knigi |
| Translation | book title |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Nazvaniye knigi ya zabyl, pomnyu tolko oblozhku — "I forgot the title; I only remember the cover".
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.
- Название книги я забыл, помню только обложкуNazvanie knigi ya zabyl, pomnyu tolko oblozhkuI forgot the title; I only remember the cover
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 “book title” in Russian?
«название книги», read “nazvanie knigi”. In a live sentence: “Название книги я забыл, помню только обложку” — I forgot the title; I only remember the cover. Noun, level A1; written with the characters н, а, з, в, а, н, и, е, к, н, и, г…
How is “название книги” written in Latin letters?
nazvanie knigi. 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?
Nazvaniye knigi ya zabyl, pomnyu tolko oblozhku — "I forgot the title; I only remember the cover". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.