официальный запрос
“официальный запрос” (ofitsialnyy zapros) — official inquiry in Russian. Noun, level B1. Na ofitsialnyy zapros otvetili cherez nedelyu, po forme — "the official inquiry was answered in a week, by the book" — po forme, by the form. In a live sentence: “На официальный запрос ответили через неделю, по форме” — The official inquiry was answered in a week, by the book. Written with the characters о, ф, и, ц, и, а, л, ь, н, ы, й, з…
In short
| Written in Russian | официальный запрос |
| Read in Latin letters | ofitsialnyy zapros |
| Translation | official inquiry |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Na ofitsialnyy zapros otvetili cherez nedelyu, po forme — "the official inquiry was answered in a week, by the book" — po forme, by the form.
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.
- На официальный запрос ответили через неделю, по формеNa ofitsialnyy zapros otvetili cherez nedelyu, po formeThe official inquiry was answered in a week, by the book
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 “official inquiry” in Russian?
«официальный запрос», read “ofitsialnyy zapros”. In a live sentence: “На официальный запрос ответили через неделю, по форме” — The official inquiry was answered in a week, by the book. Noun, level B1; written with the characters о, ф, и, ц, и, а, л, ь, н, ы, й, з…
How is “официальный запрос” written in Latin letters?
ofitsialnyy zapros. 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?
Na ofitsialnyy zapros otvetili cherez nedelyu, po forme — "the official inquiry was answered in a week, by the book" — po forme, by the form. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.