политическая партия
“политическая партия” (politicheskaya partiya) — political party in Russian. Noun, level B1. Novaya politicheskaya partiya sobrala malo golosov — "the new party gathered few votes" — a union of the like-minded; partiya is Latin for part, a part of society, one part hunting the majority. In a live sentence: “Новая политическая партия собрала мало голосов” — The new party gathered few votes. Written with the characters п, о, л, и, т, и, ч, е, с, к, а, я…
In short
| Written in Russian | политическая партия |
| Read in Latin letters | politicheskaya partiya |
| Translation | political party |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Novaya politicheskaya partiya sobrala malo golosov — "the new party gathered few votes" — a union of the like-minded; partiya is Latin for part, a part of society, one part hunting the majority.
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.
- Новая политическая партия собрала мало голосовNovaya politicheskaya partiya sobrala malo golosovThe new party gathered few votes
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 “political party” in Russian?
«политическая партия», read “politicheskaya partiya”. In a live sentence: “Новая политическая партия собрала мало голосов” — The new party gathered few votes. Noun, level B1; written with the characters п, о, л, и, т, и, ч, е, с, к, а, я…
How is “политическая партия” written in Latin letters?
politicheskaya partiya. 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?
Novaya politicheskaya partiya sobrala malo golosov — "the new party gathered few votes" — a union of the like-minded; partiya is Latin for part, a part of society, one part hunting the majority. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.