разделить счёт
“разделить счёт” (razdelit schyot) — to split the bill in Russian. Phrase, level B1. Druzya reshili razdelit schyot v kafe — "the friends decided to split the bill at the cafe" — each pays his own; razdelim schyot? is the common cafe phrase, the bill simply gets divided. In a live sentence: “Друзья решили разделить счёт в кафе” — The friends decided to split the bill at the cafe. Written with the characters р, а, з, д, е, л, и, т, ь, с, ч, ё…
In short
| Written in Russian | разделить счёт |
| Read in Latin letters | razdelit schyot |
| Translation | to split the bill |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Druzya reshili razdelit schyot v kafe — "the friends decided to split the bill at the cafe" — each pays his own; razdelim schyot? is the common cafe phrase, the bill simply gets divided.
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.
- Друзья решили разделить счёт в кафеDruzya reshili razdelit schyot v kafeThe friends decided to split the bill at the cafe
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 “to split the bill” in Russian?
«разделить счёт», read “razdelit schyot”. In a live sentence: “Друзья решили разделить счёт в кафе” — The friends decided to split the bill at the cafe. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters р, а, з, д, е, л, и, т, ь, с, ч, ё…
How is “разделить счёт” written in Latin letters?
razdelit schyot. 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?
Druzya reshili razdelit schyot v kafe — "the friends decided to split the bill at the cafe" — each pays his own; razdelim schyot? is the common cafe phrase, the bill simply gets divided. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.