решить задачу
“решить задачу” (reshit zadachu) — to solve a problem in Russian. Phrase, level A1. Ya reshil zadachu s 1-go raza — "I solved the problem on the first try" — reshit is also to make up one's mind: the answer found and the decision taken are one verb. In a live sentence: “Я решил задачу с первого раза” — I solved the problem at once. Written with the characters р, е, ш, и, т, ь, з, а, д, а, ч, у.
In short
| Written in Russian | решить задачу |
| Read in Latin letters | reshit zadachu |
| Translation | to solve a problem |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Ya reshil zadachu s 1-go raza — "I solved the problem on the first try" — reshit is also to make up one's mind: the answer found and the decision taken are one verb.
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.
- Я решил задачу с первого разаYa reshil zadachu s pervogo razaI solved the problem at once
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 solve a problem” in Russian?
«решить задачу», read “reshit zadachu”. In a live sentence: “Я решил задачу с первого раза” — I solved the problem at once. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters р, е, ш, и, т, ь, з, а, д, а, ч, у.
How is “решить задачу” written in Latin letters?
reshit zadachu. 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?
Ya reshil zadachu s 1-go raza — "I solved the problem on the first try" — reshit is also to make up one's mind: the answer found and the decision taken are one verb. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.