считать вслух
“считать вслух” (schitat vslukh) — to count out loud in Russian. Verb, level A1. Schitat is both "to count" and "to consider"; vslukh is "out loud". Nado schitat vslukh do desyati. In a live sentence: “Надо считать вслух до десяти” — You should count out loud to ten. Written with the characters с, ч, и, т, а, т, ь, в, с, л, у, х. A word from the everyday Russian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Russian | считать вслух |
| Read in Latin letters | schitat vslukh |
| Translation | to count out loud |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Schitat is both "to count" and "to consider"; vslukh is "out loud". Nado schitat vslukh do desyati.
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.
- Надо считать вслух до десятиNado schitat vslukh do desyatiYou should count out loud to ten
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 count out loud” in Russian?
«считать вслух», read “schitat vslukh”. In a live sentence: “Надо считать вслух до десяти” — You should count out loud to ten. Verb, level A1; written with the characters с, ч, и, т, а, т, ь, в, с, л, у, х.
How is “считать вслух” written in Latin letters?
schitat vslukh. 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?
Schitat is both "to count" and "to consider"; vslukh is "out loud". Nado schitat vslukh do desyati. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.