студенческий билет
“студенческий билет” (studencheskiy bilet) — student ID in Russian. Noun, level A1. Studencheskiy bilet dayut v 1-y den — "the student ID is given on the first day" — it opens discounts everywhere. In a live sentence: “Студенческий билет дают в первый день” — The student ID is given on the first day. Written with the characters с, т, у, д, е, н, ч, е, с, к, и, й… A word from the everyday Russian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Russian | студенческий билет |
| Read in Latin letters | studencheskiy bilet |
| Translation | student ID |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Studencheskiy bilet dayut v 1-y den — "the student ID is given on the first day" — it opens discounts everywhere.
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.
- Студенческий билет дают в первый деньStudencheskiy bilet dayut v pervyy denThe student ID is given on the first day
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 “student ID” in Russian?
«студенческий билет», read “studencheskiy bilet”. In a live sentence: “Студенческий билет дают в первый день” — The student ID is given on the first day. Noun, level A1; written with the characters с, т, у, д, е, н, ч, е, с, к, и, й…
How is “студенческий билет” written in Latin letters?
studencheskiy bilet. 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?
Studencheskiy bilet dayut v 1-y den — "the student ID is given on the first day" — it opens discounts everywhere. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.