в курсе
“в курсе” (v kurse) — in the know, up to date in Russian. Phrase, level A2. O novostyakh on derzhit menya v kurse — "he keeps me up to date on the news" — you know the latest: keep in the course, are you in it; kurs is the run of the business, and the simpler ask is znayesh. In a live sentence: “О новостях он держит меня в курсе” — He keeps me up to date on the news.
In short
| Written in Russian | в курсе |
| Read in Latin letters | v kurse |
| Translation | in the know, up to date |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
O novostyakh on derzhit menya v kurse — "he keeps me up to date on the news" — you know the latest: keep in the course, are you in it; kurs is the run of the business, and the simpler ask is znayesh.
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.
- О новостях он держит меня в курсеO novostyakh on derzhit menya v kurseHe keeps me up to date on the news
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 “in the know, up to date” in Russian?
«в курсе», read “v kurse”. In a live sentence: “О новостях он держит меня в курсе” — He keeps me up to date on the news. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters в, к, у, р, с, е.
How is “в курсе” written in Latin letters?
v kurse. 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?
O novostyakh on derzhit menya v kurse — "he keeps me up to date on the news" — you know the latest: keep in the course, are you in it; kurs is the run of the business, and the simpler ask is znayesh. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.