автобус
“автобус” — bus in Ukrainian. Noun, level A0, topic — transport. The international word, wearing local stress. Its relatives tramvai and trolleybus ride the same streets with the same passport. In a live sentence: “Автобус чекає на зупинці” — The bus is waiting at the stop. One of 16 words in the set “transport” in the Ukrainian course.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | автобус |
| Translation | bus |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A0 |
Why it looks that way
The international word, wearing local stress. Its relatives tramvai and trolleybus ride the same streets with the same passport.
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.
- Автобус чекає на зупинціThe bus is waiting at the stop
Nearby words: transport
Bus, metro, taxi, stop, station. These are words you need to recognize in writing — off a departure board and off a sign.
- їхатиto go (by vehicle)For anything on wheels or rails. The present tense opens with the special ii-letter: iidu, iidesh, iide. Walking gets a different verb entirely.
- вокзалrailway stationThe Kyiv one is labeled Zaliznychnyi vokzal — "railway station", from zaliznytsya, "railway". The word vokzal covers train stations only.
- поїздtrainThe letter yi is "yee": "poyizd". A folksier word potyah is also heard, but poizd is the standard one for timetables.
- таксіtaxiThe international word again. You can hail it with an app or with one shouted word at the curb — both work equally well.
- метроmetroThe word everyone shares. In the Kyiv metro you arrange to meet bilya metro, "by the metro", at the exit — a classic meeting point.
- зупинкаstop (transport)From zupunytysia, "to stop". The word does all the stopping work a schedule could ask for.
- пасажирpassengerOne s where you might write two. A woman passenger is pasazhyrka — the suffix does the gender, as usual.
- сидінняseatTwo i's in a row: sydinnia. From sydity, "to sit" — a seat is a "sitting", which is fair enough.
- порученьhandrailThe bar you hold: trymatysia za poruchen — "hold onto the handrail", with trymaty, "to hold", doing the holding.
- контролерticket inspectorNo special vowel letter here — written plainly, read through the o. The one who checks tickets on board.
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “transport”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “bus” in Ukrainian?
The international word, wearing local stress. Its relatives tramvai and trolleybus ride the same streets with the same passport.
- How do you say “passenger” in Ukrainian?
One s where you might write two. A woman passenger is pasazhyrka — the suffix does the gender, as usual.
- How do you say “train” in Ukrainian?
The letter yi is "yee": "poyizd". A folksier word potyah is also heard, but poizd is the standard one for timetables.
- How do you say “ticket inspector” in Ukrainian?
No special vowel letter here — written plainly, read through the o. The one who checks tickets on board.
- How do you say “stop (transport)” in Ukrainian?
From zupunytysia, "to stop". The word does all the stopping work a schedule could ask for.
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 “bus” in Ukrainian?
«автобус». In a live sentence: “Автобус чекає на зупинці” — The bus is waiting at the stop. Noun, level A0, from the set “transport”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The international word, wearing local stress. Its relatives tramvai and trolleybus ride the same streets with the same passport. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.