плата за проїзд
“плата за проїзд” — fare in Ukrainian. Noun, level A1, topic — transport. The yi in proizd sounds like "yee". The fare is "payment for the ride" — the phrase builds itself. In a live sentence: “Плата за проїзд вісім гривень” — The fare is eight hryvnias. One of 16 words in the set “transport” in the Ukrainian course.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | плата за проїзд |
| Translation | fare |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The yi in proizd sounds like "yee". The fare is "payment for the ride" — the phrase builds itself.
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.
- Плата за проїзд вісім гривеньThe fare is eight hryvnias
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.
- автобусbusThe international word, wearing local stress. Its relatives tramvai and trolleybus ride the same streets with the same passport.
- 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.
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 “fare” in Ukrainian?
The yi in proizd sounds like "yee". The fare is "payment for the ride" — the phrase builds itself.
- 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 do you say “railway station” in Ukrainian?
The Kyiv one is labeled Zaliznychnyi vokzal — "railway station", from zaliznytsya, "railway". The word vokzal covers train stations only.
- How do you say “handrail” in Ukrainian?
The bar you hold: trymatysia za poruchen — "hold onto the handrail", with trymaty, "to hold", doing the holding.
- How do you say “metro” in Ukrainian?
The word everyone shares. In the Kyiv metro you arrange to meet bilya metro, "by the metro", at the exit — a classic meeting point.
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 “fare” in Ukrainian?
«плата за проїзд». In a live sentence: “Плата за проїзд вісім гривень” — The fare is eight hryvnias. Noun, level A1, from the set “transport”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The yi in proizd sounds like "yee". The fare is "payment for the ride" — the phrase builds itself. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.