по порядку
“по порядку” — in order, one by one in Ukrainian. Phrase, level A2. Rozkazhy po poriadku, tell it in order. Its neighbor odyn za odnym, "one after another", covers the same ground. In a live sentence: “Розкажи все по порядку” — Tell me everything calmly, step by step. A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | по порядку |
| Translation | in order, one by one |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Rozkazhy po poriadku, tell it in order. Its neighbor odyn za odnym, "one after another", covers the same ground.
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.
- Розкажи все по порядкуTell me everything calmly, step by step
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 order, one by one” in Ukrainian?
«по порядку». In a live sentence: “Розкажи все по порядку” — Tell me everything calmly, step by step. Phrase, level A2.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Rozkazhy po poriadku, tell it in order. Its neighbor odyn za odnym, "one after another", covers the same ground. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.