реєстрація шлюбу
“реєстрація шлюбу” — marriage registration in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. Marriage on paper is shliub. In conversation the registration is shortened to rozpys — the same word as "writing", because that is literally what happens at the office. In a live sentence: “Реєстрація шлюбу призначена на суботу” — The marriage registration was on Friday. A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | реєстрація шлюбу |
| Translation | marriage registration |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Marriage on paper is shliub. In conversation the registration is shortened to rozpys — the same word as "writing", because that is literally what happens at the office.
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.
- Реєстрація шлюбу призначена на суботуThe marriage registration was on Friday
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 “marriage registration” in Ukrainian?
«реєстрація шлюбу». In a live sentence: “Реєстрація шлюбу призначена на суботу” — The marriage registration was on Friday. Noun, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Marriage on paper is shliub. In conversation the registration is shortened to rozpys — the same word as "writing", because that is literally what happens at the office. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.