тема розмови
“тема розмови” — the topic of the conversation in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. Tema is international, but rozmova is built from mov a, "language" — a conversation is an exchange of language. Rozmovn yk, "phrasebook", grows from it. In a live sentence: “Тема розмови була неприємна” — The topic of the conversation was unpleasant. A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | тема розмови |
| Translation | the topic of the conversation |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Tema is international, but rozmova is built from mov a, "language" — a conversation is an exchange of language. Rozmovn yk, "phrasebook", grows from it.
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.
- Тема розмови була неприємнаThe topic of the conversation was unpleasant
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 “the topic of the conversation” in Ukrainian?
«тема розмови». In a live sentence: “Тема розмови була неприємна” — The topic of the conversation was unpleasant. Noun, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Tema is international, but rozmova is built from mov a, "language" — a conversation is an exchange of language. Rozmovn yk, "phrasebook", grows from it. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.