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“бідність” (bidnist) — poverty in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. Adjective plus -ist equals abstraction: bidnyi to bidnist. The same suffix builds abstractions throughout Ukrainian — a productive little machine. In a live sentence: “Бідність — не вада, а біда” (Bidnist — ne vada, a bida) — Poverty is not only about money. Written with the characters б (b), і (i), д, н, і (i), с, т, ь. A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | бідність (bidnist) |
| Read in Latin letters | bidnist |
| Translation | poverty |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Adjective plus -ist equals abstraction: bidnyi to bidnist. The same suffix builds abstractions throughout Ukrainian — a productive little machine.
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.
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 “poverty” in Ukrainian?
«бідність» (bidnist), read “bidnist”. In a live sentence: “Бідність — не вада, а біда” (Bidnist — ne vada, a bida) — Poverty is not only about money. Noun, level B1; written with the characters б (b), і (i), д, н, і (i), с, т, ь.
How is “бідність” (bidnist) written in Latin letters?
bidnist. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Adjective plus -ist equals abstraction: bidnyi to bidnist. The same suffix builds abstractions throughout Ukrainian — a productive little machine. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.