Lingoflyдодаткове ліжко
- додаткове ліжкоdodatkove lizhkoextra bed
“додаткове ліжко” (dodatkove lizhko) — extra bed in Ukrainian. Noun, level A1. A bed is lizhko, a neuter word — so the adjective takes dodatkove, the same shape as with mistse. Ask for one for a child and the form does the rest. In a live sentence: “Потрібне додаткове ліжко для дитини” (Potribne dodatkove lizhko dlia dytyny) — An extra bed for the child, please.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | додаткове ліжко (dodatkove lizhko) |
| Read in Latin letters | dodatkove lizhko |
| Translation | extra bed |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
A bed is lizhko, a neuter word — so the adjective takes dodatkove, the same shape as with mistse. Ask for one for a child and the form does the rest.
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.
- Потрібне додаткове ліжко для дитиниPotribne dodatkove lizhko dlia dytynyAn extra bed for the child, please
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 “extra bed” in Ukrainian?
«додаткове ліжко» (dodatkove lizhko), read “dodatkove lizhko”. In a live sentence: “Потрібне додаткове ліжко для дитини” (Potribne dodatkove lizhko dlia dytyny) — An extra bed for the child, please. Noun, level A1; written with the characters д, о (o), д, а (a), т, к, о (o), в (v), е, л, і (i), ж (zh)…
How is “додаткове ліжко” (dodatkove lizhko) written in Latin letters?
dodatkove lizhko. 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?
A bed is lizhko, a neuter word — so the adjective takes dodatkove, the same shape as with mistse. Ask for one for a child and the form does the rest. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.