група туристів
- група туристівhrupa turystivgroup of tourists
“група туристів” (hrupa turystiv) — group of tourists in Ukrainian. Noun, level A2. After "hrupa" the noun stands in the "of" plural: "turystiv", "ditei", "liudei" — the same rule that follows "bahato", many. In a live sentence: “Група туристів зібралася біля входу” (Hrupa turystiv zibralasia bilia vkhodu) — There is a big group of tourists in front of the museum. Written with the characters г, р, у (U), п, а (a), т, у (U), р, и, с, т, і (i)… A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | група туристів (hrupa turystiv) |
| Read in Latin letters | hrupa turystiv |
| Translation | group of tourists |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
After "hrupa" the noun stands in the "of" plural: "turystiv", "ditei", "liudei" — the same rule that follows "bahato", many.
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.
- Група туристів зібралася біля входуHrupa turystiv zibralasia bilia vkhoduThere is a big group of tourists in front of the museum
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 “group of tourists” in Ukrainian?
«група туристів» (hrupa turystiv), read “hrupa turystiv”. In a live sentence: “Група туристів зібралася біля входу” (Hrupa turystiv zibralasia bilia vkhodu) — There is a big group of tourists in front of the museum. Noun, level A2; written with the characters г, р, у (U), п, а (a), т, у (U), р, и, с, т, і (i)…
How is “група туристів” (hrupa turystiv) written in Latin letters?
hrupa turystiv. 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?
After "hrupa" the noun stands in the "of" plural: "turystiv", "ditei", "liudei" — the same rule that follows "bahato", many. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.