Lingoflyмедична страховка
- медична страховкаmedychna strakhovkamedical insurance
“медична страховка” (medychna strakhovka) — medical insurance in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. The adjective is a compact three syllables: medychna. The same trim shows up in khimichna and fizychna — borrowed science words, tailored short. In a live sentence: “Без медичної страховки візу не дадуть” (Bez medychnoi strakhovky vizu ne dadut) — Without medical insurance they will not give you a visa. Written with the characters м, е, д, и, ч, н, а (a), с, т, р, а (a), х… A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | медична страховка (medychna strakhovka) |
| Read in Latin letters | medychna strakhovka |
| Translation | medical insurance |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The adjective is a compact three syllables: medychna. The same trim shows up in khimichna and fizychna — borrowed science words, tailored short.
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.
- Без медичної страховки візу не дадутьBez medychnoi strakhovky vizu ne dadutWithout medical insurance they will not give you a visa
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 “medical insurance” in Ukrainian?
«медична страховка» (medychna strakhovka), read “medychna strakhovka”. In a live sentence: “Без медичної страховки візу не дадуть” (Bez medychnoi strakhovky vizu ne dadut) — Without medical insurance they will not give you a visa. Noun, level B1; written with the characters м, е, д, и, ч, н, а (a), с, т, р, а (a), х…
How is “медична страховка” (medychna strakhovka) written in Latin letters?
medychna strakhovka. 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?
The adjective is a compact three syllables: medychna. The same trim shows up in khimichna and fizychna — borrowed science words, tailored short. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.