Lingoflyнаправлення до лікаря
- направлення до лікаряnapravlennia do likariareferral (to a doctor)
“направлення до лікаря” (napravlennia do likaria) — referral (to a doctor) in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. The preposition is do, and the suffix -nnia builds the noun: napravlennia, a sending-toward. Two small differences ride in one phrase. In a live sentence: “Без направлення до лікаря не приймуть” (Bez napravlennia do likaria ne pryimut) — Without a referral to the doctor you will not be seen.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | направлення до лікаря (napravlennia do likaria) |
| Read in Latin letters | napravlennia do likaria |
| Translation | referral (to a doctor) |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The preposition is do, and the suffix -nnia builds the noun: napravlennia, a sending-toward. Two small differences ride in one phrase.
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 направлення до лікаря не приймутьBez napravlennia do likaria ne pryimutWithout a referral to the doctor you will not be seen
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 “referral (to a doctor)” in Ukrainian?
«направлення до лікаря» (napravlennia do likaria), read “napravlennia do likaria”. In a live sentence: “Без направлення до лікаря не приймуть” (Bez napravlennia do likaria ne pryimut) — Without a referral to the doctor you will not be seen. Noun, level B1; written with the characters н, а (a), п, р, а (a), в (v), л, е, н, н, я (ya), д…
How is “направлення до лікаря” (napravlennia do likaria) written in Latin letters?
napravlennia do likaria. 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 preposition is do, and the suffix -nnia builds the noun: napravlennia, a sending-toward. Two small differences ride in one phrase. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.