Lingoflyце до справи не стосується
- це до справи не стосуєтьсяtse do spravy ne stosuietsiathat has nothing to do with it
“це до справи не стосується” (tse do spravy ne stosuietsia) — that has nothing to do with it in Ukrainian. Phrase, level B1. The verb is about touching, relating — the same root as the word for "relations". Sprava is the matter itself, so the thing simply does not touch it. In a live sentence: “Вибачте, це до справи не стосується” (Vybachte, tse do spravy ne stosuietsia) — Sorry, that has nothing to do with it. A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | це до справи не стосується (tse do spravy ne stosuietsia) |
| Read in Latin letters | tse do spravy ne stosuietsia |
| Translation | that has nothing to do with it |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The verb is about touching, relating — the same root as the word for "relations". Sprava is the matter itself, so the thing simply does not touch it.
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.
- Вибачте, це до справи не стосуєтьсяVybachte, tse do spravy ne stosuietsiaSorry, that has nothing to do with 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 “that has nothing to do with it” in Ukrainian?
«це до справи не стосується» (tse do spravy ne stosuietsia), read “tse do spravy ne stosuietsia”. In a live sentence: “Вибачте, це до справи не стосується” (Vybachte, tse do spravy ne stosuietsia) — Sorry, that has nothing to do with it. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ц, е, д, о (o), с, п, р, а (a), в (v), и, н, е…
How is “це до справи не стосується” (tse do spravy ne stosuietsia) written in Latin letters?
tse do spravy ne stosuietsia. 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 verb is about touching, relating — the same root as the word for "relations". Sprava is the matter itself, so the thing simply does not touch it. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.