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- околиціokolytsithe surroundings
“околиці” (okolytsi) — the surroundings in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. Plural only, the way its English uses live: okolytsi mista, "the outskirts of the city". Do not confuse with dovkillia, "the environment". In a live sentence: “Околиці міста забудовані” (Okolytsi mista zabudovani) — The outskirts of the city are full of bike paths. Written with the characters о (o), к, о (o), л, и, ц, і (i). A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | околиці (okolytsi) |
| Read in Latin letters | okolytsi |
| Translation | the surroundings |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Plural only, the way its English uses live: okolytsi mista, "the outskirts of the city". Do not confuse with dovkillia, "the environment".
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.
- Околиці міста забудованіOkolytsi mista zabudovaniThe outskirts of the city are full of bike paths
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 “the surroundings” in Ukrainian?
«околиці» (okolytsi), read “okolytsi”. In a live sentence: “Околиці міста забудовані” (Okolytsi mista zabudovani) — The outskirts of the city are full of bike paths. Noun, level B1; written with the characters о (o), к, о (o), л, и, ц, і (i).
How is “околиці” (okolytsi) written in Latin letters?
okolytsi. 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?
Plural only, the way its English uses live: okolytsi mista, "the outskirts of the city". Do not confuse with dovkillia, "the environment". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.