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- особисті даніosobysti danipersonal data
“особисті дані” (osobysti dani) — personal data in Ukrainian. Noun, level A1. Osobystyi, "personal", from osoba, "person". Dani is plural-only, exactly like "data" pretending to be singular. In a live sentence: “Особисті дані захищені законом” (Osobysti dani zakhyshcheni zakonom) — Personal data cannot be changed. Written with the characters о (o), с, о (o), б (b), и, с, т, і (i), д, а (a), н, і (i). A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | особисті дані (osobysti dani) |
| Read in Latin letters | osobysti dani |
| Translation | personal data |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Osobystyi, "personal", from osoba, "person". Dani is plural-only, exactly like "data" pretending to be singular.
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.
- Особисті дані захищені закономOsobysti dani zakhyshcheni zakonomPersonal data cannot be changed
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 “personal data” in Ukrainian?
«особисті дані» (osobysti dani), read “osobysti dani”. In a live sentence: “Особисті дані захищені законом” (Osobysti dani zakhyshcheni zakonom) — Personal data cannot be changed. Noun, level A1; written with the characters о (o), с, о (o), б (b), и, с, т, і (i), д, а (a), н, і (i).
How is “особисті дані” (osobysti dani) written in Latin letters?
osobysti dani. 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?
Osobystyi, "personal", from osoba, "person". Dani is plural-only, exactly like "data" pretending to be singular. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.