Lingoflyпереломний момент
- переломний моментperelomnyi momentturning point
“переломний момент” (perelomnyi moment) — turning point in Ukrainian. Phrase, level B1. From perelomity, "to break in two": perelomnyi moment, perelomnyi rik — the moment the course of things snaps and turns. Moment here is the same borrowed word as in English. In a live sentence: “Це був переломний момент у справі” (Tse buv perelomnyi moment u spravi) — The move became a turning point in their life. Written with the characters п, е, р, е, л, о (o), м, н, и, й (y), м, о (o)…
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | переломний момент (perelomnyi moment) |
| Read in Latin letters | perelomnyi moment |
| Translation | turning point |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
From perelomity, "to break in two": perelomnyi moment, perelomnyi rik — the moment the course of things snaps and turns. Moment here is the same borrowed word as in English.
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.
- Це був переломний момент у справіTse buv perelomnyi moment u spraviThe move became a turning point in their life
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 “turning point” in Ukrainian?
«переломний момент» (perelomnyi moment), read “perelomnyi moment”. In a live sentence: “Це був переломний момент у справі” (Tse buv perelomnyi moment u spravi) — The move became a turning point in their life. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters п, е, р, е, л, о (o), м, н, и, й (y), м, о (o)…
How is “переломний момент” (perelomnyi moment) written in Latin letters?
perelomnyi moment. 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?
From perelomity, "to break in two": perelomnyi moment, perelomnyi rik — the moment the course of things snaps and turns. Moment here is the same borrowed word as in English. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.