Lingoflyперетнути кордон
- перетнути кордонperetnuty kordonto cross the border
“перетнути кордон” (peretnuty kordon) — to cross the border in Ukrainian. Phrase, level B1. Literally to cut across — the same image of a line being crossed. Figuratively "peretnuty mezhu" is to cross a line, to go too far. In a live sentence: “Ми перетнули кордон уночі” (My peretnuly kordon unochi) — We crossed the border in the middle of the night. Written with the characters п, е, р, е, т, н, у (U), т, и, к, о (o), р… A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | перетнути кордон (peretnuty kordon) |
| Read in Latin letters | peretnuty kordon |
| Translation | to cross the border |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally to cut across — the same image of a line being crossed. Figuratively "peretnuty mezhu" is to cross a line, to go too far.
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.
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 “to cross the border” in Ukrainian?
«перетнути кордон» (peretnuty kordon), read “peretnuty kordon”. In a live sentence: “Ми перетнули кордон уночі” (My peretnuly kordon unochi) — We crossed the border in the middle of the night. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters п, е, р, е, т, н, у (U), т, и, к, о (o), р…
How is “перетнути кордон” (peretnuty kordon) written in Latin letters?
peretnuty kordon. 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?
Literally to cut across — the same image of a line being crossed. Figuratively "peretnuty mezhu" is to cross a line, to go too far. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.