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- перша допомогаpersha dopomohafirst aid
“перша допомога” (persha dopomoha) — first aid in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. "Pershyi" means first, as in dates. The kit in the car is named the same way, and everyone takes a first-aid course before a driving licence. In a live sentence: “Перша допомога врятувала йому життя” (Persha dopomoha vriatuvala yomu zhyttia) — He knows first aid. Written with the characters п, е, р, ш, а (a), д, о (o), п, о (o), м, о (o), г… A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | перша допомога (persha dopomoha) |
| Read in Latin letters | persha dopomoha |
| Translation | first aid |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
"Pershyi" means first, as in dates. The kit in the car is named the same way, and everyone takes a first-aid course before a driving licence.
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 “first aid” in Ukrainian?
«перша допомога» (persha dopomoha), read “persha dopomoha”. In a live sentence: “Перша допомога врятувала йому життя” (Persha dopomoha vriatuvala yomu zhyttia) — He knows first aid. Noun, level B1; written with the characters п, е, р, ш, а (a), д, о (o), п, о (o), м, о (o), г…
How is “перша допомога” (persha dopomoha) written in Latin letters?
persha dopomoha. 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?
"Pershyi" means first, as in dates. The kit in the car is named the same way, and everyone takes a first-aid course before a driving licence. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.