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- підходить за розміромpidkhodyt za rozmiromto be the right size
“підходить за розміром” (pidkhodyt za rozmirom) — to be the right size in Ukrainian. Phrase, level A2. The little za does the work English gives to in: za rozmirom, in terms of size; za kolorom, in terms of color. One preposition, many measures. In a live sentence: “Ця пара підходить за розміром” (Tsia para pidkhodyt za rozmirom) — This pair is the right size.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | підходить за розміром (pidkhodyt za rozmirom) |
| Read in Latin letters | pidkhodyt za rozmirom |
| Translation | to be the right size |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The little za does the work English gives to in: za rozmirom, in terms of size; za kolorom, in terms of color. One preposition, many measures.
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 be the right size” in Ukrainian?
«підходить за розміром» (pidkhodyt za rozmirom), read “pidkhodyt za rozmirom”. In a live sentence: “Ця пара підходить за розміром” (Tsia para pidkhodyt za rozmirom) — This pair is the right size. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters п, і (i), д, х, о (o), д, и, т, ь, з (z), а (a), р…
How is “підходить за розміром” (pidkhodyt za rozmirom) written in Latin letters?
pidkhodyt za rozmirom. 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?
The little za does the work English gives to in: za rozmirom, in terms of size; za kolorom, in terms of color. One preposition, many measures. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.