Lingoflyпідтримувати звʼязок
- підтримувати звʼязокpidtrymuvaty zviazokto keep in touch
“підтримувати звʼязок” (pidtrymuvaty zviazok) — to keep in touch in Ukrainian. Phrase, level B1. Both words are yours already: pidtrymuvaty, "to support", and zviazok, "connection", apostrophe and all. Shorter: trymaty zviazok — "hold the connection". In a live sentence: “Ми намагаємося підтримувати звʼязок” (My namahaiemosia pidtrymuvaty zviazok) — We keep in touch through a messenger app. Written with the characters п, і (i), д, т, р, и, м, у (U), в (v), а (a), т, и… A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | підтримувати звʼязок (pidtrymuvaty zviazok) |
| Read in Latin letters | pidtrymuvaty zviazok |
| Translation | to keep in touch |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Both words are yours already: pidtrymuvaty, "to support", and zviazok, "connection", apostrophe and all. Shorter: trymaty zviazok — "hold the connection".
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.
- Ми намагаємося підтримувати звʼязокMy namahaiemosia pidtrymuvaty zviazokWe keep in touch through a messenger app
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 keep in touch” in Ukrainian?
«підтримувати звʼязок» (pidtrymuvaty zviazok), read “pidtrymuvaty zviazok”. In a live sentence: “Ми намагаємося підтримувати звʼязок” (My namahaiemosia pidtrymuvaty zviazok) — We keep in touch through a messenger app. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters п, і (i), д, т, р, и, м, у (U), в (v), а (a), т, и…
How is “підтримувати звʼязок” (pidtrymuvaty zviazok) written in Latin letters?
pidtrymuvaty zviazok. 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?
Both words are yours already: pidtrymuvaty, "to support", and zviazok, "connection", apostrophe and all. Shorter: trymaty zviazok — "hold the connection". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.