Lingoflyподаткова декларація
- податкова деклараціяpodatkova deklaratsiiatax return
“податкова декларація” (podatkova deklaratsiia) — tax return in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. Literally the tax declaration. It is filed once a year, and the verb is podaty, to submit — the same verb that files every application in this language. In a live sentence: “Податкова декларація до першого травня” (Podatkova deklaratsiia do pershoho travnia) — The tax return is filed once a year.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | податкова декларація (podatkova deklaratsiia) |
| Read in Latin letters | podatkova deklaratsiia |
| Translation | tax return |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally the tax declaration. It is filed once a year, and the verb is podaty, to submit — the same verb that files every application in this language.
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.
- Податкова декларація до першого травняPodatkova deklaratsiia do pershoho travniaThe tax return is filed once a year
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 “tax return” in Ukrainian?
«податкова декларація» (podatkova deklaratsiia), read “podatkova deklaratsiia”. In a live sentence: “Податкова декларація до першого травня” (Podatkova deklaratsiia do pershoho travnia) — The tax return is filed once a year. Noun, level B1; written with the characters п, о (o), д, а (a), т, к, о (o), в (v), а (a), д, е, к…
How is “податкова декларація” (podatkova deklaratsiia) written in Latin letters?
podatkova deklaratsiia. 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 the tax declaration. It is filed once a year, and the verb is podaty, to submit — the same verb that files every application in this language. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.