Lingoflyповторювати матеріал
- повторювати матеріалpovtoriuvaty materialto review material
“повторювати матеріал” (povtoriuvaty material) — to review material in Ukrainian. Phrase, level A2. Material keeps its shape with a local vowel. The same verb repeats what was said: povtory, bud laska — repeat, please — a simple, everyday request. In a live sentence: “Краще повторювати матеріал щодня” (Krashche povtoriuvaty material shchodnia) — Before the test I review the material. Written with the characters п, о (o), в (v), т, о (o), р, ю, в (v), а (a), т, и, м… A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | повторювати матеріал (povtoriuvaty material) |
| Read in Latin letters | povtoriuvaty material |
| Translation | to review material |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Material keeps its shape with a local vowel. The same verb repeats what was said: povtory, bud laska — repeat, please — a simple, everyday request.
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.
- Краще повторювати матеріал щодняKrashche povtoriuvaty material shchodniaBefore the test I review the material
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 review material” in Ukrainian?
«повторювати матеріал» (povtoriuvaty material), read “povtoriuvaty material”. In a live sentence: “Краще повторювати матеріал щодня” (Krashche povtoriuvaty material shchodnia) — Before the test I review the material. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters п, о (o), в (v), т, о (o), р, ю, в (v), а (a), т, и, м…
How is “повторювати матеріал” (povtoriuvaty material) written in Latin letters?
povtoriuvaty material. 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?
Material keeps its shape with a local vowel. The same verb repeats what was said: povtory, bud laska — repeat, please — a simple, everyday request. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.