Lingoflyправа людини
- права людиниprava liudynyhuman rights
“права людини” (prava liudyny) — human rights in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. Always plural. The singular "pravo" is law as a science or system — "to study law" — while "prava" are the rights you hold. One word in your head, two in this language. In a live sentence: “Права людини захищає Конституція” (Prava liudyny zakhyshchaie Konstytutsiia) — The court ruled that human rights had been violated. Written with the characters п, р, а (a), в (v), а (a), л, ю, д, и, н, и.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | права людини (prava liudyny) |
| Read in Latin letters | prava liudyny |
| Translation | human rights |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Always plural. The singular "pravo" is law as a science or system — "to study law" — while "prava" are the rights you hold. One word in your head, two 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.
- Права людини захищає КонституціяPrava liudyny zakhyshchaie KonstytutsiiaThe court ruled that human rights had been violated
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 “human rights” in Ukrainian?
«права людини» (prava liudyny), read “prava liudyny”. In a live sentence: “Права людини захищає Конституція” (Prava liudyny zakhyshchaie Konstytutsiia) — The court ruled that human rights had been violated. Noun, level B1; written with the characters п, р, а (a), в (v), а (a), л, ю, д, и, н, и.
How is “права людини” (prava liudyny) written in Latin letters?
prava liudyny. 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?
Always plural. The singular "pravo" is law as a science or system — "to study law" — while "prava" are the rights you hold. One word in your head, two 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.