Lingoflyправила гри
- правила гриpravyla hryrules of the game
“правила гри” (pravyla hry) — rules of the game in Ukrainian. Noun, level A2. Hry is the "of" form of hra. To break the rules is porushyty pravyla — the breach verb also used for breaking a contract, now applied to the field. In a live sentence: “Правила гри пояснили новачкам” (Pravyla hry poiasnyly novachkam) — The rules of the game are simple: whoever scores more goals. Written with the characters п, р, а (a), в (v), и, л, а (a), г, р, и.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | правила гри (pravyla hry) |
| Read in Latin letters | pravyla hry |
| Translation | rules of the game |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Hry is the "of" form of hra. To break the rules is porushyty pravyla — the breach verb also used for breaking a contract, now applied to the field.
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.
- Правила гри пояснили новачкамPravyla hry poiasnyly novachkamThe rules of the game are simple: whoever scores more goals
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 “rules of the game” in Ukrainian?
«правила гри» (pravyla hry), read “pravyla hry”. In a live sentence: “Правила гри пояснили новачкам” (Pravyla hry poiasnyly novachkam) — The rules of the game are simple: whoever scores more goals. Noun, level A2; written with the characters п, р, а (a), в (v), и, л, а (a), г, р, и.
How is “правила гри” (pravyla hry) written in Latin letters?
pravyla hry. 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?
Hry is the "of" form of hra. To break the rules is porushyty pravyla — the breach verb also used for breaking a contract, now applied to the field. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.