Lingoflyпункт договору
- пункт договоруpunkt dohovoruclause of a contract
“пункт договору” (punkt dohovoru) — clause of a contract in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. The second word is a "of" form: dohovir loses its -ir and takes -oru. In laws, a clause of the code is called a stattia, "article", instead. In a live sentence: “Третій пункт договору неясний” (Tretii punkt dohovoru neiasnyi) — The third clause of the contract concerns termination.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | пункт договору (punkt dohovoru) |
| Read in Latin letters | punkt dohovoru |
| Translation | clause of a contract |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The second word is a "of" form: dohovir loses its -ir and takes -oru. In laws, a clause of the code is called a stattia, "article", instead.
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.
- Третій пункт договору неяснийTretii punkt dohovoru neiasnyiThe third clause of the contract concerns termination
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 “clause of a contract” in Ukrainian?
«пункт договору» (punkt dohovoru), read “punkt dohovoru”. In a live sentence: “Третій пункт договору неясний” (Tretii punkt dohovoru neiasnyi) — The third clause of the contract concerns termination. Noun, level B1; written with the characters п, у (U), н, к, т, д, о (o), г, о (o), в (v), о (o), р…
How is “пункт договору” (punkt dohovoru) written in Latin letters?
punkt dohovoru. 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?
The second word is a "of" form: dohovir loses its -ir and takes -oru. In laws, a clause of the code is called a stattia, "article", instead. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.