Lingoflyріч у тім, що
- річ у тім, щоrich u tim, shchothe thing is
“річ у тім, що” (rich u tim, shcho) — the thing is in Ukrainian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "the thing lies in that": rich, "a thing", stands in for the whole matter. The "affair" version is heard too, but this one is crisper. In a live sentence: “Річ у тім, що я вже пообіцяв” (Rich u tim, shcho ya vzhe poobitsiav) — The thing is, I already promised. Written with the characters р, і (i), ч, у (U), т, і (i), м, щ, о (o).
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | річ у тім, що (rich u tim, shcho) |
| Read in Latin letters | rich u tim, shcho |
| Translation | the thing is |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the thing lies in that": rich, "a thing", stands in for the whole matter. The "affair" version is heard too, but this one is crisper.
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.
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 “the thing is” in Ukrainian?
«річ у тім, що» (rich u tim, shcho), read “rich u tim, shcho”. In a live sentence: “Річ у тім, що я вже пообіцяв” (Rich u tim, shcho ya vzhe poobitsiav) — The thing is, I already promised. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters р, і (i), ч, у (U), т, і (i), м, щ, о (o).
How is “річ у тім, що” (rich u tim, shcho) written in Latin letters?
rich u tim, shcho. 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 thing lies in that": rich, "a thing", stands in for the whole matter. The "affair" version is heard too, but this one is crisper. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.