Lingoflyрозклад автобусів
- розклад автобусівrozklad avtobusivbus schedule
“розклад автобусів” (rozklad avtobusiv) — bus schedule in Ukrainian. Noun, level A2, topic — the city and its places. Rozklad is any schedule. Add the "of" plural: rozklad avtobusiv, poizdiv, litakiv — buses, trains, planes, one pattern for all transport. In a live sentence: “Розклад автобусів висить на зупинці” (Rozklad avtobusiv vysyt na zupyntsi) — The bus schedule hangs at the stop. Written with the characters р, о (o), з (z), к, л, а (a), д, а (a), в (v), т, о (o), б (b)…
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | розклад автобусів (rozklad avtobusiv) |
| Read in Latin letters | rozklad avtobusiv |
| Translation | bus schedule |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Rozklad is any schedule. Add the "of" plural: rozklad avtobusiv, poizdiv, litakiv — buses, trains, planes, one pattern for all transport.
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.
- Розклад автобусів висить на зупинціRozklad avtobusiv vysyt na zupyntsiThe bus schedule hangs at the stop
Nearby words: the city and its places
Street, square, pharmacy, bank. An address is built out of these, and an address is something you have to both say and understand.
- містоmistocitySaid "misto" with the tight i. The vowels hop around in other cases: u misti "in the city", mista "of the city".
- вулицяvulytsiastreetStress on the first syllable: VU-lytsya. In addresses the word itself is usually dropped — Khreshchatyk, 22 says it all.
- аптекаaptekapharmacyThe green cross on the sign is the same worldwide. The after-hours one is cherhova apteka — "duty pharmacy", posted on every other door.
- світлофорsvitlofortraffic lightSvitlo, light, plus for: a light-bearer at the crossing. The red light is chervone svitlo, and the color words are the same everyday ones used elsewhere.
- велосипедvelosypedbicycleTwo Latin roots in one word: velo, from velox, "fast", plus ped, "foot". You ride it velosypedom — the instrumental ending, not a preposition, does the riding.
- зупинка автобусаzupynka avtobusabus stopFrom zupynytysia, to stop: a zupynka is a stopping place. One word covers buses and trams alike — the vehicle is named by the word next to it.
- проїзний квитокproiznyi kvytoktransit passProiznyi comes from the verb to ride, and kvytok is the everyday word for a ticket. Together: a pass that lets you ride — cheaper than single tickets.
- маршрутmarshrutrouteThe international word for a route. The route number is nomer marshrutu — and after numbers you get the usual "of" form.
- пішохідний перехідpishokhidnyi perekhidcrosswalkPishokhid is a pedestrian, from pishky, on foot — the same root as in khodyty pishky, to walk. The striped crossing itself is just zebra, borrowed with the paint.
- затор на дорозіzator na dorozitraffic jamFrom zatoryty, to clog — streets clog like pipes here. The bouncy cork in a bottle is a different word entirely: korok.
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “the city and its places”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “bus schedule” in Ukrainian?
Rozklad is any schedule. Add the "of" plural: rozklad avtobusiv, poizdiv, litakiv — buses, trains, planes, one pattern for all transport.
- How do you say “transit pass” in Ukrainian?
Proiznyi comes from the verb to ride, and kvytok is the everyday word for a ticket. Together: a pass that lets you ride — cheaper than single tickets.
- How do you say “pharmacy” in Ukrainian?
The green cross on the sign is the same worldwide. The after-hours one is cherhova apteka — "duty pharmacy", posted on every other door.
- How do you say “traffic jam” in Ukrainian?
From zatoryty, to clog — streets clog like pipes here. The bouncy cork in a bottle is a different word entirely: korok.
- How do you say “bus stop” in Ukrainian?
From zupynytysia, to stop: a zupynka is a stopping place. One word covers buses and trams alike — the vehicle is named by the word 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 “bus schedule” in Ukrainian?
«розклад автобусів» (rozklad avtobusiv), read “rozklad avtobusiv”. In a live sentence: “Розклад автобусів висить на зупинці” (Rozklad avtobusiv vysyt na zupyntsi) — The bus schedule hangs at the stop. Noun, level A2, from the set “the city and its places”; written with the characters р, о (o), з (z), к, л, а (a), д, а (a), в (v), т, о (o), б (b)…
How is “розклад автобусів” (rozklad avtobusiv) written in Latin letters?
rozklad avtobusiv. 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?
Rozklad is any schedule. Add the "of" plural: rozklad avtobusiv, poizdiv, litakiv — buses, trains, planes, one pattern for all transport. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.