Lingoflyщо це означає?
- що це означає?shcho tse oznachaie?what does it mean?
“що це означає?” (shcho tse oznachaie?) — what does it mean? in Ukrainian. Phrase, level A2. The verb needs its little o- prefix — drop it and the word does not exist. The noun for meaning is built on the same stem. In a live sentence: “А що це означає?” (A shcho tse oznachaie) — And what does it mean? Written with the characters щ, о (o), ц, е, о (o), з (z), н, а (a), ч, а (a), є (ye). A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | що це означає? (shcho tse oznachaie) |
| Read in Latin letters | shcho tse oznachaie? |
| Translation | what does it mean? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The verb needs its little o- prefix — drop it and the word does not exist. The noun for meaning is built on the same stem.
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 “what does it mean?” in Ukrainian?
«що це означає?» (shcho tse oznachaie), read “shcho tse oznachaie?” In a live sentence: “А що це означає?” (A shcho tse oznachaie) — And what does it mean? Phrase, level A2; written with the characters щ, о (o), ц, е, о (o), з (z), н, а (a), ч, а (a), є (ye).
How is “що це означає?” (shcho tse oznachaie) written in Latin letters?
shcho tse oznachaie? 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 verb needs its little o- prefix — drop it and the word does not exist. The noun for meaning is built on the same stem. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.