Lingoflyслідом за цим
- слідом за цимslidom za tsymright after that
“слідом за цим” (slidom za tsym) — right after that in Ukrainian. Phrase, level B1. From slid, a trace: to walk in someone's steps. Tse, this thing, shows up as tym in its with-form here. In a live sentence: “Слідом за цим вимкнулося світло” (Slidom za tsym vymknulosia svitlo) — Right after that the lights went out. Written with the characters с, л, і (i), д, о (o), м, з (z), а (a), ц, и, м. A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | слідом за цим (slidom za tsym) |
| Read in Latin letters | slidom za tsym |
| Translation | right after that |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
From slid, a trace: to walk in someone's steps. Tse, this thing, shows up as tym in its with-form here.
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.
- Слідом за цим вимкнулося світлоSlidom za tsym vymknulosia svitloRight after that the lights went out
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 “right after that” in Ukrainian?
«слідом за цим» (slidom za tsym), read “slidom za tsym”. In a live sentence: “Слідом за цим вимкнулося світло” (Slidom za tsym vymknulosia svitlo) — Right after that the lights went out. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters с, л, і (i), д, о (o), м, з (z), а (a), ц, и, м.
How is “слідом за цим” (slidom za tsym) written in Latin letters?
slidom za tsym. 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?
From slid, a trace: to walk in someone's steps. Tse, this thing, shows up as tym in its with-form here. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.