Lingoflyсвобода слова
- свобода словаsvoboda slovafreedom of speech
“свобода слова” (svoboda slova) — freedom of speech in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. "Svoboda" is human freedom and freedom of choice alike. The adjective "vilnyi" — as on a free-entrance sign, free of charge — is the same family. In a live sentence: “Свобода слова записана в Конституції” (Svoboda slova zapysana v Konstytutsii) — Freedom of speech is not a right to insult. Written with the characters с, в (v), о (o), б (b), о (o), д, а (a), с, л, о (o), в (v), а (a).
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | свобода слова (svoboda slova) |
| Read in Latin letters | svoboda slova |
| Translation | freedom of speech |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
"Svoboda" is human freedom and freedom of choice alike. The adjective "vilnyi" — as on a free-entrance sign, free of charge — is the same family.
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.
- Свобода слова записана в КонституціїSvoboda slova zapysana v KonstytutsiiFreedom of speech is not a right to insult
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 “freedom of speech” in Ukrainian?
«свобода слова» (svoboda slova), read “svoboda slova”. In a live sentence: “Свобода слова записана в Конституції” (Svoboda slova zapysana v Konstytutsii) — Freedom of speech is not a right to insult. Noun, level B1; written with the characters с, в (v), о (o), б (b), о (o), д, а (a), с, л, о (o), в (v), а (a).
How is “свобода слова” (svoboda slova) written in Latin letters?
svoboda slova. 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?
"Svoboda" is human freedom and freedom of choice alike. The adjective "vilnyi" — as on a free-entrance sign, free of charge — is the same family. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.