Lingoflyтермін доставки
- термін доставкиtermin dostavkydelivery time
“термін доставки” (termin dostavky) — delivery time in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. Termin carries both "deadline" and "term" at once — Ukrainian loads one word where English uses two. Shelf life is termin prydatnosti. In a live sentence: “Термін доставки — три дні” (Termin dostavky — try dni) — The delivery time is three days. Written with the characters т, е, р, м, і (i), н, д, о (o), с, т, а (a), в (v)… A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | термін доставки (termin dostavky) |
| Read in Latin letters | termin dostavky |
| Translation | delivery time |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Termin carries both "deadline" and "term" at once — Ukrainian loads one word where English uses two. Shelf life is termin prydatnosti.
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 “delivery time” in Ukrainian?
«термін доставки» (termin dostavky), read “termin dostavky”. In a live sentence: “Термін доставки — три дні” (Termin dostavky — try dni) — The delivery time is three days. Noun, level B1; written with the characters т, е, р, м, і (i), н, д, о (o), с, т, а (a), в (v)…
How is “термін доставки” (termin dostavky) written in Latin letters?
termin dostavky. 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?
Termin carries both "deadline" and "term" at once — Ukrainian loads one word where English uses two. Shelf life is termin prydatnosti. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.