Lingoflyтермін служби
- термін службиtermin sluzhbyservice life
“термін служби” (termin sluzhby) — service life in Ukrainian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "term of service": termin is a time limit. Termin sluzhby prystroiu. The word for an era is about history, not gadgets. In a live sentence: “Термін служби батареї — три роки” (Termin sluzhby batarei — try roky) — The service life of these sneakers is two years. Written with the characters т, е, р, м, і (i), н, с, л, у (U), ж (zh), б (b), и. A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | термін служби (termin sluzhby) |
| Read in Latin letters | termin sluzhby |
| Translation | service life |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "term of service": termin is a time limit. Termin sluzhby prystroiu. The word for an era is about history, not gadgets.
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.
- Термін служби батареї — три рокиTermin sluzhby batarei — try rokyThe service life of these sneakers is two years
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 “service life” in Ukrainian?
«термін служби» (termin sluzhby), read “termin sluzhby”. In a live sentence: “Термін служби батареї — три роки” (Termin sluzhby batarei — try roky) — The service life of these sneakers is two years. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters т, е, р, м, і (i), н, с, л, у (U), ж (zh), б (b), и.
How is “термін служби” (termin sluzhby) written in Latin letters?
termin sluzhby. 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?
Literally "term of service": termin is a time limit. Termin sluzhby prystroiu. The word for an era is about history, not gadgets. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.