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- це далеко звідси?tse daleko zvidsy?is it far from here?
“це далеко звідси?” (tse daleko zvidsy?) — is it far from here? in Ukrainian. Phrase, level A2. From here is zvidsy, with a z up front — and "from there" is zvidty, its mirror. The usual answer is short: no, ten minutes on foot. In a live sentence: “Скажіть, це далеко звідси?” (Skazhit, tse daleko zvidsy) — Is it far from here, or can I walk? Written with the characters ц, е, д, а (a), л, е, к, о (o), з (z), в (v), і (i), д…
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | це далеко звідси? (tse daleko zvidsy) |
| Read in Latin letters | tse daleko zvidsy? |
| Translation | is it far from here? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
From here is zvidsy, with a z up front — and "from there" is zvidty, its mirror. The usual answer is short: no, ten minutes on foot.
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.
- Скажіть, це далеко звідси?Skazhit, tse daleko zvidsy?Is it far from here, or can I walk?
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 “is it far from here?” in Ukrainian?
«це далеко звідси?» (tse daleko zvidsy), read “tse daleko zvidsy?” In a live sentence: “Скажіть, це далеко звідси?” (Skazhit, tse daleko zvidsy) — Is it far from here, or can I walk? Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ц, е, д, а (a), л, е, к, о (o), з (z), в (v), і (i), д…
How is “це далеко звідси?” (tse daleko zvidsy) written in Latin letters?
tse daleko zvidsy? 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 here is zvidsy, with a z up front — and "from there" is zvidty, its mirror. The usual answer is short: no, ten minutes on foot. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.