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“у глибині” (u hlybyni) — deep in in Ukrainian. Phrase, level B1. The "where" form of hlybyna, with hlybokyi, "deep", beside it. Both of forests and of souls: u hlybyni dushi, "in the depths of the soul" — the same transfer, the same dignity. In a live sentence: “У глибині двору стоїть гараж” (U hlybyni dvoru stoit harazh) — Deep in the forest stands an old hut. Written with the characters у (U), г, л, и, б (b), и, н, і (i).
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | у глибині (u hlybyni) |
| Read in Latin letters | u hlybyni |
| Translation | deep in |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The "where" form of hlybyna, with hlybokyi, "deep", beside it. Both of forests and of souls: u hlybyni dushi, "in the depths of the soul" — the same transfer, the same dignity.
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 “deep in” in Ukrainian?
«у глибині» (u hlybyni), read “u hlybyni”. In a live sentence: “У глибині двору стоїть гараж” (U hlybyni dvoru stoit harazh) — Deep in the forest stands an old hut. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters у (U), г, л, и, б (b), и, н, і (i).
How is “у глибині” (u hlybyni) written in Latin letters?
u hlybyni. 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?
The "where" form of hlybyna, with hlybokyi, "deep", beside it. Both of forests and of souls: u hlybyni dushi, "in the depths of the soul" — the same transfer, the same dignity. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.