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- у той моментu toi momentat that moment
“у той момент” (u toi moment) — at that moment in Ukrainian. Phrase, level A2. The pointing word toi, "that". The preposition u before the consonant t, plus the "where" form: u toi moment. In a live sentence: “У той момент я нічого не зрозумів” (U toi moment ya nichoho ne zrozumiv) — At that moment I did not know what to say. Written with the characters у (U), т, о (o), й (y), м, о (o), м, е, н, т. A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | у той момент (u toi moment) |
| Read in Latin letters | u toi moment |
| Translation | at that moment |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The pointing word toi, "that". The preposition u before the consonant t, plus the "where" form: u toi moment.
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.
- У той момент я нічого не зрозумівU toi moment ya nichoho ne zrozumivAt that moment I did not know what to say
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 “at that moment” in Ukrainian?
«у той момент» (u toi moment), read “u toi moment”. In a live sentence: “У той момент я нічого не зрозумів” (U toi moment ya nichoho ne zrozumiv) — At that moment I did not know what to say. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters у (U), т, о (o), й (y), м, о (o), м, е, н, т.
How is “у той момент” (u toi moment) written in Latin letters?
u toi moment. 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 pointing word toi, "that". The preposition u before the consonant t, plus the "where" form: u toi moment. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.