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- ви маєте на увазіvy maiete na uvaziyou mean
“ви маєте на увазі” (vy maiete na uvazi) — you mean in Ukrainian. Phrase, level B1. Word for word "you have in mind". The informal is ty maiesh na uvazi. The verb maty is irregular in the present: maiu, maiesh, maiete. In a live sentence: “Ви маєте на увазі завтрашній рейс?” (Vy maiete na uvazi zavtrashnii reis) — Do you mean that the meeting is cancelled?
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | ви маєте на увазі (vy maiete na uvazi) |
| Read in Latin letters | vy maiete na uvazi |
| Translation | you mean |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Word for word "you have in mind". The informal is ty maiesh na uvazi. The verb maty is irregular in the present: maiu, maiesh, maiete.
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.
- Ви маєте на увазі завтрашній рейс?Vy maiete na uvazi zavtrashnii reis?Do you mean that the meeting is cancelled?
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 “you mean” in Ukrainian?
«ви маєте на увазі» (vy maiete na uvazi), read “vy maiete na uvazi”. In a live sentence: “Ви маєте на увазі завтрашній рейс?” (Vy maiete na uvazi zavtrashnii reis) — Do you mean that the meeting is cancelled? Phrase, level B1; written with the characters в (v), и, м, а (a), є (ye), т, е, н, а (a), у (U), в (v), а (a)…
How is “ви маєте на увазі” (vy maiete na uvazi) written in Latin letters?
vy maiete na uvazi. 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?
Word for word "you have in mind". The informal is ty maiesh na uvazi. The verb maty is irregular in the present: maiu, maiesh, maiete. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.