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- вибачте за запізненняvybachte za zapiznenniasorry for being late
“вибачте за запізнення” (vybachte za zapiznennia) — sorry for being late in Ukrainian. Phrase, level A2. "Zapiznennia" comes from "pizno", late — the same family as missing a train. Between friends: "vybach za zapiznennia". In a live sentence: “Вибачте за запізнення, була пробка” (Vybachte za zapiznennia, bula probka) — Sorry for being late. Written with the characters в (v), и, б (b), а (a), ч, т, е, з (z), а (a), з (z), а (a), п… A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | вибачте за запізнення (vybachte za zapiznennia) |
| Read in Latin letters | vybachte za zapiznennia |
| Translation | sorry for being late |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
"Zapiznennia" comes from "pizno", late — the same family as missing a train. Between friends: "vybach za zapiznennia".
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.
- Вибачте за запізнення, була пробкаVybachte za zapiznennia, bula probkaSorry for being late
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 “sorry for being late” in Ukrainian?
«вибачте за запізнення» (vybachte za zapiznennia), read “vybachte za zapiznennia”. In a live sentence: “Вибачте за запізнення, була пробка” (Vybachte za zapiznennia, bula probka) — Sorry for being late. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters в (v), и, б (b), а (a), ч, т, е, з (z), а (a), з (z), а (a), п…
How is “вибачте за запізнення” (vybachte za zapiznennia) written in Latin letters?
vybachte za zapiznennia. 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?
"Zapiznennia" comes from "pizno", late — the same family as missing a train. Between friends: "vybach za zapiznennia". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.