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- випробувальний термінvyprobuvalnyi terminprobation period
“випробувальний термін” (vyprobuvalnyi termin) — probation period in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. From vyprobovati, to put to the test, with the vy- prefix. Termin is again a stretch of time, not a term of art — the word keeps both jobs. In a live sentence: “Випробувальний термін два місяці” (Vyprobuvalnyi termin dva misiatsi) — The probation period is two months.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | випробувальний термін (vyprobuvalnyi termin) |
| Read in Latin letters | vyprobuvalnyi termin |
| Translation | probation period |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
From vyprobovati, to put to the test, with the vy- prefix. Termin is again a stretch of time, not a term of art — the word keeps both jobs.
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 “probation period” in Ukrainian?
«випробувальний термін» (vyprobuvalnyi termin), read “vyprobuvalnyi termin”. In a live sentence: “Випробувальний термін два місяці” (Vyprobuvalnyi termin dva misiatsi) — The probation period is two months. Noun, level B1; written with the characters в (v), и, п, р, о (o), б (b), у (U), в (v), а (a), л, ь, н…
How is “випробувальний термін” (vyprobuvalnyi termin) written in Latin letters?
vyprobuvalnyi termin. 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 vyprobovati, to put to the test, with the vy- prefix. Termin is again a stretch of time, not a term of art — the word keeps both jobs. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.