Lingoflyза всіма правилами
- за всіма правиламиza vsima pravylamyby all the rules
“за всіма правилами” (za vsima pravylamy) — by all the rules in Ukrainian. Phrase, level B1. The instrumental plural after za — where English says "by", this says "behind": za vsima pravylamy. Pravyla means "rules", as in the rules of the game, so the phrase builds itself. In a live sentence: “Договір склали за всіма правилами” (Dohovir sklaly za vsima pravylamy) — They drew up the contract by all the rules.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | за всіма правилами (za vsima pravylamy) |
| Read in Latin letters | za vsima pravylamy |
| Translation | by all the rules |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The instrumental plural after za — where English says "by", this says "behind": za vsima pravylamy. Pravyla means "rules", as in the rules of the game, so the phrase builds itself.
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.
- Договір склали за всіма правиламиDohovir sklaly za vsima pravylamyThey drew up the contract by all the rules
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 “by all the rules” in Ukrainian?
«за всіма правилами» (za vsima pravylamy), read “za vsima pravylamy”. In a live sentence: “Договір склали за всіма правилами” (Dohovir sklaly za vsima pravylamy) — They drew up the contract by all the rules. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters з (z), а (a), в (v), с, і (i), м, а (a), п, р, а (a), в (v), и…
How is “за всіма правилами” (za vsima pravylamy) written in Latin letters?
za vsima pravylamy. 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 instrumental plural after za — where English says "by", this says "behind": za vsima pravylamy. Pravyla means "rules", as in the rules of the game, so the phrase builds itself. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.