Lingoflyзамінити деталь
- замінити детальzaminyty detalto replace a part
“замінити деталь” (zaminyty detal) — to replace a part in Ukrainian. Phrase, level B1. From zamina, "a replacement": zaminity is to swap in a new one. Detal is the international "detail" doing mechanical duty — a part, a component. In a live sentence: “Дешевше замінити деталь, ніж купувати нове” (Deshevshe zaminyty detal, nizh kupuvaty nove) — They replaced the broken part. Written with the characters з (z), а (a), м, і (i), н, и, т, и, д, е, т, а (a)… A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | замінити деталь (zaminyty detal) |
| Read in Latin letters | zaminyty detal |
| Translation | to replace a part |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
From zamina, "a replacement": zaminity is to swap in a new one. Detal is the international "detail" doing mechanical duty — a part, a component.
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 “to replace a part” in Ukrainian?
«замінити деталь» (zaminyty detal), read “zaminyty detal”. In a live sentence: “Дешевше замінити деталь, ніж купувати нове” (Deshevshe zaminyty detal, nizh kupuvaty nove) — They replaced the broken part. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters з (z), а (a), м, і (i), н, и, т, и, д, е, т, а (a)…
How is “замінити деталь” (zaminyty detal) written in Latin letters?
zaminyty detal. 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 zamina, "a replacement": zaminity is to swap in a new one. Detal is the international "detail" doing mechanical duty — a part, a component. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.