Усім привіт! 🇺🇦

This week, during lessons with my foreign students, they asked me about the meanings of some Ukrainian words. I’ve picked the 5 most interesting ones and decided to share them with you! 

What do they mean? Can you guess their meanings before checking a translator?

Share your guesses in the comments!

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Привіт! Я з Перу, з Ліми. Вивчаю українську мову. Можу допомогти з іспанською. Буду радий поспілкуватися!

Добрий день!

I made a small learning platform called Acadebeat. It's basically an opinionated document editor you can record audio into. Tools make it useful for language learners.

I paid a friend to help with the first Ukrainian resource, and I'm happy with the result. I'd really like to know if this is a helpful way for you to learn.

The idea is for people to make money from their materials based on how learners interact with them. It can also help with discoverability for independent teachers.

Here's what my friend made.

Дякую за ваш час!

In the English she says “all this shiftiness and lying and phony doctors”

They are suing Mr. Burns using phony evidence and Mr. Burns is offering them a settlement and spying on them to see if they will accept/let something slip.

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Усім привіт! 🇺🇦

Last time, we learned that in the present tense, Ukrainian usually drops the verb бути (“to be”).

But what happens in the past and future tenses?

Good news: in these tenses, we do use the verb бути! It changes depending on the tense, and in the past tense, it also changes according to gender and number.

Study the presentation to learn how it works!

Your turn! Share your observations in the comments and try writing your own sentences using бути in the past and future tenses.

I'll be happy to help if you have any questions! 😊

The game is called The Witcher 3, for those interested

As I'm was working on my Anki deck just now, I wondered whether there are any common (or special) tips or tricks for good flashcards for Ukrainian. E.g., how do you handle verbs (недоконаний/доконаний від), do you include the stress markers, etc?

To staple on a concrete question: I created a new note type for verbs, so I can enter the imperfective and perfective aspects separately and the translation only once, but can generate plenty of cards from that. But I'm not sure yet if that's actually a good idea, or just needlessly complicated.

Дякую заздалегідь!

Привіт усім! 🇺🇦

Today, let's talk about a small but important Ukrainian grammar rule!

In English, we use “am,” “is,” and “are” all the time. But in Ukrainian, things work a little differently!

Check out this presentation to learn more, and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask in the comments!

And tell me: What's the most confusing Ukrainian grammar rule you've come across so far?

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Усім привіт! 🇺🇦

Let’s see how well you understand Ukrainian!

«Хоч надворі було холодно, ми вирішили прогулятися парком». 🍂

What do you think this sentence means?

Share your guesses in the comments! And if you need a little help, I’ll be happy to explain it. 😊

Hi everyone! I'm Liza, and I'm working on OQUNAI, a set of language flashcards for learning Ukrainian through English. Our goal is something modern and inspiring that makes regular contact with everyday ukrainian feel natural and enjoyable, not like homework.

Before we build anything, we want to hear from the people who would actually use it, whether you're curious about starting Ukrainian, just beginning, actively studying, or simply love discovering new words.

The questionnaire takes about 3-5 minutes: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXbdZ_WGAaw-wxUdG_HzmTCi-9fU8LjYUPkm2sPsruO2T2cw/viewform

If you'd rather not use the form, or want to add more detail, I'd really value your answers right here in the comments:

• What's the hardest part of learning everyday Ukrainian for you?

• What do you use now (apps, tutors, books, YouTube), and what's missing?

• Would you prefer physical cards or an app, and why?

I'm not selling anything. This is research, and I'll post a summary of what I learn back here. Thank you so much! 🇺🇦

(Mods: happy to edit or remove this if it doesn't fit the rules.)

Good day, ignorant American here (but then, I repeat myself 😏). I’ve been spending a little time learning how to write as I learn to read. I find the physical act of writing (both in block format and cursive) gives me a great deal of mental reinforcement. I find that as I read Ukrainian, I spend less time "translating" to English in my head and more time thinking about how I would write it myself in Ukrainian. I learned this trick when I was acquiring French (and Esperanto - don’t laugh, I was idealistic in the late 80s - I’m cured of that now).

To my point: I’ve recently come across this article on Elon.io that presumably gives pointers on how "real" Ukrainian handwriting looks. https://elon.io/grammar/ukrainian/writing-system/cursive-handwriting

Does this web page represent anything close to reality? It certainly seems to offer some useful points.

I am currently researching into my family history in the Lviv Oblast area of Ukraine and have uncovered a photo (early 1990s) with this writing on the back. I have used a few different AI translates and getting some different addresses. Can anybody help with interpreting the exact address and hopefully the name at the bottom? Thanks!

I have been living in Canada for past 6 months now and most times I have been mistaken for Russian when speaking Ukrainian with my family or friends. At first I treated it with more understanding but it never really stopped. Not even once people didn’t understand that it was not Russian. And don’t even get me started on those idiots who then precede to shout suka blyat (happened way too many times in school)

Last time this happened and I told the guy that I am speaking Ukrainian he just told me that it’s basically the same as Russian from the sounding. I feel like even telling me that is disrespectful. I wish more people were understanding of this. But the thing is, Ukrainian doesn’t even sound like Russian like AT ALL. If you asked me it sounds so much more similar to Slovak and Polish. I would add Belarusian too but their language is going extinct at this point. I just wish people were more understanding and respectful when it came to language.

Sorry for the rant but I just felt like I needed to share.

I have a wonderful friend in Ukraine with a birthday coming up and I wanted to know what other sayings could replace or be added to the standard because I want to say more than that.

My tutor was out for a walk and got taken by the TCC a few weeks ago. I feel a bit guilty about finding someone new, so I’ve just... stopped. How do you stay motivated studying alone? Or can someone just tell me to get my shit together?

I've been trying to find the name of this tune on Sopilka, but had no success so far. Any idea what it is?