Ukraine Language Lessons

US Peace Corps in Ukraine Survival Ukrainian
Peace Corps/Ukraine
Survival Ukrainian Language Lessons
Table of Contents
Lesson 1: Introduction (no audio)................................................................. 2
Lesson 2: Ukrainian Alphabet/Pronunciation .............................................. 3
Lesson 3: Greetings and Farewells............................................................... 5
Lesson 4: Useful phrases .............................................................................. 6
Lesson 5: Getting Acquainted ....................................................................... 7
Lesson 6: Family............................................................................................. 8
Lesson 7: About myself ................................................................................. 9
Lesson 8: Food ............................................................................................. 10
Lesson 9: Apartment .................................................................................... 11
Lesson 10: Numerals.................................................................................... 12
Lesson 11: At the store ................................................................................ 14
Lesson 12: Transport ................................................................................... 15
Lesson 13: City ............................................................................................. 16
Lesson 14: Post-office.................................................................................. 17
Lesson 15: Signs .......................................................................................... 18
Lesson 16: Emergencies.............................................................................. 19
Lesson 17: Personal pronouns ................................................................... 20
Lesson 18: Professions................................................................................ 21
Lesson 19: Days of the week and months.................................................. 22
Lesson 20: Question words ......................................................................... 23
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Lesson 1
Introduction
Welcome to the Peace Corps Ukraine language lessons!

Ukrainian is the national language of Ukraine, and these “Survival Ukrainian” files
will help you get a head start in learning the language and using colloquial phrases
that will help you get by your first weeks in Ukraine.
We recommend that you listen to the audio files and repeat while reading the
language script. It will be useful if you use these files for 10-15 minute a day.
In the language script we use the transliteration system which will help you to
pronounce Ukrainian, even without any background in Slavic languages.
The letters are transliterated from the Ukrainian alphabet in accordance to its sound
in English. The letter (soft sign) has no sound and will be represented in the
transliteration as an apostrophe [’].
Unlike English the Ukrainian alphabet is absolutely phonetic: each letter has a
single pronunciation in every usage.
The lessons do not have to be in any particular order. After you complete the first
lesson, you may choose any topic of interest or importance to you. We won’t
discuss grammatical topics in these lessons. You will learn grammar during the
language classes in Pre-Service Training in Ukraine.
About the Ukrainian language in a nutshell.

It belongs to the Slavic group of the Indo-European language family.
The Ukrainians use the Cyrillic alphabet. There are differences between the Cyrillic
and Latin sounds and letters, but they are small and you will learn to recognize them
quickly.
The Ukrainian alphabet is comprised of 33 letters.
Stress in Ukrainian can fall on any syllable in a word. The stressed part of the word
will be marked in bold in transliteration and the word itself. One word has only one
stressed syllable which is no longer that others. Usually the stress is indicated in
dictionaries.
We hope you will enjoy the Ukrainian language lessons and wish you good luck with
your learning!

Lesson 2
Alphabet -
Listen carefully to the Ukrainian speaker the first time, then try to repeat the sounds
with the speaker the second time.
Approximate English sound equivalent

Ukrainian letter
Like
a in bar
b in book
v in voice
h in how
＾￣ g in get
d in dot
e in ten
． ye in yes
zh in pleasure
z in zone
y in byte
： ee in meet
； yee in yeast
y in boy
k in key
l in lamp
m in man
n in nose
o in port
p in spoon
r in roof
s in small
t in tart
oo in moon
f in fine
kh in Loch Ness
ts in cats
ch in chair
sh in shine
shch in rash choice

no sound it softens the previous consonant

apostrophe ’ in
transliteration
yoo in youth
ya in yard
As you can see and hear, some Ukrainian letters have equivalent sound in English
but look quite different:
Ukrainian letter Corresponding sound English letter

in both languages
[b]
[h] H
[p] P
[f] F
[d] D
[z] Z
[l] L
Perhaps the most confusing are the letters that look like Latin but in Cyrillic
represent different sounds.
Ukrainian letter- Corresponding English letter/sound

“false friend” sound
in Ukrainian
[v] V
P [r] R
C [s] S
H [n] N
[kh] -
[kh]
as in Loch Ness
[oo] -
[oo]
as in moon

Lesson 3
Greetings = ：
In the following audio file you will hear a word or phrase in English one time, then
twice in Ukrainian.
Listen carefully to the Ukrainian the first time, then try to repeat the word or phrase
English Transliteration Ukrainian

Good morning. dobryy ranok .
Good afternoon. dobryy den’ .
Good evening. dobryy vecheer ： .
Hi. pryveet ： .
How are you? yak spravy ?
I am good, thank you. dobre dyakooyoo , .
And you? a oo vas ?
Fine. normal’no .
Farewells =

Good bye. do pobachennya .
Bye. poka .
See you tomorrow. do zavtra .
Good luck. shchaslyvo .

Lesson 4
Useful phrases - ：
twice in Ukrainian.

Yes. tak .
No. nee ：.
Thank you. dyakooyoo .
Please. bood’ laska .
You are welcome. proshoo .
Excuse me/I’m sorry. vybachte .
Never mind. neechoho ： .
What a shame! shkoda !
Just a minute. khvylynkoo !
May I? mozhna ?
It’s important. tse vazhlyvo .
I’m sorry, I don’t vybachte ya ne ,
understand. rozoomeeyoo ： .
I study Ukrainian ya oochoo ookrayeens’koo ； .
Repeat, please. povtoreet’ bood’ laska ： ,
.
Translate, please. perekladeet’ bood’ laska ： ,
.
What is the Ukrainian for yak ookrayeens’koyoo … ；
bread? bread?
What? shcho ?

Lesson 5
Getting acquainted =
twice in Ukrainian.

Who is it? Khto tse ?
It is Oksana. tse oksana .
It is John. tse dzhon .
What is your name? yak vas zvaty ?
My name is Sasha. mene zvaty sasha .
Nice to meet you. duzhe pryyemno ． .
Nice to meet you too. menee tezh ： .
How old are you? skeel’ky vam rokeev ：： ?
I am 25. menee dvadtsyat’ pyat’ ： 25.
Who are you? khto vy ?
I am an American (male). ya amerykanets’ .
I am an American ya amerykanka .
(female).
I am a Peace Corps ya dobrovolets’
Volunteer. korpoosoo myroo .
Where are you from? zveedky vy ： ?
I am from America, the ya z ameryky shtat ,
state of California. kaleeforneeya ：： .

Lesson 6
Family = ： ’
twice in Ukrainian.

father tato
mother mama
son syn
daughter dochka
brother brat
sister sestra
grandfather deedoos’ ：
grandmother baboosya
grandson onook
granddaughter onooka
children deety ：
husb nd choloveek ：
wife droozhyna
friend drooh
girlfriend podrooha
and ee ：
I have .... oo mene ye ．…
I have a brother and a u mene ye brat ee sestra ．： .
sister.
This is my family. tse moya seem’ya ： ’ .
This is my mother. tse mama .
This is my brother. tse brat .

Lesson 7
About myself =
twice in Ukrainian.

My name is Kelsey. mene zvaty kelsee ：.
I am 27 years old. menee dvadtsyat’ seem. ： 27 ： .
I am from America, the ya z ameryky shtat ,
state of Minnesota. meenesota ： .
I am a teacher. ya oochytel’ .
I am a Peace Corps ya dobrovolets’
Volunteer. korpoosoo myroo .
I have a family. u mene ye seemya ．： ’ .
I have a brother and a u mene ye brat ee sestra ．：
sister. .
I like to read. ya lyooblyoo chytaty .
I study Ukrainian. ya oochoo ； .
ookrayeens’koo

Lesson 8
Food =
twice in Ukrainian.

borshch borshch
soup soop
salad salat
potato kartoplya
meat myaso '
fish ryba
dumplings/varenyky varenyky
macaroni makarony
rice rys
vegetables ovochee ：
fruit frookty
water voda
non-carbonated water voda bez hazoo
tea chay
coffee kava
juice seek ：
milk moloko
It is delicious! smachno !
I am a vegetarian ya vehetareeanka ： .
(female).
I am a vegetarian (male). ya vehetareeanets’ ： .
I am not allowed. menee ne mozhna ： .
I like fruits. ya lyooblyoo frookty .
I don’t like meat. ya ne lyooblyoo myaso ’ .
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Lesson 9
Apartment =
twice in Ukrainian.

my room moya keemnata ：
kitchen kookhnya
bathroom vana
toilet tooalet
corridor korydor
balcony balkon
door dveree ：
key klyooch
window veekno ：
table steel ：
chair steelets’ ：
wardrobe shafa
sofa dyvan
lamp lampa
telephone telefon
to smoke palyty
Where is my room? de moya keemnata ： ?
Here it is. os’ .
Where can I smoke? de mozhna palyty ?
Here. toot .
There. tam .

Lesson 10
Numerals = ：
twice in Ukrainian.

one odyn 1–
two dva 2–
three try 3–
four chotyry 4–
five pyat’ 5 – '
six sheest’ 6– ：
seven seem 7– ：
eight veeseem 8– ：：
nine devyat’ 9– '
ten desyat’ 10 –
eleven odynadtsyat’ 11 –
twelve dvanadtsyat’ 12 –
thirteen trynadtsyat’ 13 –
fourteen chotyrnadtsyat’ 14 –
fifteen pyatnadtsyat’ 15 – '
sixteen sheestnadtsyat’ 16 – ：
seventeen seemnadtsyat’ 17 – ：
eighteen veeseemnadtsyat’ 18 – ：：
nineteen devyatnadtsyat’ 19 – '
twenty dvadtsyat’ 20 –
twenty-one dvadtsyat’ odyn 21 –
twenty-two dvadtsyat’ dva 22 –
twenty-three dvadtsyat’ try 23 –
twenty-four dvadtsyat’ chotyry 24 –
twenty-five dvadtsyat’ pyat’ 25 – ’
twenty-six dvadtsyat’ sheest’ 26 – ：
twenty-seven dvadtsyat’ seem 27 – ：
twenty-eight dvadtsyat’ veeseem 28 – ：：
twenty-nine dvadtsyat’ devyat’ 29 – ’
thirty trydtsyat’ 30 –

forty sorok 40 –
fifty pyatdesyat 50 – '
sixty sheestdesyat 60 – ：
seventy seemdesyat 70 – ：
eighty veeseemdesyat 80 – ：：
ninety devyanosto 90 – '
one hundred sto 100 –

Lesson 11
At the store = ：
twice in Ukrainian.

costume kostyoom
sweater svetr
coat pal’to
jeans dzhynsy
shampoo shampoon’
cream (lotion) krem
soap mylo
tooth paste zoobna pasta
tooth brush zoobna shcheetka ：
hryvnia/hryvnias hryvnya/hryvnee / ：
kopeck/kopecks kopeeyka/kopeeyky ： / ：
dollar/dollars dolar/dolary /
How much does it cost? skeel’ky tse koshtooye ：．?
3 hryvnias. try hryvnee ：.
It is expensive. tse doroho .
It is not expensive. tse nedoroho .
Can you give me ... dayte bood’ laska , .

Lesson 12
Transportation =
twice in Ukrainian.

bus avtoboos
trolley-bus troleyboos
tram tramvay
taxi taksee ：
car masheena
metro metro
bus stop zoopynka
passenger pasazhyr
ticket kvytok
How much does the ticket skeel’ky koshtooye ：．
cost? kvytok ?
50 kopecks. p’yatdesyat kopeeyok 50 ： .
Can you stop here, zoopyneet’ toot bood’ ： ,
please. laska .

Lesson 13
City = ：
twice in Ukrainian.

center tsentr
street voolytsya
building boodynok
post office poshta
bank bank
hotel hotel’
store mahazyn
pharmacy apteka
hospital leekarnya ：
school shkola
institute eenstytoot ：
university ooneeversytet ：
theater teatr
movie theater keenoteatr ：
museum moozey
stadium stadeeon ：
park park
straight pryamo
to the right napravo
to the left naleevo ：
backwards nazad
far away daleko
not far away. nedaleko
Where is the park? de park ?
The park is over there. park tam .
I got lost (male) ya zablookav .
I got lost (female) ya zablookala .

Lesson 14
Post Office =
twice in Ukrainian.

envelope konvert
letter lyst
post card lysteevka ：
postage stamp marka
address adresa
envelope to America konvert v amerykoo
Where is the post office? de poshta ?
The post office is in the poshta oo tsentree ：.
center.
How much does the skeel’ky koshtooye ：．
envelope to America konvert v amerykoo ?
cost?
How much does the post skeel’ky koshtooye ：．
card cost? lysteevka ： ?

Lesson 15
Signs = ：
twice in Ukrainian.

Closed zachyneno
Open veedchyneno ：
Entrance vheed ：
Exit vyheed ：
No smoking! ne kooryty/ne palyty !/ !
Lunch obeed ：
Crosswalk perekheed ：
Pull do sebe
Push veed sebe ：
Break pererva
Toilet for men choloveechyy tooalet ( ： )
Toilet for women zheenochyy tooalet ( ： )
Be careful! oberezhno !
Attention! oovaha !

Lesson 16
Emergencies = ：：；
twice in Ukrainian.

Fire! pozhezha !
Help! dopomozheet’ ： !
I am not feeling well! menee pohano ： !
Stop it! perestan’te !
Militia! (Police!) meeleetseeya ：：： !
Hold your dog! zabereet’ sobakoo ： !

Lesson 17
Personal pronouns =
twice in Ukrainian.

I ya
you (informal singular ty
form)
he veen ：
she vona
it vono
we my
you (formal singular and vy
plural form)
they vony

Lesson 18
Professions = ：；
twice in Ukrainian.

teacher oochytel’
businessman beeznesmen ：
businesswoman beeznes ledee ： - ：
doctor leekar ：
engineer eenzhener ：
journalist zhoornaleest ：
director dyrektor
secretary sekretar
student (male) stoodent
student (female) stoodentka
athlete (male) sportsmen
athlete (female) sportsmenka
manager menedzher
banker bankeer ：
police officer meeleetseeoner ：：：
pensioner (male) penseeoner ：
pensioner (female) penseeonerka ：
farmer fermer
economist ekonomeest ：
lawyer yooryst
Who is she? (her khto vona ?
profession)
She is an economist. vona ekonomeest – ： .
What is your profession? yaka vasha profeseeya ： ?
I am a teacher. ya oochytel’ – .

Lesson 19
Days of the week/Months = ： / ：：
twice in Ukrainian.

Monday ponedeelok ：
Tuesday veevtorok ：
Wednesday sereda
Thursday chetver
Friday pyatnytsya ’
Saturday soobota
Sunday nedeelya ：
today s’ohodnee ：
yesterday oochora
tomorrow zavtra

December hrooden’
January seechen’ c：
February lyootyy
March berezen’
April kveeten’ ：
May traven’
June cherven’
July lypen’
August serpen’
September veresen’
October zhovten’
November lystopad

Lesson 20
Question words =
twice in Ukrainian.

Who? khto ?
What? shcho ?
Where? de ?
Where to? (with koody ?
directions)
When? koly ?
How? yak ?
Why? chomoo ?
How much? skeel’ky C ： ?

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US Peace Corps in Ukraine Survival Ukrainian

Survival Ukrainian, Peace Corps/Ukraine June 2006 -1-

Welcome to the Peace Corps Ukraine language lessons!

About the Ukrainian language in a nutshell.

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Approximate English sound equivalent

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no sound it softens the previous consonant

Ukrainian letter Corresponding sound English letter

Ukrainian letter- Corresponding English letter/sound

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English Transliteration Ukrainian

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