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Quickly: I'm 14-yo teenager from Russia, not ruzzia. I'm wanna to learn Ukrainian, cuz I have a friends from Ukraine, my gens have 25% of Ukrainian blood, and it's beautiful language. I knew about alphabet, grammatic and pronunciation, but I wanna to have a tips, advices from native speakers or people who have >B1;A2. Please, without any negative or hate, I'm doesn't support war, and just wanna to learn something new.

P.S sorry for my english, buddy ;)

Hello, There’s this girl that I talk to, she’s from Ukraine and whenever she sends me a “yeah” reply it has a parentheses at the end.

Example: Yeah)

Hi!

I was born in Ukraine but immigrated to Canada with my parents when I was 4. Every summer I would come back to Ukraine for a month or two to visit family and friends up until 2019. I know English and Russian C2. I was never formerly taught Ukrainian, whatever I know is from picking it up from other peoples speech when I was there. My grandparents still live there. My parents decided to teach me Russian because where they lived it was more widely spoken, that is the only reason. We love Ukraine, all of my summers were spent there and I miss it so so much. I want to practice using the ukrainian language so maybe I will be able to pick it up again. I was wondering if any Ukrainian speakers would want a new friend? If you need/want help with English I can help with that. I was hoping for someone from 19-26 (+/-) , doesn’t matter if you’re a girl or boy. i want to be able to pass the language on. Well and learn it solidly this time) слава україні 💙💛)))

• please message me)) and with questions to if you have)

In some tutorials I see the teachers really rolling their r's in words like справи, like as strong as the Spanish double rr, but some pronounce it really similar to a normal English r, is it based on where a teacher is from, or maybe just personal, or maybe the ones that don't roll it as strong are trying to make it easier for english speakers?

Hi I'm a 17 yr old transboy from Germany and I'm looking for Ukrainian friends who could teach me some Ukrainian phrases and just chat about things ^^ I'd be happy about any dms

Unfortunately it was a bit dark in this room. Дякую!

I'm looking for something like this, but for Ukrainian. Thanks!

i’m a second-gen american with a ukrainian jewish background. my family is from ukraine, predominantly the odesa region and also parts of central ukraine. i choose to see myself as a ukrainian jew because even though my family speaks more russian and i was raised speaking russian, i view it as an imperialist element to divide and conquer

i know some other second-gen american jews who’s families are from ukraine and yet they choose to support russia despite it perpetrating antisemitism into society during the tsarist and soviet years. anytime i meet a post-soviet jewish immigrant who’s pro-russian, i pity them for usually being uneducated and not understanding that ukrainians are not inherently antisemitic. there are good and bad people within every ethnicity and there are plenty more russian antisemites out there than ukrainians. without the help ukrainians, my great grandmother wouldn’t have survived the mykolaiv ghetto and without ukraine, modern jewish culture wouldn’t be the same. i’m proud to have roots from such a nation with such a great people

Lets take був - what sound does the в make? v / f or w? Google doesnt help since it pronounces it simply as a bu

Thanks in advance

Hi, I'm looking for some advice on some Christmas gifts for a Ukranian (35f) that has lived with us in the UK for the last two years. She has very much become a part of our family and we care for her greatly.

I would like to get her some special gifts - I'm thinking a hamper filled with Ukrainian foods and comforts. In my research I came across this special edition Artemsil salt that was made to raise funds for the defense. From my understanding the area has been captured by Russia and the salt is no longer in production.

Given how sensitive it is, I would love advice on if this is a good gift or a bad one?

Sorry if I have gotten any facts wrong and thank you for any education. Any other ideas for things to add to the hamper are welcome.

Edit: Thank you everyone for the suggestions :)

Hello! I want to start listening to the news in Ukrianian to help with my language learning, but at least here in America the news can be really polarizing and full of inaccuracy.

Without trying to be too inflammatory, what are some sources to avoid that might be too biased or have bad information?

I don't want to be accidently listening to and absorbing the Ukrianian equivalent to Fox News

I will delete this post if it's too controversial.

Thank you for any suggestions to either avoid or to listen to in favor of !

I came across with these words: викладач, перекладач

Any explanation? And also, any other words with this pattern?

Thanks!

привіт !!! ))))))

okay so, to begin, I was born in Ukraine, immigrated to Canada with my family when I was 4. I am now 18. My whole family (except my parents and I) all still live in Ukraine (they didn’t want to leave). Where my parents grew up, Russian was predominantly spoken. They still know Ukrainian but not too well. I also want to specify, we love Ukraine, it’s my favorite country ever , I always came back almost every summer for a month or two and spent it with my friends and family. I was never formally taught Ukrainian, what I do know , is picking it up from other people’s speech and still I make mistakes. Last time I was there was 2019 and forgot most of the stuff I picked up. Because I left when I was so young, my parents didn’t want to throw 3 languages (Ukrainian, English and Russian) at me at a young age so they decided to formally teach me Russian only because it was more widely used and I was taught English in school. English is my native language Russian is C2.

Now this is where I would like advice and/or opinions. A guy from Ukraine (came to Canada 2 years ago because of Russias attack) asked me if I would like to hangout with him (because he found out I am Ukrainian) so I said yes. I told him I came here when I was 4 and my Ukrainian isn’t good, when I try to speak in it, it gets mixed with Russian ( . He said “it’s fine, we’ll figure it out. If anything I understand Russian and English”. But like I feel bad if I use the Russian language, I don’t want to bring up any bad memories or sadness for him. (We were texting the whole time in Ukrainian) but also I can text okay in Ukrainian language because I can actually like sit for 10 min and think… lol, when I speak it all gets jumbled up because I also get nervous I will say something wrong. And i never really had anyone to practice my ukrainian with because my friends in ukraine would either speak a mix of ukrainian and russian or just russian with me.

Also, I forgot to specify I also know French because I was taught that also im school I just don’t know how to add that to where I spoke about the languages i know.

Anyways, literally all day I have been studying different phrases I might need to know. I called my grandma in Ukraine to see if she could teach me some basics quickly (she’s 90 and was a Ukrainian language teacher for elementary students) but she couldn’t hear anything so for two hours it was just “що? що?” Yeah. Anyways, I was wondering what are some good phrases to know (basic and/or higher) that would be good , in Ukrainian. I remember some basic words but I have trouble switching the endings for “я , ти , ми , ви, він/вона, вони”

So basically I want/need to learn a good amount of phrases/words in less than 24 hours…

Thank you for reading until the end if you did ))

Слава Україні!!! 💙💛

I’m a beginner to Ukrainian as I only started learning about a week ago. I’ve noticed there are multiple words for ‘my’ such as ‘Мояʼ ʼМійʼ ʼМоєʼ and so on.

What is the grammatically correct way to use each of these words?

Hi! Does anyone know of any good websites to buy Ukrainian language books from, ideally from within the EU? Or any bookshops that ship to EU countries with a reasonably good Ukrainian language selection (a nice range of fiction, non-fiction, etc.)?

I found a couple US options but would rather not deal with customs if I can help it. If there is an option to buy within Ukraine and have it shipped to EU, that would work too. I know about NovaPost, but I want to see if there are other options first.

Дякую!

Hello,
I hope this post is okay.
I'm an author (I am using a throw-away) and I'm toying with the idea of writing a story where one of the main characters is a Ukrainian veteran (around 37 years old).
What are some good resources to learn more about your culture, day-to-day life, viewpoints, etc? I am slightly leary of using Google since there are so many sites about different countries that provide stereotypes or untrue information. For example, I'm Canadian and when I Google what it's like to be a Canadian I find that what I read does not line up with my experiences or the experiences of people I know.
What are some tired tropes/cliches you hate reading, and what are some things you wish were better represented in media?
If you wanted to share any personal anecdotes, things you think people from different countries don't know, or anything else, I would be eager to read whatever you feel comfortable sharing. I want to learn as much as I possibly can, and I am doing research as well. I just thought I'd ask people from the country I want to write one of my protagonists originating from.
Thank you.

Edited to add:
Thank you for all of the responses! I really appreciate it. I've been doing research both based off of your input and off of things I've been reading online. I am taking out several books from the library, reading what I can through Kindle and Audible, and I have found a streaming platform where I can watch movies/documentaries/shows made in Ukraine. I also met someone who has been teaching me more. It's going to take a few years of research, but I am looking forward to learning.
Thank you again.

I’ve become an Orthodox recently and see this phrase a lot. I know it’s a Russian prayer but I was wondering if it’s also used in Ukrainian. If not what would be the equivalent?

I'm looking for a free computer font (Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet in cursive) that looks like what Ukrainian writers actually write by hand, not something "ornamental" or stylized. I want to make a set of online flashcards that gives the print letter on one side and the cursive letter on the other side, to help me memorize the cursive alphabet. Thx!

Всім привіт, зустрічаюсь з двома чехами, які хочуть вивчити українську, поділіться будь ласка досвідом, хто теж пробував навчити іноземців. Я не маю педагогічної освіти, перебрав купу методичок в гуглі за тегом "українська для іноземних студентів" в відкритому доступі, але вони здебільшого орієнтовані на освітні галузі для абітурієнтів іноземців.

Нещодавно знайшов в Фоліо підручник "Українська крок за кроком" від Мазурик, але там немає аудіо...:(

Hello, I am a teacher in germany and tomorrow i am going to test a class about their knowlege about Mobbing. I have one person, that is a ukrainian native speaker. He speaks german and should have learned the spezific terms of the subject, but i would like to help him with the test situation. I translated the Testquestitions with chat gbt and would like to ask a native Speaker about the quality of the translation. Thank you for your help.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/tAHViRAH7oAbpJKS/?mibextid=U8WOFx

(bonus points if you add the occasional time stamp🤣)

Hello, I wondered if you could suggest some Ukrainian military history channels similar to Kings and Generals, Epic History TV, War Archive etc. that deal with Ukraine's wars, primarily the ongoing one

привіт !!

хтось використовував цей сайт щоб вивчати мови? хочу уточнити що це не якісь хакери😅

дякуюююю )))

Posting this for the third time as I keep getting a response saying "removed by reddit's filters" I'm going to try commenting my question and see if that works

I'm writing a few Ukrainian characters for a story and I was wondering if there were any terms of endearment that can be used among family members? Googling this has been of absolutely no help, all the results focus on romantic terms and don't specify if they can also be used platonically or in familial circumstances.

In particular I'm looking for terms of endearment a parent would refer to their child by. I think something like "sonechko"/"little sun" is perfect but obviously I don't want to use that if it's only for romantic partners.