Free basic Ukrainian words

What's inside

• How Ukrainian soundsThe letters people trip on: soft г and hard ґ, и and і, ї and є, щ, the soft sign, the apostrophe in м’ясо and п’ять, and в that sounds close to w. Every vowel stays clear, and stress can move.
• How words workNo articles, masculine, feminine and neuter nouns with той, та and те in three colours, how endings change (кава, каву, кави), ти or ви, how Ukrainians leave out to be (Я студент), and читати: читаю, читаєш, читає, читаємо, читаєте, читають.
• 242 words, then show wordsПривіт, добрий день and дякую, family, numbers, борщ, вареники and сало, places and verbs. Then Та ну!, Серйозно? and Нічого собі!, what to call people, from сонечко to друже, and ten sentences to read before you check.

How to use it

1. Read the sounds page aloud, one row at a time. Keep the alphabet chart next to you if a letter is still new.
2. Read the grammar page twice. You don't need to learn it, just to notice той, та and те, and how the verb ending changes.
3. Learn five words a day. Cover the orange and grey lines on the last page, read each sentence aloud, then slide the paper down to check.
4. Watch something in Ukrainian with Kitsumi and catch the words you know. Так, добре and дякую turn up in every scene.

More free Ukrainian printables

• Ukrainian alphabet chartStart here. All 33 letters, how to read them out loud, and the italic shapes you'll meet in books and subtitles.

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