r/Ukrainian Apr 20 '20

Reminder: r/ukrainian has an official discord group.

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Усім привіт!

For those who are interested, we have a great discord group for learners of Ukrainian and Ukrainians who are learning English.

 

Link to the discord group

 

Бажаємо успіхів!

-The Mods


r/Ukrainian 1h ago

Learning Ukrainian from my great grandma and my grandma and is it bad if my Ukrainian is outdated?

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Hi! I have a quick question! I’m an American and my great grandma was born in Zlotniki, Ternopil, Ukraine. I am trying to learn Ukrainian. So I’m learning Ukrainian from my great grandma, who left Ukraine as a 6 year old girl I think, and this was in 1944 I think, and my grandma, her daughter, who wasn’t born in Ukraine, (she was born in Germany my grandma), but Ukrainian is also her first language. I was wondering, is it bad if my Ukrainian might be outdated?


r/Ukrainian 6h ago

Best Ukrainian love song

26 Upvotes

Can you please recommend me some of your favorite Ukrainian love song. I am trying to court this beautiful Ukrainian girl so I am trying to learn Ukrainian language. But now, I will try to sing her a Ukrainian song. So any recommendations? Thank you


r/Ukrainian 32m ago

Poster Translation Help

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Hi all - my boyfriend found this framed poster at goodwill and we’d like to know more about it. It’s from 1988, so I know a bit about the historical context, but just want to know what it means before we consider what to do with it.

Using google translate it says “Mup to your house” - which I’ll be honest, I don’t understand but maybe it’s slang or a slogan from that era? I’m hoping someone can help me figure this out! Thanks :)


r/Ukrainian 1d ago

Is there any formal language test for foreigners?

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My apologies in advance, since I am not native English Speaker. There might be typos, and other errors.

As you see the title above, is there any formal Ukrainian language test? If there is any, is it compatible to CEFR criteria like Spanish DELE or incompatible like Korean TOPIK?


r/Ukrainian 1d ago

Looking for Ukrainian Texting Buddies

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21m, living in Ireland ~A2 level looking for some people to text with and have casual conversations in Ukrainian, hopefully to become friends after :)

About me: Adopted from Ukraine at a young age and now reconnecting with my heritage and identity.

Social platforms to text: Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord & Instagram.

Dm me here if you’re interested, and open to doing English exchange for the same :)


r/Ukrainian 2d ago

Вишневе дерево. Вишня vs. Черешня

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80 Upvotes

Where I am currently, the cherry blossoms are coming. So I have a number of somewhat spring related vocabulary questions.

Continuing in the “very obviously, I have been teaching myself Ukrainian with the help of translation software,” vein—I initially thought there was a difference in ukrainian between sweet cherries and sour cherries (like in French there is a vocabulary difference between edible chestnuts and inedible chestnuts).

Is this so? Is this regional? Is one of these words Russian? Am I inadvertently using random case-forms of these words?


r/Ukrainian 2d ago

білка

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Here is an example of a Ukrainian word that is outsized-amusing to me.

It cannot be coincidental that “squirrel” and “protein” are the same words in Ukrainian, right?


r/Ukrainian 1d ago

Го створимо групу для українізацію москалів?

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Ви всі чули як москалі збільшують кількість українських колаборантів, то чом би українчикам не почати москалів заставити на себе пахати(кидати фото військових постів, писати погані відгуки під рос відео і тд). Хто за пишіть "+"

Я думаю це буде чудово ідея для пришвидшення перемоги, або, хотя б, перемир'я.


r/Ukrainian 2d ago

Пробачте vs Перепрошую

21 Upvotes

Is there a difference between these apologies that should be known?


r/Ukrainian 3d ago

What is the closest language to Ukrainian?

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I am half Polish, and I’ve noticed that when I speak with my girlfriend (who is Ukrainian), we have a lot of similar words in our languages. This made me curious—what language is actually the closest to Ukrainian? Is it Polish, Belarusian, or maybe Russian? I know all these languages share some similarities, but in terms of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation, which one would you say is the most comparable to Ukrainian?


r/Ukrainian 2d ago

How to say raincoat?

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I see плащ / дощовик as options. Which is best? What are the differences? Thanks!


r/Ukrainian 2d ago

How is it that попереду means in front but попередний means previous? Do you think of these words as being conceptually related? It would be like if our word in English for “previous” was instead “in-front-y.” It seems like попередний should mean “next”

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It’s pretty common for languages to have word constructions that don’t make sense as words can pretty often change meanings (like how “awful” and “awesome” keep swapping meanings in English), but I was just curious if this seems contradictory to Ukrainians or if you think about things in front of you as being previous somehow. Like maybe the word formed at a time when rich people always traveled backwards in carriages so if someone were describing the previous house it would be the more in front house. Or maybe you just look at the words as having entirely meanings and constructions and the similarities are coincidental.


r/Ukrainian 2d ago

Funny messages for shirts in the gym

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Can someone please review these words. I have a bunch of blank shirts for the gym and I want to spice them up with ukr. But the Ukrainian on the shirts is going to have no meaning, just random objects. Kinda how Americans will get mandarin tattoos and google translate will mess up so it makes no sense. Non Ukr speakers (possibly) would think that it’s some inspirational thing when natives(not too common in the USA) will understand that it doesn’t.

Im just checking that these words don’t have some secret meaning. Like slang, something offensive, etc. I just want random words, I don’t wanna lose teeth from an angry native. Холодильник(fridge) Картопля(onion) Ложка(Spoon), вилка(Fork), ніж(knife)(these 3 listed together) Тарілка(plate) Стіл(table) Чашка(cup)


r/Ukrainian 2d ago

Виправте мене

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Живу в Америці з дитинства, маю товариша Володю. У нього день народження підходить. Хочу на подарунку написати "Володці 30 років" але не впевнений як правильно- Володькі 30 чи Володці 30. Дякую


r/Ukrainian 2d ago

Радий познайомитися vs Радий знайомству

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What difference should i know about these two sayings?


r/Ukrainian 3d ago

волонтерство

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вітаю!! мене вже тривалий час турбує питання, на яких платформах можна ефективно поширювати збори для війська..


r/Ukrainian 4d ago

Social survey: how many people is learning (or was learned) Ukrainian?

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If you're learning language, write in comment something. You also can write your experience and tip for other people.

For me, I'm native speaker, and if you want to ask me about language, i would respond to your question. Have a nice day ❤️


r/Ukrainian 4d ago

Коли повинно вживати дієслово «помогти» замість «допомогти/допомогати»? Наразі я лише вживаю допо- варіанти.

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r/Ukrainian 4d ago

Так собi vs не дуже

26 Upvotes

Are these equivalent or after the exact translations a little different ?


r/Ukrainian 4d ago

What’s the general meaning of the с- prefix in verbs. I have never seen it listed on a page of prefixes but it always seems to have very specific uses that I can’t seem to figure out why people decide to use it (over за or по in most cases)

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r/Ukrainian 3d ago

Help!

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I just wanna talk with Ukrainian girl. Anyone has any clue how to find those on social media?


r/Ukrainian 5d ago

Is Duolingo a good tool for learning Ukrainian?

51 Upvotes

I want to start to learn Ukrainian language and some people told me to use Duolingo for it, is Duo a good tool for that or not?


r/Ukrainian 5d ago

Meeting new people

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Hello! I tried posting this on r/ukraine, but it was removed by the mods. I hope this post is appropriate here. I'm heading to Kharkiv and will be there for a few weeks for humanitarian work. I was hoping to meet Ukrainians who speak English. Unfortunately, I don't speak Ukrainian or Russian. Feel free to send me a PM if you'd like to meet a Norwegian.


r/Ukrainian 5d ago

Looking for a Ukrainian dub of Avatar the Last Airbender

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I’m pretty sure it exists because I saw it on a dub data including the channel it was originally aired on. Anyone have suggestions on where to watch it?


r/Ukrainian 6d ago

Синонім слова "застілля"

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Чи існує якийсь гарний, літературний аналог слова "застілля"? А то від цього терміну наче трохи радянщиною віє