Ukrainian - українська    ukrajins’ka

Standard Ukrainian vocabulary, numerals and quotations for comparison with other languages


Until 1991, when Ukraine became an independent nation, the Ukrainian language was often considered to be an inferior form of Russian. People would sometimes refer to Russian as "Great Russian" and Ukrainian as "Little Russian". While it is true that the East Slavonic languages Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian share similar features, they are now considered by most impartial linguists to be separate languages in their own right, each having evolved from the same parent language. The three languages use the Cyrillic alphabet, each with a few special letters of its own.

1. брат
brat
   brother        1. так
tak
   yes        1. Скільки це коштує?
Skil’ky ce koštuje?
   How much is that?
2. сестра
sestra
   sister        2. ні
   no        2. Де можна заплатити?
De možna zaplatyty?
   Where do I pay?
3. син
sin
   son        3. будь ласка
būd’ laska
   please        3. Розуміти
Rozumīti
   To understand
4. донька
don’ka
   daughter        4. дякую
djakujo
   thank you        4. Я розумію
Ja rozumijo
   I understand
5. батько
bat’ko
   father                  5. Я не розумію
Ja ne rozumijo
   I don’t understand
6. мати
mati
   mother        1. неділя
nedīlja
   Sunday        6. Я знаю
Ja znajo
   I know

          2. понеділок
ponedīlok
   Monday        7. Я не знаю
Ja ne znajo
   I don’t know
1. весна
vesna
   spring        3. вівторок
vīvtorok
   Tuesday          
2. літо
līto
   summer        4. середа
sereda
   Wednesday        1. я (є)
ja (je)
   I am
3. осінь
osīn’
   autumn        5. четвер
četver
   Thursday        2. ти (є)
ti (je)
   you are (informal)
4. зима
zima
   winter        6. п’ятниця
pjatnitsja
   Friday        ви (є)
vi (je)
   you are (formal)

          7. субота
subota
   Saturday        3. він (є)
vīn (je)
   he is
1. kīn’    horse                  vona (je)    she is
2. pes    dog        1. mīsto    town        vono (je)    it is
3. kīt    cat        2. selo    village        1. mi (je)    we are
4. korova    cow        3. vulicja    street        2. vi (je)    you are
5. buīk    bull        4. plošča    square          
6. svinja    pig        5. mīst    bridge        3. voni (je)    they are
7. vivcja    sheep        6. dīm    house          
8. vovk    wolf        7. sad    garden          
9. miša    mouse        8. cerkva    church          
10. ptitcja    bird        9. škola    school        1. odin, odna, odne    one (m., f., n.)
11. huska    goose        10. voksal    station        2. dva, dvī, dva    two (m., f., n.)
12. riba    fish                  3. tri    three
                    4. čotiri    four
1. chlīb    bread        1. čornij    black        5. pjat’    five
2. jabluko    apple        2. bīlij    white        6. šīst’    six
3. horīch    nut        3. sinij    blue        7. sīm    seven
4. sīl’    salt        4. zelenij    green        8. vīsīm    eight
5. perec’    pepper        5. žovtij    yellow        9. devjat’    nine
6. med    honey        6. červonij    red        10. desjat’    ten
7. moloko    milk                  11. odinadcjat’    eleven
8. maslo    butter        1. bāčiti    to see        12. dvanacjat’    twelve
9. sir    cheese        2. čuti    to hear        13. trinacjat’    thirteen
10. voda    water        3. jīsti    to eat        20. dvacjat’    twenty
11. vino    wine        4. piti    to drink        30. tricjat’    thirty
12. pivo    beer        5. spivati    to sing        100. sto    a hundred
                      
1. hora    mountain        1. īmja    name        1. ruka    hand
2. more    sea        2. pisati    to write        2. stopa    foot
3. ozero    lake        3. knīžka    book        3. serce    heart
4. rika    river        4. hovoriti    to speak        4. krov    blood
5. starij    old        5. den’    day        5. holova    head
6. novij    new        6. nīč    night        6. oko    eye
7. korabel’    ship        7. tižden’    week        7. vucho    ear
8. pojīzd    train        8. mīsjac’    month        8. zub    tooth
9. avtobus    bus        9. rīk    year        9. volosja    hair
10. pristan’    harbour        10. ī    and        10. spati    to sleep
                      
1. sīčen’    January        7. lipen’    July        1. sonce    sun
2. ljutij    February        8. serpen’    August        2. misjac’    moon
3. berezen’    March        9. veresen’    September        3. zorja    star
4. kvīten’    April        10. žovten’    October        4. vīter    wind
5. traven’    May        11. listopad    November        5. došč    rain
6. červen’    June        12. hruden’    December        6. snīh    snow
                    7. līd    ice
1. cholodnij    cold        1. haračij    hot        8. vohon’    fire
2. malij    small        2. velikij    large        9. kamīn’    stone
3. tonkij    thin        3. tovstij    thick        10. srīblo    silver
4. kislij    sour        4. solodkij    sweet          
                      
1. rot    mouth        1. davati    to give        1. haluchij    deaf
2. jazik    tongue        2. kupuvati    to buy        2. halubokij    deep
3. slovo    word        3. sidīti    to sit        3. povnij    full
4. mova    language        4. čitati    to read        4. molodij    young
5. kvītka    flower        5. rīnok    market        5. dobrij    good
6. milo    soap        6. dveri    door        6. korol’    king














Ukrainian is spoken in:

Київ - Kījiv
Харків - Charkiv
Одеса - Odesa
Дніпро - Dnīpro
Донецьк - Donec’k    Донецк - Danjeck
Львів - L’vīv
Маріуполь - Mariupol’    Мариуполь - Mariupol’
Луганськ - Luhans’k    Луганск - Lugansk
Севастополь - Sevastopol’    Севастополь - Sevastopol’


Another East Slavonic language :
Rusyn



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