Can I speak Ukrainian? #TonyTries #Language
Today’s post looks at the basics of the Ukrainian language. We look at how the letters, words and grammar is different from English. By the end of this blog post, I hope you are inspired to learn this language.
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Today we are looking at learning the Ukrainian language using freely available online resources. Many services offer full courses for free (such as Duolingo) or for a small fee to learn the language. It takes many hours of dedication and practice to fully master a language. Today we are the basics of the Ukrainian language as I understand over one week of learning on Duolingo.
Duolingo teaching languages with very useful phrases
The language uses a different letter but seems to have a similar system as English. It is one of several national variations of the Cyrillic script. The modern Ukrainian alphabet consists of 33 letters. You can have a go at reading certain words but if you haven’t come across the pronunciation of the letters, you may not be pronouncing words right.
My first attempt at forming a sentence in Ukrainian (I’m learning Ukrainian). Apologies if I’ve messed up
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Three main areas to focus attention on
Letters
The Ukrainian language has 33 letters as shown in the image. It is important to learn the letters as early as possible to start reading. Some of the alphabets are pronounced as follows:
а - as [ah] in bus
б - as [b] in book
в - as [v] in vase.
Words
In the beginning, the words are hard to comprehend as what appears to be English actually has another pronunciation. When learning letters becomes tiresome, learning some words helps learn the letters simultaneously. Here are some words you can learn to begin with:
мама - mother
батько - father
кіт - cat.
Grammar
Grammar seems to be similar to subject word object style in English. There seems to be a male and female-specific subject word but I haven’t fully understood the intricacies of that. Here are some example sentences:
Мій брат - my brother
Моє місто - my city
Мої батьки - my parents.
Learning a new language comes in handy especially when you go travelling where the language is widely used
That’s all for this week. I hope you enjoyed reading my journey to learning Ukrainian (SK3). I think it’ll take a while before I can hold a conversation with a native speaker. Do leave a comment and subscribe if you want to be inspired to learn new skills every week.
Until next time,
Tony
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