Cousin — (M)Dvoyuridnyj brat/(F)dvoyuridna sestra
I need — Meni treba / meni potribno
Right now — Zaraz
Night / evening — Nich/vechir
To see — Bachyty
Light — Svitlo
Outside — Zovni
I must — Ya povynen
During — Protyagom
I see / I am seeing — Ya bachu
Happy — Shchaslyvyj (M), shchaslyva (F)
There — Tam
I am saying no / I say no
Ya govoryu ni
I want to see this in the day
Ya khochu bachyty tsey den’
I see this everywhere
Ya bachu tse skriz’
I am happy without my cousins here
Ya shchaslyvyj i bez moikh dvoyuridnykh brativ/sester tut
I need to be there at night
Meni treba buty tam u vecheri
I see light outside house
Ya bachu svitlo zovni/nazovni budynka
What time is it right now?
Kotra zaraz godyna?
*In Ukrainian, pronouns have different conjugations when relating to gender:
- “her”: yiyi, his: yogo, its: yogo / he: vin, she: vona, it: vono, they: vony
- “my”: miy (male), moya (female), moye (neutral), moi (plural)
- “their”: yikh (same for male, female, formal, informal, and neutral)
- “your”: tviy (male), tvoya (female), tvoye (neutral), yikh (plural)
- “your” (singular formal or plural): vash (male), vasha (fem), vashe (neuter), vashi (plural)
- “our”: nash (male), nasha (female), nashe (neutral), nashi(plural)
Note: Moikh is the genitive as well as plural accusative form of the pronoun “my.” This program doesn’t address the nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, instrumental, and prepositional cases since, as previously stated, this isn’t a grammar book.
*This isn’t a phrase book! The purpose of this book is solely to provide you with the tools to create your own sentences!
6
Place — Mistse
Easy — Lehko
To find — Znajty
To look for /to search — Shukaty
Near / Close — Blyz’ko
To wait — Chekaty
To sell — Prodaty
To use — Vykorystovuvaty
To know — Znaty
To decide — Vyrishuvaty
Between — Mizh
Two — Dva
To — Do
That — (conjunction) Shcho
This place is easy to find
Tse mistse lehko znajty
I want to wait until tomorrow
Ya khochu pochekaty do zavtra
It’s easy to sell this table
Tse duzhe lehko prodaty tsej stil
I want to use this
Ya khochu tse vykorystovuvaty
I want know where this house
Ya khochu znaty de tsej dim
Where is the airport?
De aeroport?
I want to sleep
Ya khochu spaty
I need to know that everything is ok
Meni treba znaty shcho vse dobre
*In the last sentence, “that” is used as a conjunction, shcho.
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Because — Tomu shcho/bo
To buy — Kupyty
Both — Obydva
Them / they / Their — Yikh /Vony / Yikh
Each / Every — Kozhnyj
Book — Knyga
Mine — Mij/moya/moye/moji
To understand — Zrozumity
Problem / Problems — Problema / problemy
I do / I am doing — Ya roblyu
Of — Z
To look — dyvytys’ / shukaty
Myself — Sam / sama
Like this — Tak
Food — Yizha
Water — Voda
Hotel — Gotel’
I like — Meni podobayet’sya
I like this hotel
Meni podobayet’sya tsey gotel’
I want to look at the beach
Ya khochu dyvytysya na pliazh
I want to buy a bottle of water
Ya khochu kupyty sklyanku vody
I do it like this each day
Ya roblyu tse tak kozhnogo dnya
That is the book, and that book is mine
To knyga, i ta knyga moya
I need to understand the problem
Meni potribno zrozumity problemu
From the hotel I have a view of the city
Z gotelyu ya mayu vyd na misto
I can work today
Ya mozhu pratsyuvaty syogodni
I do my homework
Ya roblyu svoyu domashnyu robotu
8
There is / There are — Ye
Family — Sim’ya
Parents — Bat’ky
Why — Chomu
To say — Skazaty
Something — Shchos’
To go — Jty’
Ready — Gotovo
Soon — Skoro
To work — Pratsyuvaty
Who — Khto
Important — Vazhlyvo
I like to be at home with my parents
Meni podobayet’sya buty doma z moimy bat’kamy
I want to know why I must say something important
Ya khochu znaty chomu ya povynen skazaty shchos’ vazhlyve
I am there with him
Ya tam z nym
I am busy, but I need to be ready soon
Ya zanyatyj, ale ya povynen buty gotovyj skoro
I like to work
Meni podobayet’sya pratsyuvaty
Who is there?
Khto tam?
I want to know if they are here, because I want to go outside
Ya khochu znaty yakshcho vony tut, tomu-shcho ya khochu vyjty na zovni
There are seven dolls
Ye sim lyalyok