9
I love — Ya kokhaju
How much — Skil’ky koshtuye
To take — Vzyaty
With me — Zi mnoyu
Instead — Zamist’
Only — Til’ky
When — Koly
I can / Can I — Ya mozhu / Chy ya mozhu?
Or — Chy
Were — Buly
Without me — Bez mene
Fast — Shvydko
Slow — Povil’no
Cold — Kholodno
Inside — Vseredyni/v/u
To eat — Yisty
Hot — Haryachyj
To Drive — Vodyty
How much money do I need to take?
Skil’ky hroshej meni treba vzyaty?
Only when you can
Til’ky koly ty mozhesh
They were without me yesterday
Vony buly bez mene vchora
I need to drive the car very fast or very slowly
Meni potribno vodyty mashynu duzhe shvydko chy duzhe povil’no
It is cold in the library
Kholodno v bibliotetsi
Yes, I like to eat this hot
Tak, meni podobayet’sya yisty tse haryachym
10
To answer — Vidpovisty
To fly — Litaty
Yours — Tvoye
To travel — Podorozhuvaty
To learn — Navchytysya
Children — Dity
To swim — Plavaty
To practice — Praktykuvaty
To play — Graty
To leave — Zalyshyty
Many/much/a lot — Bagato
I go to — Ya jdu do
First — Pershyj
Time / Times — Raz
I need to answer many questions
Meni treba vidpovisty na bagato pytan’
I want to fly today
Ya khochu litaty syogodni
I need to learn to swim
Meni potribno navchytysya plavaty
I want to leave this here for you, when I go to travel the world
Ya khochu zalyshyty tse tut dlya vas/tebe, koly ya poyidu podorozhuwaty po svitu
Since the first time
Z pershogo razu
The children are yours
Tvoyi dity
I need the books
Meni potribni knygy
11
Nobody — Nikhto
Against — Proty
Us / we — Nam / my
To visit — Vidvidaty
Mom / Mother — Mama
To give — Davaty
Which — Yakyj
To meet — Zustrity
Someone — Khtos’
Just — Til’ky
To walk — Khodyty
Around — Navkolo
Family — Sim’ya
Than — Nizh
Nothing — Nichogo
Week — Nedilya
Something is better than nothing
Shchos’ krashche nizh nichogo
I am against him
Ya proty nyogo
We go each week to visit my family
My yizdymo kozhnu nedilyu vidvidaty moyu rodynu
I need to give you something
Meni potribno daty tobi shchos’
Do you want to meet someone?
Ty khochesh’ zustrity kogos’?
I am here also on Wednesdays
Ya tut takozh po seredam
You do this everyday?
Ty robysh tse kozhnogo dnia?
You need to walk around the house
Ty povynen khodyty navkolo budynku
*In Ukrainian, tobi / vam are the indirect object pronouns of the pronoun “you,” the person who is actually affected by the action that is being carried out. Vam is the formal and tobi is the informal variant.
12
I have — U mene ye/ ya mayu
Don’t — Ni
Friend — Drug
To borrow — Pozychyty
To look like — Vyglyadaty yak
Grandfather — Didus’
To want — Khotity
To stay — Zalyshytysya
To continue — Prodovzhyty
Way — Shlyakh(road)/ zasib (method)
That’s why — Os’ chomu
To show — Pokazaty
To prepare — Pidgotuvaty
I am not going — Ya ne idu
How — Yak
Do you want to look like Arnold?
Ty khochesh vyglyadaty yak Arnol’d?
I want to borrow this book for my grandfather
Ya khochu pozychyty tsyu knygu dlya mogo didusya
I want to drive and to continue on this way to my house
Ya khochu yikhaty i prodovzhuvaty na ts’omu shlyakhu do moho budynku
I have a friend, that’s why I want to stay with him in Lviv
U mene je drug, tomu ya khochu zalashytysya z nym u L’vovi
I don’t want to see anyone here
Ya ne khochu nikogo bachyty tut
I need to show you how to prepare breakfast
Meni treba pokazaty vam, yak prygotuvaty snidanok
Why don’t you have the book?
Chomu ty ne mayesh knygy?
I don’t need the car today
Meni ne potribna syogodni mashyna
*In Ukrainian if you use a separate “why,” it will be chomu. “That’s why,” transforms into tomu.
*In Ukrainian, tobi / vam are the indirect object pronouns of the pronoun “you,” the person who is actually affected by the action that is being carried out. Vam is the formal and tobi is the informal variant.
*In Ukrainian, to indicate “way” we use shlyakh or zasib. Shlyakh indicates “road” while zasib indicates “method.”
13
To remember — Zapam’yataty
Ukrainian — Ukrayins’ky
Number — Nomer
Hour — Godyna
Dark / darkness — Temno / pit’ma
About — Pro
Grandmother — Babusia
Five — P’yat’
Minute / minutes — Khvylyna / khvylyny