Ukrainian phrases and Ukrainian words
Ukrainian phrases and words
Here are some simple words and basic common phrases in Ukrainian and Russian for adoptive parents. Since Ukraine is both, Russian and Ukrainian speaking country, your adopted child may speak one or both of these languages, depending on the region of origin and residence. In the East of Ukraine people mostly speak in Russian, while in the West of Ukraine they prefer Ukrainian.
Here are some simple words and basic common phrases in Ukrainian and Russian for adoptive parents. Since Ukraine is both, Russian and Ukrainian speaking country, your adopted child may speak one or both of these languages, depending on the region of origin and residence. In the East of Ukraine people mostly speak in Russian, while in the West of Ukraine they prefer Ukrainian.
| Commonly used words and phrases | ||
|---|---|---|
| English | Russian | Ukrainian |
| Hello, Good day | dobruy den'/zdrastvuite | dobrogo dnya |
| Hi | Privet | Privet |
| Good morning | dobroe utro | dobrogo ranku |
| thank you | spasibo | dyakuy |
| thank you very much | spasibo bolshoie | shyro dyakuy |
| you are welcome | pozhaluista | bud' laska |
| How much does it cost? | skolko eto stoit? | Skilki koshtue? |
| I do not understand Russian, I speak English. | Ya ne ponimau Russkiy, ya govoru na Angliyskom. | - |
| Do you speak English? | Vy govorite na Angliyskom? | Vy rozmovlyaete Angliskou? | Speak with your adopted child |
| English | Russian | Ukrainian |
| We are your mother and father | My tvoi mama i papa | My tvoi mama i tato |
| I am your mother | Ya tvoya mama | Ya tvoya mama |
| I am your father | Ty moi syn | Ty mi syn |
| You are my daughter | Ty moya dochka | Ty moya donechka |
| I love you | Ya lublu tebya | Ya lublu tebe |
| We are going home | My edem domoy | My idemo dodomu |
| Our home is in America | Nash dom v Amerike | Nash dom v Amerike |
| My name is Susan | Memya zovut Susan | Mene zvaty Susan |
| Is everithing OK? | Vse v poriadke? | Use garazd? |
| Yes | Daa | Tak |
| No | Net | Nee |
| Good | Horosho | Dobrie |
| Bad | Ploho | Pogano | Eat |
| English | Russian | Ukrainian |
| Do you want to eat? | Ty hochesh kushat? | Ty hochesh ysty? |
| Do you want a drink? | Ty hochesh peet? | Ty hochesh pyty? |
| water | voda | voda |
| eat | eda | yzha |
| bread | hleb | hleeb |
| sweets | konfety | tsukerky |
| tea | chai | chai |
| toy | igrushka | igrashka |
| meat | myaso | myaso |
| soup | sup | sup |
| potato | kartoshka | kartoplia |
| cake | pirozhenoe | tystechko |
| ice-cream | morozhenoe | morozyvo | During travel |
| English | Russian | Ukrainian |
| This is your bed | Eto tvoya krovat | Tse tvoe lizhko |
| Good night | Spokoinoy nochi | Dobranich |
| We will go home by airplane | My poedem domoi na samolete | My poidemo dodomu na litaku |
| This is your seat | Eto tvoe mesto | Tse tvoe mistse |
| Toilet | tualet | tualet | At home |
| English | Russian | Ukrainian |
| This is | Eto | Tse |
| our | nasha | nasha |
| your | tvoya | tvoya |
| car | mashina | mashina |
| dog | sobaka | sobaka |
| cat | koshka | kishka |
| school | shkola | shkola |
| grandmother | babushka | babushka |
| grandfather | dedushka | dedushka |
| sister | sestra | sestra |
| brother | brat | brat |
| room | komnata | kimnata | Clothes |
| English | Russian | Ukrainian |
| Now we go shopping to buy you clothes | My poidem v magazin i kupim tebe odezhdu | My poidemo do magazynu i kupimo tobee odyag |
| trouses | bruki | bruki |
| skirt | ubka | ubka |
| sweater | sveater | sveter |
| shoes | botinki | chereviky |
| blouse | bluzka | bluzka |
| shirt | rubashka | sorochka |
| jeans | jeensy | jeensy |
| It suits you | Tebe podhodit | Tobi pasue |
| You are so beautiful | Ty takaya krasivaya | Ty taka garna |
| You are so handsome | Ty taky krasivy | Ty taky garny |
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