Ukrainian lesson 1. Learn to read Ukrainian in 25 minutes

My first Ukrainian language lesson! Try to read Ukrainian with me!
I will teach you how to read Ukrainian in 25 minutes.

We will learn how to read Ukrainian letters, which sounds they have, and how to deal with an apostrophe.

00:00 - beginning
00:15 - about the Ukrainian alphabet
01:00 - True friends in the Ukrainian alphabet, letters К О М Е Т А І
05:02 - False friends in the Ukrainian alphabet, letters Р С Н И В У Х
07:11 - Tips on how to pronouns the Ukrainian sound И
09:21 - Strangers in the Ukrainian alphabet, letters Б Г Ґ Д З Л П Ф
14:00 - More strangers, letter Й and iotated vowels Є Ю Я Ї
17:25 - Letters Ж Ц Ч Ш Щ
19:32 - Ukrainian soft sign Ь
19:55 - An apostrophe '
21:14 - Ukrainian affricates ДЖ ДЗ
22:04 - Sound [yo] in Ukrainian, collocations of letters ЙО & ЬО
23:00 - Reading practice. Ukrainian greetings and polite words
24:23 - Reading practice: simple sentences
26:20 - Please subscribe, like, and SHARE 🙏

All the words that we will read are borrowed into the Ukrainian language so you should not only be able to read them but also understand them! But just in case I will give the translations below, so you could check your understanding.

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🔹Translation of the words for reading practice:

mother, atom, tomato, comet, cocoa, whale, comedian

rock, rum, retro, theater, card, rocket, subway (metro)
test, stress, text, space, mask, comics
cinema, note, moment, commentary, number, restaurant
rice, system, Rome, rhyme, son
veteran, Verona, wine, vitamin, Vatican
university, students, tourist, cactus, souvenir
character, Kharkiv, Kherson, hacker

bar, bank, bus, box, ATM, bunker
guitar, meeting (strike), humor, gymnastics, hamburger
Gothenburg, Kalagan, Goethe
radio, radar, Dublin, video, tender
visa, business, crisis, music, casino
leader, lemon, club, dollar, clown, balance
park, passport, problem, group, pilot, port
office, football, photographer, telephone, fact

yoga, yogurt, museum, volleyball, website
Europe, heretic, Egypt, euro, hygiene
Jupiter, surprise, producer, bureau
democracy, Italy, yacht, company
Ukraine, Kyiv, heroism, ideas, privileges

journalist, giraffe, pajamas, Geneva
center, tsunami, tsar, situation, emotion
champion, check, match, Czech Republic, sandwich
chocolate, shock, car (machine), charm, Sweden
borsch

folklore, alcohol, control, film

interview, courier, injection, barrier, object

jeans, jazz, image, budget, manager
ninja, judo

yoga, yogurt / flax, million


Дякую за увагу!
Thanks for your attention!

Kindly,
Nika Minchenko,
Your Ukrainian language teacher