How to read the Ukrainian Alphabet. Part II

[@nickloveridge3667]

Дякую Інна!! Дуже добре. I am trying my best to master these sounds and I find your videos very helpful. Still have issues with И, Й,Ш,Щ але I will get there. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦.

[@sleepsmartsmashstress740]

Hello my Canuck buddie. I am fairly good with Russian and now have to quickly acquire some basic Ukrainian to be able to work with the war refugees. You might also prove to be an asset by being able to speak this cool language which Inna tells is easier then Russian Dont fret over pronounciation but as Inna says Russian is harder than Ukrainian

[@SerendipityChild]

Maybe helpful .. although I am also a novice Ш and Щ I think that Ш is the same as the first syllable of the name Charlotte: 'char' saying the r softly. And Щ is as though you insert a 'y' (from yes) sound into the name to make Chyarlotte. 'chyar' saying the r softly

[@leshadalsania9560]

O Canada

[@volodymyrzakolodyazhny]

'Й' can be easy, (IDC) try to reverse word 'boy'.

[@volodymyrzakolodyazhny]

'Щ' really sounds almost as two sillables 'СЧ' or 'ШЧ' / 'sch'.

[@hakeemfares6598]

She is very professional, thanks a lot

[@cho4d]

I don't know if you did this intentionally, but each new word you bring in uses letters that have mostly already been explained. This makes it really fun to try and work out how to pronounce the word before you say it. I get a little jolt of happiness when i get it right!

[@carolwilliams8511]

Same!

[@TheLostBrit]

I really like how you broke the two parts up - I find the first part a lot easier to memorise than the second part, so this was really helpful

[@peternobody]

Practice makes progress. same there. It’s always hard at the beginning.

[@venkatnath5109]

My first video in an attempt to learn a language. You are an excellent teacher by all standards!

[@peppapig1918]

Фарба (paint) sounds very similar to the German word for color: Farbe

[@davidostrowski679]

That's what I thought!

[@alonasychevska2237]

Ukrainian has many other loan words from German: дах (Dach), крейда (Kreude?, chalk), фарба.

[@mirosawcibor6544]

And Polish Farby (y=i)

[@DonDon45-i5h]

Die fahne hoch, die reihen fest geschloßen!

[@katarinaroncevic2475]

@@alonasychevska2237 Kreide

[@yeshua12345]

I am learning to speak Ukrainian and these videos were really helpful, thank you!

[@蒋丙寅]

thank u ,very interesting lesson.

[@caseybrandt980]

Thank you so much! This helped greatly in my pronunciation and memory of the Ukrainian alphabet!

[@Valentyna_kvitka]

In Ukrainian letter щ indeed officially represents a combination of sounds шч and both sounds are always hard (unlike in Russian where the same letter щ represents the unique soft sound щ). So when you see щ in Ukrainian just read it as шч and always hard. The softening of this combination of sounds is typical for Russian speaking people who try to speak Ukrainian. So e.g. площа sounds like плошча and never as площя.

[@Nikelaos_Khristianos]

That's really different to the Polish language, and sounds really uniquely Ukrainian to my ears. By contrast, the sound would be represented by ,,szcz" in Polish and one has to make a "sh" sound immediately followed by a "ch" sound, and it was one of the harder consonant clusters to learn how to pronounce for me. Like in ,,szczęśliwy", I don't think I need to tell you what this word means!

[@pawemilewski8126]

You do realize we are at the ABC level, right?

[@SiarheiSiamashka]

The Belarusian language doesn't even have the letter щ in its alphabet for the same reason. And the words are spelled as "плошча" (płošča) or "шчасьлівы" (ščaślivy).

[@vuhdeem]

Щ has as softer sound than ШЧ.It's like "shch" in English, not szcz in Polish.

[@lebillion_power]

Чудово! Я сам з України, прийшов сюди просто подивитись). Дуже цікаво, як нашу мову вчать) дякую.

[@mikaiharmon727]

Are u ok over there?

[@lebillion_power]

@@mikaiharmon727 sure! Thanks god, my city isn't under occupation now

[@jamesthew800]

You have helped me learn the most of any videos I’ve watched so far. Thank you

[@AsifShaikh-kz1bv]

Thank you so much for your help. You Are Great Teacher In The World.And You Looking So Beautiful.

[@santerihelomaa4417]

Yoo i learnt so much in this 30 mins, I can't believe that you made it so simple 🤗 I can't wait to be fluent in ukrainian soon.

[@aemiliacarolphonetube9749]

I will cheer for you.

[@nandeeshbk7659]

Щиро дякую! 🙏🌹💛💙

[@isaacgovan7072]

I'm learning Ukrainian to try to impress a girl, and you're videos are extremely helpful. Thank you!

[@damonwandebrch2467]

I’m learning for when I go over there for humanitarian work.. and to impress a girl there

[@hide3reptiles365]

@@damonwandebrch2467 😁👌

[@nicolesouza451]

did it work? 😅

[@That_CrazyGuy]

Same here lmao😂

[@drawbridge611]

My breakthrough with pronouncing "Щ" was to say "Khrushchev" over and over (Хрущев) until pronouncing the letter became second nature. It also helped me to think of the letter as "с" followed by "Ш" and pronounce it as if those two letters were glued together. I know doing it this way probably sets off several linguistic alarms, but it worked really well for me, and now I can spit out "Щ" like I'm a native speaker.

[@KenFullman]

I was wracking my brain to come up with a better example and what I came up with was "Fish Shop" vs "Bishop" if these were Ukrainian words (and fish shop was one word) I'd spell "Bishop" as «Вiшoп» But "Fishshop" as «Фiщoп» I think your example is better though. I remember Nikita Khrushchev so it's probably a more accurate pronunciation and seeing his name in the Cirillic script has helped a great deal.

[@shakibabahrami7568]

Дякую 💙💛

[@philippekamoun6541]

Bedankt

[@NicholasKlacsanzkyICM]

Дякую за ваші уроки.

[@dougl409]

Thanks!

[@inTheShed...crafts]

Thank you for sharing. I'm new to speaking Ukraine and this has helped me a lot. In just 1 hour I've managed to understand each letter.

[@kentsaarnaud3354]

Amazing teacher, you where the one who has multivated me to learn Ukrainian, thanks for your amazing teaching tecniques. Bila Tserkva

[@RT69hemicharger]

Very well done and easy to understand explanation. Thank you Inna!

[@dougl409]

Thank you so much, Inna! I just signed up a few weeks ago as a volunteer to help Ukrainian middle school students learn math here in the U.S. I have been working with Duolingo on learning the alphabet but I am so happy to find your site. You are such a good teacher and it is so helpful to watch your mouth as you pronounce the letters so clearly.

[@zorozurowano1890]

Love you from india 🇮🇳🇮🇳Дякую❣️❣️🇺🇦

[@keneseue_4e]

Thank you for explaining it well!!!! I will just practice my pronunciation!!🤗

[@annabelei8889]

Hi! If you want to improve your speaking skills I will be glad to help you)

[@Speaktruthabsolutely2024]

Since Russian invasion of Ukraine, we, in Canada have learned so much about Ukrainian culture. I just feel I have to learn this beautiful language. 💙💛

[@alexgolovchenko3791]

Very well done, Sister! Your English language skills are very, very good. You have helped me very much in brushing up on my Ukrainian Language abilities. Thank You!

[@X0verXDriveX]

This is my second video and my favorite part about this is to figure out how to pronounce the Ukrainian word without any help. There are letters that I haven't seen yet but I got "Фарба" right. You're a great teacher!

[@JohnnyLawBMC]

Another excellent lesson. I will get the book as soon as we arrive, soon.

[@andytosso7460]

Thank you for making these videos!

[@alexandrebrunet4749]

Thanks a lot for these two amazing videos about the Ukrainian alphabet! I've just started learning, and I love it a ton so far! Thank you very much !!

[@dougbagby3493]

Excellent presentation, keeping it slow and concise. Dyakuyou.

[@prakashchaladan2268]

The Best and Clear presentation. Very easy to learn the pronunciation of each letter. Best Wishes Madam!!!!!!!

[@mohammedaminaissou2285]

thank you i learned a lot from you

[@kruschpak420]

So glad to have found your channel, you make it much easier to learn :D

[@gillettecaleb9]

"What is the most difficult letter for you?"....all of them 😂 But seriously, you're a great teacher! Thank you

[@gunningju6107]

Thanks! Im learning Ukrainian language!

[@LisaNH934]

Thank you for these uploads! I am terrible right now...but hope to get better 💙💛

[@nancyd9397]

This and part I are excellent, thank you!!!

[@markshylanski4031]

Great intro to Ukrainian usage of the Cyrillic alphabet. Similar to Russian, except I was very surprised to learn of a reversal of the mapping between letters and sounds for certain pairs of vowels, such as "е" and "э". In a similar twist, it appears that in Ukrainian, the letter "и" makes the preceding consonant hard, while in Russian that character makes the preceding consonant soft. Understanding these differences in how to pronounce the Cyrillic alphabet are essential for someone who has studied Russian to understand how to pronounce the name of the capital, Київ.

[@chevaliercognac8757]

Pointless job, much more useful to learn Russian.

[@HeroManNick132]

In think in Russian having "и" prounounced like "ы" exist too but as the letters "ж, ц, ш" for example "жизни" the first "и" sounds more likely the Ukrainian "и"'

[@leohalivan861]

lol I laughed when you went the same way that my mind did when you described how to pronounce the p in pyka. I'm from Texas and it's almost impossible to never pick up any Spanish at all if you live there. That particular pronunciation is something that's always stuck with me.

[@alatisefrancis6685]

thanks 🙏 for your lesson in Ukrainian language, I really appreciate your effort, I got know about it recently although I speak Russian language fluent but I wanted to move into Ukrainian language now.

[@МихайлоГучок-ц6и]

Hi. I want to help with the letter "щ" on the video incorrectly. this letter sounds like two letters "ш and ч" together)

[@kristinamelnichenko5775]

Дякую! I’m getting ready to take your class now. These videos are amazing!!!

[@Acolis]

i will move to ukraine one day when this war is over. i will help you clean up and rebuild and i hope i can stay and live there with you all. i am learning your language now so i can make friends now

[@Yohann_Rechter_De-Farge]

Дуже дякую 🌸

[@PaperSackSolutions]

Very well teaching skill by madam.

[@gregorymartin8316]

I have learned the Ukrainian alphabet thanks to you. I really appreciate it. Very clear and to the point. I needed to watch them a few times to absorb the material as the alphabet is different from the Latin one. Thanks Inna. Great job. Please stay safe!

[@Kingda2_]

Thank u so much dear♥️♥️

[@dr.amitraushan]

Thanks a lots mam for teaching 👍👍

[@matthiasn.8226]

thanks a lot, It's great to learn, and so motivating

[@erichung8087]

Thanks! God bless Ukraine! Stay safe!

[@SoufProdd]

Дякую

[@eng.mostafaelsheikh1792]

Добрий ранок, Чудово!

[@doc732]

дякую дуже !

[@megan9481]

Дякую Інна привіт з 🇩🇪

[@muhammadasif4695]

So nice of you and useful this vedio for me

[@kairiannah]

Thank you Інна

[@nehapatel3281]

You are best teacher for me to learn Ukrainian alphabet. Thank you

[@viralpandya3236]

Thank you very much

[@vivianembro6030]

Щ is one of the more difficult letters, but with practice, I am sure I will catch on. Дякую

[@huilovtsam_kaput]

Щ = Shch ____________ I believe in you!

[@volodymyrzakolodyazhny]

Try using first wowels from 'ship' and 'chair'.

[@benseac]

I'm learning Polish and am finding that that's been quite helpful at figuring out the pronunciation of some of the these letters.

[@tomasznowak1626]

yes, polish will be helpful. For example ukrainian "и" is just polish "y", like russian "ы". And for example "я" means the same as polish "ja".

[@marthacichon5950]

Thank you so much🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@blairirwin6195]

I struggling with Щ= Sh+ch. Thanks for this teaching.

[@Valentyna_kvitka]

In Ukrainian letter щ indeed officially represents a combination of sounds шч and both sounds are always hard (unlike in Russian where the same letter щ represents the unique soft sound щ). So when you see щ in Ukrainian just read it as шч and always hard. The softening of this combination of sounds is typical for Russian speaking people who try to speak Ukrainian. So e.g. площа sounds like плошча and never as площя.

[@georgesracingcar7701]

I think it’s like the sound you make with a word that ends in -tion, like “colonization.” It’s like the normal sh but your lips are less tight or something.

[@Metencefalon]

@@georgesracingcar7701 There is letter Ш in this word again. Щ is a combination of Ш in colonization and Ч in word cheese. It's exactly the combination, they have to be pronounced together, not like something between Ш and Ч, but like both of them together in this order shch (шч). Fre(sh ch)eese . This is exactly the Щ, you pronounce it clear and hard and it will be just perfect👌.

[@ginakhongsai6333]

Thanks to you ma'am.

[@brianroberts5048]

P is the same as how we pronounce r in Welsh

[@haunter711]

Really helpful; subscriber from Philly.🦅

[@mariodingcong2787]

Thank you for teaching Inna!! I am trying to learn the Ukrainian language.

[@tonysinghbajwa7324]

Thanks so much god bless you 🌹🌹🌹

[@peternobody]

i started learning 4 day ago to show my support on the people.

[@101Intheflesh]

Thank you very much, because all the apps I look at don't teach the alphabet and so you are very helpful,.

[@carmenragsdale1012]

…. Thank you so much for the lesson!!!!

[@jeyd1623]

You are superb mam ❤️ god bless u

[@kendalchen]

My second aha moment with similar words in German and Ukrainian was also фарба and "Farbe," as someone else mentioned. :-o THEN I saw "цукерка," which is so much like "Zucker" in German (and 'sucre' in French). :-o Before it was Люди, which looks like "Leute" for "people". I love the little bridges between languages. Thanks for your content! I found your channel via your Ecolinguist videos. I know a few Ukrainian people and used to teach English to Ukrainians, and I wish I had found this channel before It gives good insights on where people are "coming from" if they speak Ukrainian.

[@irynafedorova2156]

Bravo! And "цукерка" comes from "цукор" which is Sugar :)

[@onlineforms4339]

First i thought Ukrainian is so hard but after your lesson I totally understand that Ukrainian not a hard language it’s too easy .thank you very much

[@KenKobelka]

You are very helpful and beautiful!

[@petereyre4963]

Thanks again, just going have to write all the letters down along with an interpretation of the sounds. Enjoying the challenge.

[@nandeeshbk7659]

Привіт Привіт! Дуже дякую за підтримку!

[@danielleroserussellfan2878]

I'm trying to learn Ukrainian since a few days and your account helps me so well

[@EmmBeeVee]

I'm was also having trouble with this, i found that the sound in the middle of the word onion to be about the same feel.

[@annabelei8889]

Hi, if you want to improve your speaking skills, i’ll be glad to help you

[@juandiegovalverde1982]

In Spanish we pronounce péro, with the stress in the first syllable. We also distinguish between pero and perro.

[@volodymyrzakolodyazhny]

I like hearing Spanish. IDC why it sounds so good and lovely to me. And it seems to me we have almost similar sounds. I mean there isn't strange or impossible sounds/syllables in Spanish for me as Ukrainian (or any other slavik-speaking people).

[@urichj3185]

Inna, I have watched several of your videos and I must say you are the best. I decided to try to learn Ukranian because of a woman I am dating. I know you dislike people like me, but I plan to keep trying to learn your language. My interest in Ukraine started in 2013, when I was working at a jobsite in Connecticut and would eat many meals at a Ukrainian resteraunt. I got to know many Ukranians personally. I met my girlfriend in an online game, and we quickly became friends. Thank you for posting these videos. My progress is painfully slow, but I try every day. I am still working on the alphabet and vowels, and I watch these videos every day. Best of luck to you, it seems you have been through a lot, and I pray for you and Ukrain every day.

[@muhammadasif4695]

Thanks a bunch

[@ivanibarra45]

thank you a lot!, i was looking for learning a new language and this video helped me to decide. My main language is spanish, so aswering your question the most difficult letters for me are ш and щ sound way similiar

[@josuemored]

Igual por acá jajaja, sólo logro diferenciar como una "i" entre la "sh" y la "a" en la letra щ "shia", algo así.

[@jayalexander121]

Дякую! I so hope to visit Ukraine again really soon. It has a very special place in my heart ♥️

[@ukrainian.girl.in.theusa]

Go to Lviv! My favorite city in Ukraine!

[@jayalexander121]

@@ukrainian.girl.in.theusa I have visited! It's a lovely city but I prefer Kyiv))

[@hugoheykers5826]

@@jayalexander121 I've been in Kiyv about 3 weeks ago, only for a few days...loved it very much.

[@johnjoecoleman5745]

Thank you

[@Connor4x4]

Very professional video. Helpful indeed

[@blufffhalo]

I really want to order that book !

[@redensign9975]

👍🇨🇦🇺🇦❤️ Wow, two years before the war started. Your English is okay here. You definitely have a stronger Ukrainian accent then as opposed to now.

[@nnrlopez8479]

Wow what a beautiful host 😍😍😍

[@brendanmulholland2496]

Thank you ❤

[@jimbobhk2009]

I’ve only been studying a short time and already predicted how to say candy before you said it, this is so helpful thanks!

[@reneeolsen1396]

Very nice lesson!💙💛

[@sapphirewolf4122]

I'm so excited to learn Ukrainian! Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone 💙💛 I'm definitely going to order the book you recommended! I hope all is well. Ukraine is in my thoughts every momemt ✌

[@annabelei8889]

Hi! If you want to improve your speaking skills I will be glad to help you)

[@МихайлоГучок-ц6и]

Hi there. I want to help with the letter "щ" this letter sounds like two letters "ш and ч" together)

[@markarnold570]

@@МихайлоГучок-ц6и That is perfect! Finally the best advice on this letter.

[@МихайлоГучок-ц6и]

@@markarnold570 Hello. if something is not clear, ask Ukrainians, they will help also about the letter "щ" it sounds like two "ш and ч" in order, and it is pronounced quickly, so one letter is obtained.

[@jimhay4883]

Enjoying your lessons, I am Scottish and we use the rugged R as in your P so I have got that 1 down, I like your strictness makes me pay attention.

[@mohdiqbal8783]

Thanks

[@anjaschneider5904]

Дякую Інна! I try to learn Ukranian... I'm still struggling with the и ! Stay safe! Слава Україні! Love from Germany!

[@sreeraj8833]

thanks a lot mam

[@oztube9267]

stay strong ukraine 💙💛

[@Geraldine9gezzie]

I have trouble with и and й thank you for the lesson

[@crazycossack6130]

The letter и in this video is not correct, it is Russified. It actually sounds exactly like i in the word skit. This is the ONLY correct way to pronounce the letter. I am a fluent Ukrainian speaker from infancy with highly literate parents born in Ukraine.

[@annabelei8889]

Hi! If you want to improve your speaking skills I will be glad to help you)

[@josephwebster2909]

Привіт Привіт Inna. Дякую ❤