Ukrainian Adjectives

Welcome to the second Ukrainian lesson about adjectives. This time we will first learn about colors, followed by grammar rules, then weather expressions, finally a conversation in Ukrainian to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

black чорний [chorniy]

grey сірий [sіriy]

white білий [bіliy]

blue синій [sinіy]

green зелений [zyelyeniy]

yellow жовтий [ʐovtiy]

red червоний [chyervoniy]

brown коричневий [korichnyeviy]

Adjectives Grammar Rules

In general adjectives are words which describe or modify another person or object in a given sentence. For example: a beautiful flower the adjective is [beautiful] because it describes the noun [flower]. The following examples use adjectives in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar Rules - Ukrainian + Pronunciation
my house is white [noun + adjective] мій будинок білий [mіy boodinok bіliy]
your country is big [noun + adjective] ваша країна велика [vasha krayina vyelika]
new books are expensive [plural + adjective] нові книги дорогі [novі knigui doroguі]
we are happy here [pronoun + verb + adjective] ми щасливі тут [mi shtaslivі toot]
she has three small dogs [adjective + plural] вона має троє маленьких собак [vona maye troye malyenʲkikh sobak]
this language is very easy [adverb + adjective] ця мова дуже легка [tzya mova dooʐye lyeguka]
I have a small green house [adjective + adjective] я маю невеликий зелений будинок [ya mayo nyevyelikiy zyelyeniy boodinok]

We're not done yet! The following is a list of more adjectives for you, often used when referring to weather conditions. I think it would be wise to memorize them.

cold холодний [kholodniy]

hot гарячий [guaryachiy]

cloudy хмарний [khmarniy]

rainy дощовий [doshtoviy]

snowy сніжний [snіʐniy]

sunny сонячний [sonyachniy]

windy вітряний [vіtryaniy]

warm теплий [tyepliy]

Conversation in Ukrainian

Now we finally reach the most exciting part, the practice of the daily expressions used in almost every conversation. I recommend memorizing these phrases, because you will need them for sure.

English - Ukrainian - Pronunciation
hi привіт! [privіt!]
how are you? як справи? [yak spravi?]
I'm good, thank you у мене все гаразд, дякую! [oo myenye vsye guarazd, dyakooyo!]
and you? а ви? [a vi?]
what is your name? як вас звати? [yak vas zvati?]
my name is Maya мене звуть майя [myenye zvootʲ mayya]
nice to meet you приємно познайомитись! [priyemno poznayomitisʲ!]

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