Ukrainian Nouns

Welcome to the third Ukrainian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Ukrainian to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

potatoes картопля [kartoplya]

tomatoes помідори [pomіdori]

onions цибуля [tziboolya]

carrots морква [morkva]

fruits фрукти [frookti]

apples яблука [yablooka]

bananas банани [banani]

oranges апельсини [apyelʲsini]

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Ukrainian + Pronunciation
do you have milk? [verb + noun] у вас є молоко? [oo vas ye moloko?]
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] у мене є молоко і кава [oo myenye ye moloko і kava]
he has three apples [number + plural noun] він має три яблука [vіn maye tri yablooka]
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] вона має тільки одне яблуко [vona maye tіlʲki odnye yablooko]
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] ми живемо в маленькому будинку [mi ʐivyemo v malyenʲkomoo boodinkoo]
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] мені подобається наш сніданок [myenі podobayetʲsya nash snіdanok]

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread хліб [khlіb]

milk молоко [moloko]

butter вершкове масло [vyershkovye maslo]

cheese сир [sir]

coffee кава [kava]

sandwich бутерброд [bootyerbrod]

meat м'ясо [m'yaso]

chicken курка [koorka]

fish риба [riba]

breakfast сніданок [snіdanok]

lunch обід [obіd]

dinner обід [obіd]

Conversation in Ukrainian

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Ukrainian - Pronunciation
Do you speak (English/ Ukrainian)? ви розмовляєте (англійською мовою/ українською мовою)? [vi rozmovlyayetye (angulіysʲkoyo movoyo/ ookrayinsʲkoyo movoyo)?]
Just a little трохи [trokhi]
I like Ukrainian мені подобається українська мова [myenі podobayetʲsya ookrayinsʲka mova]
Can I practice with you? чи можу я попрактикуватися з вами? [chi moʐoo ya popraktikoovatisya z vami?]
How old are you? скільки вам років? [skіlʲki vam rokіv?]
I'm thirty three years old мені тридцять три роки [myenі tridtzyatʲ tri roki]
It was nice talking to you було приємно з вами поспілкуватися! [boolo priyemno z vami pospіlkoovatisya!]

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