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Difference between Ukrainian letters Г and Ґ

The most important thing to know about Ukrainian letters Г and Ґ is that they are 2 different letters, they don’t interchange, they are used in different words and their pronunciation is different. Read this article to learn in detail about Ukrainian letters Г and Ґ. Between Ukrainian letters Г and Ґ, the most commonly used one is letter Г. There are much wore words that contain letter Г in the Ukrainian language. Ukrainian letter Г Here are some Ukrainian words that start with letter ‘ Г ‘ Ukrainian words that start with letter Г газ haz noun gas гала́ктика… Read More

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Ivana Kupala in Ukraine – Traditions & Rituals

Ivana Kupala Night in Ukraine — A Mysterious Celebration in Search of Luck Have you ever heard about Ivana Kupala celebrations in Ukraine? Can you picture leaping over flames, fortune-telling, busting out dance moves, taking a dip, making wild guesses, and hunting for a mystical flower that’s pure fiction, all under the moonlight? Sounds like a quest straight out of a fantasy novel, right? But hold onto your hats, because this is how Ukrainians have fun during Ivan Kupala Night – a magical ancient bash cherished for its quirky customs and rituals! What is Ivana Kupala Night? Summer rituals are… Read More

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Most Common Ukrainian words

Ukrainian words that start with letter ‘ А ‘ Ukrainian words that start with letter ‘ Б ‘ Ukrainian words that start with letter ‘ В ‘ Ukrainian words that start with letter ‘ Г ‘ га́вкати verb to bark гальмо́ noun brake гарбу́з noun pumpkin га́рний adjective good гаря́чий adjective hot глухий adjective deaf говори́ти verb to speak го́ді interjection enough, that’s it го́лка noun needle голова́ noun head го́лос noun voice гора́ noun mountain го́стрий adjective sharp готе́ль noun hotel гра́ noun play гро́ші noun (pl) money гуля́ти verb to walk, to wander гусь                            noun goose

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Ukraine Eurovision Teresa Maria Song Translation UA-EN

Teresa & Maria song by Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil presented by Ukraine at Eurovision 2024 Ukraine was presented at Eurovision with the song “Teresa Maria” by Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil Songwriters: Ivan Klymenko / Alyona Savranenko (alyona alyona) / Anton Chilibi / Yana Shemaieva (Jerry Heil) Watch alyona alyona & Jerry Heil perform Teresa & Maria (LIVE) | Ukraine 🇺🇦 at Grand Final Eurovision 2024 in Malmo Learn Ukrainian by listening to the lyrics Teresa & Maria Lyrics Dual Translation Ukrainian to English [Intro: Jerry Heil] OoooooooohДжере-джере-джерелопробива собі шлях.Що би, що би не було,світ на її плечах. OooooooooohSpri-spri-springcarves… Read More

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Easter in Ukraine

Learn Ukrainian traditions related to Easter in Ukraine, or Orthodox Easter celebrations. Preparation for Easter in Ukraine Preparation for Easter begins 1 week before, this week is called Passion Week. Thursday of this week is called “clean” (чистий), it was traditionally devoted to cleaning the house, decorating icons with festive towels, and bathing before sunrise in running water, which supposedly washes away all sins and diseases from a person. On Thursday, women began preparing the main attributes for Easter: ritual bread, pysanky, or painted eggs, and an Easter basket with dishes for consecration in the church. Then followed Good Friday… Read More

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Ukrainian Alphabet

There are 33 letters in the Ukrainian alphabet: – 22 consonants: б, в, г, ґ, д, ж, з, й, к, л, м, н, п, р, с, т, ф, х, ц, ч, ш, щ. The consonant letter й is sometimes called a semivowel, its sound is close to [i]. – 10 vowels: а, е, є, и, і, ї, о, у, ю, я. One letter of the Ukrainian alphabet does not designate any sound on its own. This is a “soft sign” (ь), which softens the previous consonant. The apostrophe (‘) does the opposite, it shows that the preceding consonant should be… Read More

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Ukrainian Language – Its History & Features

Ukrainian Language – History Ukrainian language (українська мова) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family. Ukrainian is close to many other Eastern-European languages (such as Polish, Slovak, Czech, Croatian, Bulgarian etc), therefore if you are already a speaker of those languages you will master Ukrainian much faster. Likewise, Ukrainian will open doors to other Slavic languages for you. Ukrainian has 84% lexical similarity with Belarusian, 70% with Polish, 66% with Slovak, and 62% with Russian. The first written records of the Ukrainian language The first written records of the Ukrainian language date back to 448 AD. At… Read More

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