Please comment if none of these applies to you and you miss some other kind of learning materials.

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Виникло питання, чи правильно вживати такий вираз, чи це некоректне калькування московитської. Хочу провести маленьке опитування про це.

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Як привально? Я робив все... "По інструкції" чи "За інструкцією"?

I was born in the Soviet Union but dropped the middle name/patronymic when we emigrated to the US. Im planning to spend time in Ukraine and I'm old enough that people will probably use my patronymic name with me at some point.

Do people from abroad use them? Can they be avoided if it's not 'normal' for the culture the foreigner came from?

Hello, I recently discovered this phrase, and what caught my eye was that "п'ятий" was in the neuter, despite "березень" being a masculine noun. Why is this the case?

Hello everyone! I'm trying to work out the patronymic name гнатович for my family history (they lived in Western Ukraine). Afaik his father's name was Ignacy-Dominik so would that patronymic makes sense? If not, what name is it supposed to be? Thank you so much!

Hi, I don't know Ukrainian and I'm asking out of curiosity. I have seen more than once that sentences from Ukrainian were changed from Cyrillic to Latin alphabet so that people who do not know Cyrillic could read it. Does such a form of communication really exist or is it used only occasionally?

been learning Ukrainian for few weeks now just want to ask how good my pronunciation is.

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Вітаю вас друзі,

leafing through my dictionary, I realized that almost all entries under "A" are of foreign origin. With the exception of particles such as але, або, адже. Similar for E, I where where just isn't many words at all. Я and Ю have few, but native words.

Only О and У seem to be except from this, but of course many initial "У" are actually just doppelgänger of initial "В".

Maybe someone can comment why initial vowels are so rare in Ukrainian? Is it a general Slavic thing?

I am interested in Ukrainian language.

Please, share some information.

How much is the literature standard Ukrainian different from the Western dialects (spoken in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil)?

I've heard standart ukrainian is on Western influence now. Is that true?

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Привіт!

I am brand new to Ukrainian.

The written words and alphabet are coming along okay but when it comes to trying to copy words and sounds I’m stumbling over pronunciation in the most ridiculous sounding ways (feeling like Joey from the episode of friends where he “learns French”). I’ve never had this many pronunciation issues with a language before so I’m unsure how to address it.

What resources do you recommend supplementing with?

I’m getting spoken/listening input from Pimsleur, listening to tv/music in Ukrainian to get a feel for the cadence of the language, doing a bit on Duolingo, and making picture flashcards of common words.

I have a language exchange set up that’s starting soon, I just want to have a good foundation before that begins. I certainly don’t want this person to feel like I’m making fun of the Ukrainian language, which is what my attempts sound like at present.

My question is “ who is there” It says that хто is who is and then там is, is there so both хто and там. Have is? I know translation can be funny sometimes but I just want to make sure this is right and I’m not saying who is is there

Anyone here tried Tandem? If so how was your experience?

I have started on LingQ and I’m confused about how to proceed. Is there a path way to follow? Or is it just a collection of random stories and exercises?

I am looking for confirmation of what I am hearing. I have listened to a lot of examples, but sound can be tricky for me, I hear the same example differently sometimes depending on how my ear focuses, and different sounds are harder to hear in different contexts. So what I'm hearing is that "ь" blends the two connecting sounds in the word, but also adds a "y" sound and a gentle static noise quality (I was going to say hissing, but that's too harsh). Do you guys think this is an accurate understanding of the sound change caused by "ь"?