![]() ![]() Here we pronounce д and з together as one sound ―. You can hear the /ʒ/ sound that it makes in the English words trea/ʒ/ure, u/ʒ/ual, /ʒ/enre.Īlso, ж is a part of the complex sound , which is pronounced fast (like in J-eans – дж инси, we discussed it earlier) □ĭraw a cross ✖️ and a horizontal line in the middle □ З з The letter Ж is looking fancy in Ukrainian, isn’t it? □ У вас є питання? – Do you have any questions? (= Are there any questions?) ❓ Ж ж The letter Є alone forms the word which means “there is / are”: Ллє – is pouring □ (because of Є, Л is pronounced softly).However, Є causes the consonant before it to soften (remember the soft Д). There are not many words like these, for example: Є is pronounced simply as after the consonants without an apostrophe sign (’).Think of the first sounds in the word yellow □ Є is pronounced as a + combo at the beginning of words and after vowels or apostrophe signs (’).Є is one of the three Ukrainian letters that can be pronounced in two ways (depending on the position): So how is it going? Can you pronounce Ейфелева в ежа fast and easy? □□□ Є є For example, we can make the long sound е-е-е-е… □ when we are hesitating or looking for the right words. However, when E is not stressed, it is more weak therefore, it tends to sound a little closer to И □ (but don’t worry about that too much). You can also listen to the episode of Ukrainian Lessons Podcast about soft consonants in Ukrainian and get more practice there! Е еĮ sounds roughly like the E in the English words pet □, bed □, or the first sounds in energy ⚡️ Try to hear the difference between ерево (hard d) and Інія (soft d), then try to pronounce them! In theory, soft consonants involve your tongue touching the top of your mouth □, while hard consonants usually do not (the tongue is closer to the teeth □). □ What’s the difference between the hard and soft ? and are each a sound of their own (not two sounds, even if there are two letters) □ Let me explain □ Ukrainian letter Д can represent different sounds: □ Ґ is very easy to pronounce: it’s the in go.Ĭompare letters / sounds х, г, ґ in Ukrainian here! Д д Ґорґ ани ― a mountain range in the Carpathians.It is only used in about 30 words, most of which are dialectic. And for this reason… it was banned and forbidden to use during the Soviet times □ Poor Ґ!Īs a result, Ґ came back to independent Ukraine in way fewer words than before. Ґ is a letter only used in the Ukrainian alphabet. You can find more information and practice Г pronunciation in this practical post □ Ґ ґ Listen and compare Г арвард with Harvard! □ Unlike in Russian, Bulgarian, or Serbian, Г in Ukrainian resembles the English sound but with more voice in it □ Soon they’ll start flowing effortlessly! □□□ В вĬoming up… the third letter in the Ukrainian Alphabet – B!Īt first, you might confuse it with Б (Банан – Banana □ )… But with some practice, you will remember it’s pronounced as the first sound in Відео – Video □ Г г ![]() Listen to the recording and say those words out loud. In English, it sounds like the B in Banana □ It may look unfamiliar, but Б has equivalents in many languages. ![]() The second letter in the Ukrainian Alphabet is Б! □ Notice the difference between saying those in English vs. The stressed A (like the first one in Африка) is just slightly louder □ А аĪ is the first letter of the Ukrainian alphabet and it’s super easy to pronounce.Įither in the stressed or unstressed position, А sounds almost the same. Let’s have a look at each of them with examples! Play the videos, listen carefully, and repeat. The Ukrainian alphabet consists of 33 letters. That’s why some Cyrillic (and Ukrainian) letters look like the letters of the Latin alphabet (like English or Spanish) while still having significant differences in writing and pronunciation. The Latin script that we all know also derived from Greek but from another, earlier type – from ancient Rome times, 700 BC. This may be unusual, for many of our readers’ writing systems derived from the Greek uncial script in the 9th century. Ukrainian алфав іт or аб етка (alphabet) is a form of кир илиця – Cyrillic script. Why does the Ukrainian alphabet look so different? □ Recently we’ve put up a video all about the Ukrainian alphabet on our Youtube channel. Do you want to learn the Ukrainian alphabet? Or practice Ukrainian pronunciation? Then the Ukrainian alphabet guide with videos and examples is just right for you! Our full video on Youtube □
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