Grammar Reference
Social Ukrainian
Formal greetings
Добрий ранок! / Доброго ранку! “Good morning!”
Добрий день! / Доброго дня! / Добридень! “Good day!” / “Good afternoon!”
Добрий вечір! / Доброго вечора! “Good evening!”
Радий вас бачити! (masc) / Рада вас бачити! (fem) / Раді вас бачити (pl) “I am glad to see you!”
Вітаю вас! “Greetings!”
Informal greetings
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Привіт (Тарасе / Оксано)! “Hello (Taras / Oksana)!” | Як справи? “How are you?”* Як життя? “How is life?”* Що нового? “What is new?”* | Супер, дякую! “Super, thank you!” Добре, дякую! “Good, thank you!” Непогано, дякую! “Not bad, thank you!” Погано. “Bad.” |
* Please be advised that in Ukrainian, unlike English, questions Як справи? Як життя? Що нового? “How are you? How is life? What’s new?” etc., are not part of the greeting. They are personal information questions, which are normally addressed only to familiar interlocutors. They are never used in formal encounters, particularly if the interlocutors are not well acquainted. Also, if you ask such questions, be prepared to listen to your interlocutor’s detailed and sometimes lengthy updates.
Formal goodbyes
До побачення (пане Петре)! “Good bye (Mr. Petro)!
До зустрічі! “See you!”
На все добре! “Good bye [All the best]!”
Гарних / приємних вихідних! “Have a good / nice weekend!”
Добраніч! / На добраніч! “Good night!”
Informal goodbyes
Бувай (Тарасе / Оксано)! “Bye (Taras / Oksana)!”
Па-па (Тарасе / Оксано)! “Bye (Taras / Oksana)!”
До зустрічі! “See you!”
Гарних / приємних вихідних! “Have a good / nice weekend!”
Introductions
Formal
Initiating
Responding
Introducing oneself
- Добрий день! Я Тарас.
“Good afternoon! I am Taras.”
- Приємно познайомитися, я Оксана.
“Nice to meet you. I am Oksana.”
- Добрий день! Мене звати Тарас. А як вас звати?
“Good afternoon! I am Taras. And what is your name?”
- Мене звати Оксана. Дуже приємно.
“I am Oksana. Nice to meet you.”
Introducing others
- Пані Оксано, познайомтеся—це мій колега пан Тарас. Пане Тарасе, це пані Оксана. Вона викладач і працює в університеті.
“Mrs./Ms. Oksana, meet my colleague Mr. Taras. Mr. Taras, this is Mrs./Ms. Oksana. She is an instructor and she works at the university.”
- Дуже приємно. Тарас. “Very nice [to meet you]. [I am] Taras.”
- Приємно. Оксана. “Nice to meet you. [I am] Oksana.”
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Phone Etiquette
Answering the phone
- Алло! “Hello!”
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Personal Information Questions
Яке ваше / твоє прізвище? “What is your last name?”
Яке ваше / твоє ім’я? Як вас звати? “What is your first name?” “What are you called?”
Який ваш / твій номер телефону? “What is your phone number?”
Яка ваша / твоя адреса? “What is your address?”
Яка ваша / твоя електронна адреса? “What is your email?”
Який ваш сімейний стан? “What is your marital status?”
Asking for and Giving Directions
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Staying at a Hotel
Booking a hotel room
Я б хотів/ла замовити номер у готелі. “I would like to book a room in a hotel.”
Які умови є в номері? “What are the amenities in the room?”
А чи є в номері холодильник та інтернет? “Is there a refrigerator and internet in the room?”
А скільки це буде коштувати? “How much will it cost?”
Ви кредитки приймаєте? “Do you accept credit cards?”
Arriving at a hotel
Я замовив / замовила номер у вашому готелі. “I booked a room in your hotel.”
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Talking about Likes and Dislikes
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Invitations
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Narrating a Story
Спочатку, … “First, …”
Тоді … “Then …”
Потім … “Then …”
Після того … “After that …”
Насамкінець, … “Finally, …”
Connecting Sentences into a Story
Також, … “Also, …”
А ще … “Also, …”
До речі, … “By the way, …”
Крім того, … “A, … “Additionally, …”
Хоча … “However”/ Although, …”
Отже … “So/ To sum up, …”
Comparing and Contrasting
i…, i… “Both/in both/at both/with both etc.”:
І в готелі «Історія», і в готелі «Грибова хата» є усі умови. “In both, the hotel History and the hotel Mushroom House there are all amenities.”
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Готель «Історія» великий, а готель «Грибова хата» малий. “The hotel History is big, but the hotel Mushroom House is small.”
Surprise Phrases
Chapter navigation:
- Greetings and Goodbyes
- Introductions
- Phone Etiquette
- Personal Information Questions
- Asking for and Giving Directions
- Asking for the Time
- Shopping for Clothes
- Ordering Food at a Restaurant
- Requests for Small Favours
- Staying at a Hotel
- Asking for and Giving Advice
- Talking about Likes and Dislikes
- Invitations
- Narrating a Story
- Connecting Sentences into a Story
- Comparing and Contrasting
- Surprise Phrases
Greetings and Goodbyes