Practice

Alphabet: the letters

Practise reading the Ukrainian alphabet: letters that look like Latin letters but sound different, и and і, г and ґ, я at the start of a word, щ, the soft sign and the apostrophe.

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What you will practise

Read the letters that trip up English speakers, and tell apart и and і, г and ґ.

Beginner · 9 questions · matching and multiple choice

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Question 1 of 9

These letters look like Latin letters. Match each one to the sound it really stands for.

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Alphabet

The Ukrainian alphabet

All 33 Ukrainian letters with their names, an approximate sound guide and an example word, plus the letters that trip up English readers.

Alphabet

Pronunciation basics

The six Ukrainian vowels, hard and soft consonants, Г and Ґ, В at the end of a syllable, Й, Щ, the apostrophe and voicing, with the mistakes English speakers make most often.

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