Practice: greetings

Practise Ukrainian greetings and goodbyes, asking how someone is, and choosing between the ти and ви forms, with explanations for every answer.

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Choose a greeting or goodbye that fits the time of day and the person, and ask and answer “How are you?” with the right ти or ви form.

Beginner · 7 questions · multiple choice, matching, fill in the blank and word order

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Which greeting is informal, for friends, family and other people you say ти to?

Приві́т! До́брий день! Віта́ю! До́брий ве́чір!

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Горох — онлайн-бібліотека словників української мови: Словозміна, Тлумачення (goroh.pp.ua)
In Ukrainian. Used for: stress, gender, plurals, aspect and full word forms for the examples, tables and vocabulary lists on every page; the dictionary definitions (СУМ) used for the meanings of ти and ви, the case each preposition takes, and words such as чи, ні and нема́є.. Accessed 29 October 2026.
Горох: Слововживання (типові помилки, суржик і кальки) (goroh.pp.ua)
In Ukrainian. Used for: usage advice from published guides: which Russianisms and calques to avoid in examples, and recommendations such as в Украї́ні rather than на Украї́ні, Котра́ годи́на? for asking the time, and дя́кую with the dative.. Accessed 29 October 2026.
Стандарт державної мови «Український правопис». Офіційне видання (Національна комісія зі стандартів державної мови)
In Ukrainian. Used for: the current official spelling standard: the 33-letter alphabet, г and ґ, the apostrophe, the alternation of у/в, і/й and з/із/зі, writing не and ні-, and capital Ви in letters and documents.. Accessed 29 October 2026.