Practice: politeness

Practise polite Ukrainian: будь ла́ска, дя́кую вам / дя́кую тобі́, ви́бачте and перепро́шую, the ти and ви forms of common requests, and Чи мо́жна …? and Чи не могли́ б ви …?

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Politeness

What you will practise

Say please, thank you and sorry, pick the ти or ви form of a request, and ask politely for permission or help.

Beginner · 9 questions · multiple choice, fill in the blank and matching

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Question 1 of 9

Someone says Дя́кую! to you. How do you reply “You're welcome”?

Будь ла́ска. Дя́кую. Ви́бачте.

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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.

What you will practise

Question 1 of 9

Related lessons

Politeness

Pronouns

The imperative

The dative case

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