Vocabulary

Work and study

Words for jobs, the office, school and university, lessons and the things you study with, with gender and plural.

Work and study: words and their grammar
UkrainianEnglishGrammarNotes
робо́та work; jobnoun, feminine
plural робо́ти
пра́ця work, labournoun, feminine
plural пра́ці
о́фіс officenoun, masculine
plural о́фіси
працівни́к worker, employeenoun, masculine
plural працівники́
нача́льник boss, managernoun, masculine
plural нача́льники
зу́стріч meetingnoun, feminine
plural зу́стрічі
Feminine, although it ends in a consonant.
учи́тель teachernoun, masculine
plural учителі́
Also вчи́тель: the first letter alternates like the preposition у / в. The stress moves to the ending in the plural.
студе́нт student (male)noun, masculine
plural студе́нти
A woman is студе́нтка.
студе́нтка student (female)noun, feminine
plural студе́нтки
університе́т universitynoun, masculine
plural університе́ти
уро́к lessonnoun, masculine
plural уро́ки
заня́ття class, lesson; activitynoun, neuter
plural заня́ття
The nominative plural looks the same as the singular.
кни́га booknoun, feminine
plural кни́ги
кни́жка booknoun, feminine
plural книжки́
A common everyday word for кни́га. The stress moves to the ending in the plural.
зо́шит exercise book, notebooknoun, masculine
plural зо́шити
ру́чка pen; handlenoun, feminine
plural ру́чки
комп’ю́тер computernoun, masculine
plural комп’ю́тери
телефо́н phonenoun, masculine
plural телефо́ни
працюва́ти to workverb, imperfective
вчи́тися to study, to learnverb, imperfectiveAlso учи́тися: the first letter alternates like the preposition у / в.

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