This Week:
I started to learn the ukrainian alphabet!
I found a super helpful video to watch this week on YouTube called How To Read The Ukrainian Alphabet by Speak Ukrainian. For each letter it would show a picture of it and how to pronounce it. This video was super well done and overall very helpful. It was long and took time to pronounce each letter slowly and clearly while adding examples of a ukrainian word it was used in as well as a comparison to an english word.
I focused on the first half of the alphabet and learned 17 out of 33 letters. This was very difficult as some letters will look the same as english letters but are actually very different.Learning to pronounce the letters was one thing but remembering them was another challenge. I printed a page that had a picture of the letter, with the pronunciation underneath. It is not a great sheet to learn from but works well to help remember. To help me remember I am just referncing the page multiple times a day and saying the alphabet out loud. I only learned half this week so I can really try and focus on the first 17 letters.
Upcoming Weeks:
Next week I am going to finish learning the rest of the alphabet and will hope to be ready enough to share a video with you guys of my progress!
3 Comments
Jordan Puscus
Hey Meghan, good for you for stepping outside your comfort zone and learning a new language. In the past year, I used Duolingo to learn some Spanish, mostly just to keep me off of social media when I’m on my phone and trying to be more productive! It’s interesting that you are starting with the letters, as that makes sense as the foundational first step but is different than what they typically do in those language apps! Good luck with your ongoing journey!
Torrin Chorney
That’s awesome on you wanting to learn Ukrainian. Learning Ukrainian would of been my second choice as I’m half Ukrainian. Id love to learn so i could visit Ukraine and understand them over their and so I could speak some words to my brother. When my brother learned he used Duolingo and now he speaks it really good in my head. Maybe the app can help you like it helped my brother. Excited to see your progress on this.
Jozelle Sumat
This is really awesome that you are learning a new language! I have some Ukrainian co-workers and they would talk in Ukrainian. I would say it is a beautiful language to learn! All the best in learning the language!