Ukrainian alphabet
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А а Б б В в Г г Ґ ґ Д д Е е Є є  
Ж ж З з И и І і Ї ї Й й К к Л л
М м Н н О о П п Р р С с Т т У у
Ф ф Х х Ц ц Ч ч Ш ш Щ щ Ю ю Я я
ь '            
Ukrainian letter letter in transcription Information about letters and examples.
А а   a This letter sound always like english A in words - ask, past, task, pass, grass.
Б б   b This letter sound always like english B in words - back, bad, ball.
В в   v This letter sound always like english V in words - victory, view, very.
Г г   g This letter sound always like english G in words - gilt, girl.
Ґ ґ  g This letter sound always like english G in words - game, ganster.
Д д   d This letter sound always like english D in words - dark, day.
Е е   e This letter sound always like english E in words - men, pent, best.
Є є   je This letter sound always like english YE in words - yellow, yes, yesterday.
Ж ж   zh This letter sound always like english S in words - treasure, measure.
З з   z This letter sound always like english Z in words - zone, Zoo, zoom.
И и   y This letter sound always like english very soundless I - in words is, ink, pick.
І і   i This letter sound always like english I - in words is, ink, pick.
Ї ї   ji This letter sound always like english YIE - in word yield, or like YEA - in word yeastry.
Й й   j This letter sound always like english Y - in words yes, yacht, yawn.
К к   k This letter sound always like english K - in words kind, kilo, kiss.
Л л   l This letter sound always like english L - in words little, land, lake.
М м   m This letter sound always like english M - in words little, land, lake.
Н н   n This letter sound always like english N - in words new, no, now.
О о   o This letter sound always like english O - in words not, got, long.
П п   p This letter sound always like english P - in words post, please, pack.
Р р   r This letter sound always like english R - in words reply, rest, rent.
С с   s This letter sound always like english S - in words sent, settle, set.
Т т   t This letter sound always like english T - in words test, table, task.
У у   u This letter sound always like english U - in words put, pull, full.
Ф ф   f This letter sound always like english F - in words far, fat, fault.
Х х   h This letter sound always like english H - in words hotel, hose, hot, but more voiced.
Ц ц   ts This letter sound always like english TS - in word tsetse.
Ч ч   ch This letter sound always like english CH - in words chip, church, change.
Ш ш   sh This letter sound always like english SH - in words shift, shoe, shoot.
Щ щ   sh' This letter sound always like english SH - in words shift, shoe, shoot, but more tender.
Ю ю   ju This letter sound always like english YOU - in words young, you.
Я я   ja This letter sound always like english YA - in words yard, yarn.
ь ' This is not letter, but - symbol. It make preceding consonant more tender.
' ' This is not letter, but - symbol. It make not tender effect between consonant and vowel

I mark an accent in the word by underline symbol. For example - "vikno" - window. See always careful - where is accent and read right!


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