Now that we know all the Ukrainian letters, let’s listen again to some useful phrases from our previous lessons. We will need them for our first dialogue in Ukrainian.

Useful phrases
Let’s see if you can read these phrases on your own. Try to pronounce the words before listening to the audio. Then click “play” and check yourself.
ТАК |
[t a k] |
Yes |
НІ |
[n i] |
No |
ПРИВІТ |
[p r y v i t] |
Hi |
ЯК | СПРАВИ? |
[ya k] | [s p r a v y] |
How (are) | things? |
ДОБРЕ |
[d o b r e] |
Fine |
МЕНЕ | ЗВАТИ | ОЛЯ |
[m e n e] | [z v a t y] | [o l ia] |
I’m | called | Olya |
ЦЕ | МІЙ | ДРУГ |
[ts e] | [m i j] | [d r u gh] |
This (is) | my | friend |
ХТО | ЦЕ? |
[h t o] | [ts e] |
Who (is) | this? |
ЩО | ЦЕ? |
[shch o] | [ts e] |
What (is) | this? |

Dialogue
Are you ready to read your first dialogue in Ukrainian? Here it comes!
Dialogue 1
Привіт! Мене звати Оля.
Hi! My name is Olia.
Привіт! Мене звати Майкл. Як справи, Оля?
Hi! My name is Michael. How are things, Olia?
Добре, дякую.
Fine, thank you.
Оля, хто це?
Olia, who is this?
Це мій друг Петро.
This is my friend Petro.
Привiт, Петро!
Hi, Petro!

More phrases
Let’s continue to review the phrases that we already know.
МОЄ | ХОБІ – | ШАХИ |
[m o ye] | [h o b i] | [sh a h y] |
My | hobby (is) | chess |
ПІЦА | ЧИ | БОРЩ |
[p i ts a] | [ch y] | [b o r shch] |
Pizza | or | borsch |
Я | ОБОЖНЮЮ | ЇСТИ | ФРУКТИ |
[ya] | [o b o zh n iu yu] | [yi s t y] | [f r u k t y] |
I | love | to eat | fruit |
ЯКИЙ | ЧУДОВИЙ | ДЕНЬ! |
[ya k y j] | [ch u d o v y j] | [d e n`] |
What a | wonderful | day! |
ҐУДЗИК |
[g u d z y k] |
button |
Я | НЕ | ЇМ | М’ЯСА |
[ya] | [n e] | [yi m] | [m ya s a] |
I | don’t | eat | meat |

Dialogue
Let’s use these phrases in real life situations. After all, the best part about learning a language is being able to use it.
Dialogue 2
Привіт, Оля! Який чудовий день!
Hi, Olia. What a wonderful day!
Привіт, Майкл! Як справи?
Hi, Michael! How are things?
Добре, дякую. Оля, що це?
Fine, thank you. Olia, what is this?
Це борщ. Я обожнюю їсти борщ.
This is borsch. I love eating borsch.
Борщ? Нi, дякую. Я обожнюю їсти фрукти.
Borsch? No, thank you. I love eating fruit.
Congratulations! If you could read every word from the dialogues above, you can read the whole Ukrainian alphabet. Now it’s time to start with some real lessons. The best way to continue learning is to take our free basic course. It will introduce you to the main grammar concepts of the Ukrainian language and help you grow your vocabulary. Good luck!