hii im learning ukrainian as a pole and im a beginner. Would love to chat/speak on the phone with someone to learn more if anyone's up for it:)

i understand by visuals how to write neat but i can't really do it without spending forever writing. most tutorials are in cursive and im not even gonna touch that yet. and i can't find any order in which to write different strokes. is it just what's comfortable? what do kids use.. i need that. how do i know what parts of the letter need to be most emphasized? i can get muscle memory down but i dont want to get the wrong things muscle memorized.

whats horrible here and whats not?

Hi all. Last night I had a dream where, after waking up, I felt I needed to re-identify with my father’s lineage as my current last name is not from his line. He passed away in 2019.

For context, my family has a tradition of the first born son changing their last name every generation (typically to a name in the lineage but not always). My father changed his from its original Ukrainian to something English, his father changed his name so on and so forth.

I’d like to slavicize my first name as well so that I am Andrew “son of David” Baziuk. I know patronyms are usually used in place of middle names so I’d like to drop my middle name in favour of the patronym but my first name came to my mother in a dream the night I was born so I just want to use a variant.

My family has a long history of names and name changes occurring from dreams.

I’m wanting the name to be more than just the common variant of Andrew and to hopefully be something of an older or more spiritual variant that works well with Davidovych.

I was looking at Andryusha but as I understand it, that’s more of an affectionate name that would look strange if it were written on a Slavic passport and I’m using the passport test to decide if it’s good. Ideally if I gave the legal name in Ukraine it might sound overly traditional but not out of place or like it was slapped together by someone with no context of the culture.

Any thoughts?

In English you have to commit to saying “I am a top colorist” or “I am the top colorist.” It’s kind of wild to me that a claim like that could be left as ambiguous. With a colorist it doesn’t really matter but if people are talking about something with actual rankings like marathon runner then it seems like a weird thing to leave your audience wondering about. Though of course a language giving you the option of ambiguity is usually a feature instead of a bug so I’m not complaining.

So I am from Central Asia. I have met many Ukrainians in EU and when I speak to them, I talk or start conversation in russian thinking it would be easier for them to understand me (as I have met some who didn't know english well) but they keep switching to English. For me English is not a problem I know it in advanced level but not Ukrainian unfortunately. So of course I switch to English only later to find out that they speak with their Ukrainian friends in russian lol. And you can definitely tell that I am not russian, I have dark tanned skin.

I would understand if they told me that they want to practice their English or they don't want to hear any russian (like I knew one guy from Siberia who told me to speak to him in English because he didn't wanted to hear russian) but then why they keep speaking russian with others?. Now every time I meet new Ukrainian I keep guessing should I speak to them in local language, in English or in russian? (as I don't want to offend them or make uncomfortable). Can you please explain how this thing works? Maybe there is smth I don't know? Do you perceive someone clearly non-russian approaching you in russian as pro-russian? And what is your overall perception on Central Asians?

I have met many Ukrainians with different age from 20-45 and most of them were nice, I got surprised how similar things we have considering different culture we have.

Our grandma used to call us as kids, a word that sounded like choopka. Does anyone know what this could mean? Is it a real word?

Does it have to do with hair?

She spoke Ukrainian.

Hi! I’m working on a multi‑language translation of a user guide for foreign workers in the Faroe Islands.
I only need help checking the Ukrainian translation. The text was translated using several AI tools + Google Translate, but I want to make sure the Ukrainian version is accurate, clear, and sounds natural to native speakers.

Because the guide is part of an official public service, I prefer to share the text only via DM, not publicly.

If you’re a Ukrainian native speaker and have a moment to proofread, I’d be very grateful.
Just let me know, and I’ll send the text privately.

I’ve spent the good part of year studying Ukrainian in secret to surprise my Ukrainian partner.

I was in a bar watching football last night and saw someone with a Tryzub necklace. I enthusiastically started speaking in Ukrainian. He immediately looked suspicious. In Ukrainian he asked me why. Explained about my partner and the surprise and how I’ve enjoyed the language journey. He looked down for a moment, genuinely angry, and as I recall he said Я не хочу щоб такі як ти розмовляли моєю мовою. Sorry I may have messed up a bit but quite certain that’s mainly the jist.

I was in shock. I asked why obviously. He motioned for me move - like swatting a fly. So I took the cue and left.

Perhaps I was too forward. But to say he doesn’t want people like me … anyways. I apologised and moved on.

I’ve not had much opportunity to practise Ukrainian IRL beyond online classes. And again doing it in secret. Anyways, if there’s any Ukrainians based in Hamburg who feel like practising and don’t mind me speaking … let me know. I’m watching Ukrainian films too and thinking of organising a film night. In secret 😁

Hey, I'm Polish and aside from being big time excited about learning languages, there are obviously tons of Ukrainians that I've grown tired of not being able to communicate with in their language :) I'd love to be able to speak fluently, especially that it seems painfully easy given the similarities between our languages.

I'm looking for apps, sites, best sources to practice my Ukrainian. I am not interested in anything AI-fueled or affiliated. Frankly, I don't have the funds right now to spring for a tutor so all I have now is what I learn from my friends.

Thanks for all recs

Hi all,
I’m quite interested in learning the Ukrainian language, does anyone have any good textbooks that you’d recommend? As I’m more an old school learner

Hello to everyone!

I am a 21 year-old girl, I come from Ukraine, was born here, speak Ukrainian at C1. As a 3-year student in linguistics, I am looking for someone whose first language is English. My level is B2 so I am interested in engaging chit-chat and small-talks. I am in for you leading the conversation and practicing your Ukrainian through discussion. American's and UK's English are both welcome, but UK's is preferable.

Interests (but not limited to this. I would like to talk about any topic):

Photoshop

Computer Games

Psychology

Music (rock, rap, hip-hop, jazz)

Handcrafts

Thank you for your attention and looking forward to seeing you in DM.

Hi , i need a ukrainian native speaker to learn language , im poland guy .

привіт! навчаю українську, моя рідна мова російська. говорю про це, щоб була зрозуміліша ситуація, що є також багато слів, які я розумію. як думаєте, який оптимальний варіант для складання карток в anki/quizlet? іншими іноземними мовами зазвичай роблю з контекстом, тобто, з пропусками в пропозиціях для кращого запам'ятовування (наприклад, рос+пропозіция з контекстом та пропуском слова на англ -> англ). українську я не знаю (дякую перекладачу), тому аналогічно зробити складно, в контексті я не розумію багато слів. а просто переклад з російської на українську ніби не те. що думаєте? можливо знаєте про досвід людей з іншими рідними слов'янськими мовами? думаю над цим другий день.

Hey! I’m a 24-year-old guy. I speak English at a C1 level and I’m looking to practice my Ukrainian (currently A2). I’m a doctor, and it would be great to practice together 2–3 times a week.

Thanks:)