And here it comes, the last episode of the Ukrainian Lessons Podcast series for Beginners. This special lesson is a Q&A – Запитання та відповіді with your вчителька української Анна. You asked запитання about Ukraine, Ukrainian language and culture, here are the answers – відповіді!

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In this Ukrainian Lesson you will:

• first, listen to the question asked by the ULP listeners from different countries;
• second, get Anna’s answer in simple Ukrainian;
• third, listen to the answers for the second time with more explanations of the new vocabulary in English;
• discover some interesting facts about Ukrainian food, music, culture, and language;
• get to know the exciting news about Anna!

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• Full transcript & translation of both questions and answers;
• Bonus Exercises to practice the vocabulary and grammar featured in the last 10 episodes;
• Vocabulary List: all the new words and phrases from the Q&A session.

It’s the episode #39, the penultimate lesson of our Podcast for the beginners. As before, it features a conversation in Ukrainian with simple questions and a bit more challenging answers. Get prepared to meet Ukrainians with us!

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In this Ukrainian Lesson you will:

• listen to the last conversation in Ukrainian with one more member of the same family;
• challenge yourself with 6 questions to understand the conversation;
• get your teacher Anna’s explanations about the new words, phrases, and some grammar points used;
• practice making full answers to the questions;
• learn more about the Soviet past of Ukraine!

Transcript, Vocabulary Lists and Flashcards!

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• Full transcript & translation of the interview;
• Listening & writing task: answer to the questions about Natalya (with answers);
• Bonus Exercise to practice translating to Ukrainian using the words from this interview;
• Vocabulary List: all the new words and phrases from the lesson and interview.

This third interview with Ukrainian has similar questions to the previous two. However, this time the conversation is formal, so you can practice talking to Ukrainians who are much older than you or who you meet for the first time.

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In this Ukrainian Lesson you will:

• listen to one more real interview with Ukrainian;
• challenge yourself with 6 questions to understand the conversation;
• get your teacher Anna’s explanations about the new words, phrases, and some grammar points used;
• practice making full answers to the questions;
• learn more about the administrative division of Ukraine!

Transcript, Vocabulary Lists and Flashcards!

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• Full transcript & translation of the interview;
• Listening & writing task: answer to the questions about Oleksandr (with answers);
• Bonus Exercise to practice translating to Ukrainian using the words from this interview;
• Vocabulary List: all the new words and phrases from the lesson and interview.

This is the second episode of the series of the ULP interviews – simple Ukrainian conversations. In this lesson, meet with a young girl Dasha giving us some facts about her life. Listen and answer: Даша вчиться чи працює?

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In this Ukrainian Lesson you will:

• listen to one more interview from the series of simple Ukrainian conversations;
• challenge yourself with 6 questions about understanding the dialogue;
• get your teacher Anna’s explanations about the new words, phrases, and some grammar points used;
• practice making full answers to the questions;
• learn more about the celebrations of Easter in Ukraine!

Transcript, Vocabulary Lists and Flashcards!

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• Full transcript & translation of the interview;
• Listening & writing task: answer to the questions about Dasha (with answers);
• Bonus Exercise to practice putting the words together in the correct order;
• Vocabulary List: all the new words and phrases from the lesson and interview.

With this ULP episode, we start a special series of interviews – real dialogues in Ukrainian!

Step 1. Listen to Anna’s conversation with Bogdana and challenge yourself with the understanding questions. 

Step 2. Your teacher will explain to you the new words and grammar points.

Step 3. Listen again to check if you get everything!

Finally, don’t forget to let us know if you like this style in the comments below.

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In this Ukrainian Lesson you will:

• listen to one of the real dialogues in Ukrainian;
• challenge yourself with 6 questions about understanding the dialogue;
• get your teacher Anna’s explanations about the new words, phrases, and some grammar points used;
• practice making full answers to the questions;
• learn more about the school system in Ukraine!

Transcript, Vocabulary Lists and Flashcards!

Become Ukrainian Lessons Premium member and get access to this lesson’s PDF Notes which include:

• Full transcript & translation of the interview;
• Listening & writing task: answer to the questions about Bogdana (with answers);
• Bonus Exercise to practice translating to Ukrainian using the words from the lesson;
• Vocabulary List: all the new words and phrases from the interview.

This is one of our Pronunciation Trainer Episodes! Learn and practice different types of intonation in Ukrainian, specifically the question intonation. Then, learn or review with Anna all the question words in Ukrainian with the simple examples to get ready for the next special episodes of the Ukrainian Lessons Podcast…

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In this Ukrainian Lesson you will:

• learn more about the intonation in Ukrainian;
• practice distinguish narrative and question intonation with a short exercise;
• learn all the question words in Ukrainian and listen to the example of their use;
• practice making up questions for the given answers;
• discover top 5 questions Ukrainians look up in Google!

Transcript, Vocabulary Lists and Flashcards!

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• Examples of using the verb ‘to ask’ as imperfective and perfective;
• A full table of all question words in Ukrainian with common examples;
• Bonus Exercise to practice using different kinds of questions in Ukrainian;
• Vocabulary List: all the words and phrases from the lesson;
• Bonus Vocabulary List: more question-answer related words.

In this episode of the Ukrainian Lessons Podcast, learn the difference between imperfective and perfective verbs in Ukrainian. Listen to the conversation about the movies in Ukraine to put it in context!

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In this Ukrainian Lesson you will:

• listen to the phone conversation between Anna and her friend Zhenya;
• get some great basic phrases to discuss movies in Ukrainian;
• learn about the perfective verbs in Ukrainian and how to use them;
• discover the preposition to use to say in 30 min, in 1 week, etc.;
• get Anna’s opinion about Ukrainian movies.

Here is our list of 7 great Ukrainian movies and watch them online.

Transcript, Vocabulary Lists and Flashcards!

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• Transcript and translation of the dialogue;
• Detailed explanations of the points covered;
• Bonus Exercise to practice using the perfective verbs in Ukrainian;
• Vocabulary List: all the words and phrases from the lesson;
• Bonus Vocabulary List: 8 more common Ukrainian verbs with their perfective forms.

Listen to the phone conversation about books in Ukrainian, discover the forms of the Accusative case of people and some facts about the Ukrainian literature. All this and more in the new episode of the Ukrainian Lessons Podcast. Enjoy!

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In this Ukrainian Lesson you will:

• listen to the phone conversation between Anna and her friend Ivanka;
• learn new basic phrases to discuss books in Ukrainian;
• get to know more about the usage of the Accusative case in Ukrainian with the preposition про;
• learn how to form and use the Accusative case of people in Ukrainian;
• learn about Тарас Шевченко – Ukrainian #1 writer and poet!

Transcript, Vocabulary Lists and Flashcards!

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• Transcript and translation of the dialogue;
• Detailed explanations of the points covered;
• Bonus Exercise to practice the Accusative case in Ukrainian;
• Vocabulary List: all the words and phrases from the lesson;
• Bonus Vocabulary List: more literature related vocabulary in Ukrainian.

We go shopping again! This time Olesia is looking for some clothes to buy. Listen to the dialogue and then learn in context how to form and use the Accusative case in Ukrainian – Знахідний відмінок.

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In this Ukrainian Lesson you will:

• listen to the conversation between a shop assistant and Olesia as a customer;
• learn the names of different kinds of clothes Ukrainian;
• discover more great phrases for clothes shopping in Ukrainian;
• learn how to form and use the Accusative case in Ukrainian (objects);
• discover the authentic ways Ukrainians shop for clothes!

For more shopping vocabulary, check out our infographics with the clothes in Ukrainian.

Transcript, Vocabulary Lists and Flashcards!

Become Ukrainian Lessons Premium member and get access to this lesson’s PDF Notes which include:

• Transcript and translation of the dialogue;
• Detailed explanations of the points covered;
• Bonus Exercise to practice the Accusative case in Ukrainian;
• Vocabulary List: all the words and phrases from the lesson;
• Bonus Vocabulary List: more names of clothes in Ukrainian.

In this lesson, get ready for some shoes shopping in Ukrainian! Listen to the dialogue in a store in Ukraine, then learn & practice the essential phrases for shopping in Ukrainian.

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In this Ukrainian Lesson you will:

• listen to the conversation between a shop assistant and Anna as a customer;
• learn the names of different kinds of shoes in Ukrainian;
• discover the important phrases for doing shopping in Ukrainian;
• practice with an improvised dialogue! (Anna is a shop assistant, you are a customer);
• get to know a special kind of shopping mall in the post Soviet countries
• learn the place to find best Ukrainian brands in Kyiv!

For more shopping vocabulary, check out our infographics with the clothes in Ukrainian.

Transcript, Vocabulary Lists and Flashcards!

Become Ukrainian Lessons Premium member and get access to this lesson’s PDF Notes which include:

• Transcript and translation of the dialogue;
• Detailed explanations of the points covered;
• Bonus Exercise to practice doing shopping in Ukrainian;
• Vocabulary List: all the words and phrases from the lesson;
• Bonus Vocabulary List: more names of shoes in Ukrainian.