Hi, Olga. I just discovered your youtube channel today, so I realize this
is an older video but I have a couple of questions/comments. 1. It sounds
to me like you say your name as "Olia". Why do you write "olga"? Is it my
hearing problem? 2. Can you talk a little more about the sound и in
Ukrainian. How does it compare to short "i" in English? How does it compare
to "y" in Polish, and ы in Russian. I guess I am having trouble catching
the articulation exactly. Thanks.
+Olga Reznikova Hi Olia (can I use that name? :) ) Thanks for your explanation. I'll have to listen to more examples, because I'm still not sure about и. I really appreciate your videos.
+stlev99 No hearing problem)) Olga is full name, but we uased to call by short name - Olia) и sound the same like in English word - pitch, fitch....I don't know exactly Polish "y", but Ukrainian и and Russian ы іs different)
Thanks for your videos. I just got a question. What puckish means my ex
boyfriend used to call me like that but I don't really know how to spell it
in Ukrainian??? I would really like to know more about how relationships
with Ukrainian man's are and why my relationship with him didn't work? He
still say he is waiting for me and he doesn't do anything to be with me but
I know he still like me because when I see him he gets seedy and cold and
nervous. He was in the military at the Ukrainian border with Russia.
Please I need some feedback.
Thanks!!!
+Margarita VelasquezI even don't know what can puckish mean. And something similar, is which sentences he use this word?About relationship, it's very individual. It's not problem with Ukrainian, it's just problem in person. To know why your relation didn't work, I need to know all your story in details, so maybe then I can suggest you something from my experience)))
I can hear difference between х and г clearly. the x sound is very easy for
me to do, because we have it in English, but I have to think about the г
sound. It seems to be a mix between x sound and softly breathed English h
sound.
+Niel Dooley The way how I try to describe it to my American friends is that you can whisper 'x' , breath it out of your throat without using your voice, but 'г' HAS to have a throat sound in addition to breathing air out. You cannot whisper it. Kind of like the difference between 'd' and 't' sound. You will fully hear 't' sound if whispered, or if the voice is not used at all, but 'd' HAS to have some voice added to 't' to sound like 'd'.
+Alexandra Maria Brici The way how I describe the difference to my American friends is that you can whisper 'x' , breath it out of your throat without using your voice, but 'г' HAS to have a throat sound in addition to breathing air out. You cannot whisper it. Kind of like the difference between 'd' and 't' sound. You will fully hear 't' sound if whispered, or if the voice is not used at all, but 'd' HAS to have some voice added to 't' to sound like 'd'.
+Alexandra Maria Brici it is simply. "H" is pronoced without vocal cords, and 'G' in the same way but with vocal cords. It is difficult to understand for native speakers that these usualy different sounds have only one simple differenсe. )
I don't tell you any more, because you will not want to see my movie about churches)))Actually, we have a lot of christian branches here in Ukraine, but Catholic and Orthodox is the biggest one.Also we have Pentacostals, Mormons... We have mormon temple here one to all East Europe. Also there is Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses and Baptists. And maybe some others, I need to see officcial statistic.And it's only about christians.
You know it is interesting. So many online friends I've made in Ukraine and Russia say they don't go to church. Church is a thing of the past. It is not that way here in the U.S.A. I was brought up to go to church, and we have beautiful Ukrainian churches here in the Washington DC area and where I'm originally from near the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania area.
Very cool!:) looking forward to the video about churches in Ukraine:)) I am part of a Facebook group about 1 million people around the world in support of Ukraine's freedom. Have you thought about doing videos on the war or Kieven Rus?
+Olga Reznikova yes, ukrainetrek.com says Boyko can be a first name: "Ukrainian ethnic group name turned surname turned forename. It started with a group of Ukrainian montagnards of the Carpathian highlands; it is from this ethnic group that the surname derived which turned to forename."
Very interesting that your grandfather had a boyko surname. Was his surname "Boyko" or a different name? Because I've been reading that "Boyko" can be a Ukrainian first name.
We use church, why not?) We just have to use register office to make our marriage officcial, but if you believe in God and want to use church - you are welcome.I know that in West Ukraine maybe 90% marriage is in church. (West Ukraine is mostly catholic).And in other part of Ukraine it depends from people)
Surname is the last name. Haha! Very interesting to know:) Thank you for looking this up and giving me the information. I am going to some Ukrainian Heritage Festivals this summer in New York to trace my ancestors:) also why do people in Ukraine not use the church for weddings anymore? I am going to a Ukrainian Orthodox church in Silver Spring Maryland here in the United States.
Is in English name and surname the same? It confused me)))It's surname and yes, maybe mostly it's western. But in Soviet Union people moved a lot in the country, so now I think you can find this surname everywhere in Ukraine)
So here is your surname list)))//vk.com/id116785011//vk.com/id148395808https://www.facebook.com/tgargaihttps://www.facebook.com/hritina.gargajhttps://www.facebook.com/diana.gargai
And can be more, more and more... I just think it's name, not surname)
I know of a Harhai family in Clifton New Jersey who says their ancestors are from western Ukraine and some Harhaj's in Canada who say they are proud Ukrainians.
+Lolozzz1990 Ya vyvchayu ukrainsku movu. Next year we're going to marry in ukrainian village style. We already had catholic marriage in Poland. Mij Andriusha govorit duzhe dobre po polskoyu. Ya vyvchala vzhe rosjsku movu.
+Lolozzz1990 Znayesh? When I started to date my husband I said him: I have to tell you something important: Ya tebe kohayu! Two years before I made ukrainian friends at Taizé meeting in Rome, Italy and they taught me how to say I love you in ukrainian and never have I thought I would have fallen in love with an ukrainian guy. Never have I dremt to marry an ukrainian guy. ANDRIYUSHA YA TEBE KOHAYU!
i guess u speak mix Russia Ukraine most of the people in Ukraine speak like
that special in West of Ukraine.
The original Ukraine mainly use in government, Events and official Speeches
I am planning to develop my Ukrainian language this summer and your videos
are very helpful so thank you :) I wanted to ask can you tell me please is
there a Ukrainian equivalent to the Russian в конце концов? Or something
which means eventually/finally/in the end of the end?
+C1929 thank you :) eventually/finally.... etc. will be нарешті (narEshti) in Ukrainian, hope this helps xx
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