The following is a short Russian MiniLesson concentrating on the differences between Russian and Ukrainian. Words and phrases below (but not letters) shown in bold have annotation. Just hover your cursor over the text to see the annotation. Interested in really expanding your knowledge of the Ukrainian language? For a deeper learning experience, see these online and study abroad experiences from SRAS!
Lesson on How Russian and Ukrainian Differ
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ะฃะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะธะน ัะทัะบ โ ะพะดะธะฝ ะธะท ะฝะฐะธะฑะพะปะตะต ัะปะฐะฒัะฝัะบะธั ัะทัะบะพะฒ ะฒ ะผะธัะต. ะัะพะผะต ะฃะบัะฐะธะฝั, ะตะณะพ ะผะพะถะฝะพ ััะปััะฐัั ะฒ ัััะฐะฝะฐั ะะฒัะพะฟั, ะะฐะฝะฐะดะต, ะะฒัััะฐะปะธะธ ะธ ะดะฐะถะต ะฒ ะัะฐะทะธะปะธะธ ะธ ะัะณะตะฝัะธะฝะต. ะะตะผะฐะปะพ ะณะพะฒะพัััะธั ะฟะพ-ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะธ ะธ ะฒ ะกะจะ โ ะฝะฐะฟัะธะผะตั, ะฒ ะพะบััะณะต ะัะบ ััะฐัะฐ ะะปะปะธะฝะพะนั, ะณะดะต ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะธะน ะฒั ะพะดะธั ะฒ ัะธัะปะพ ัะฐะผัั ะธัะฟะพะปัะทัะตะผัั ัะทัะบะพะฒ ะธ ะธะผะตะตั ะฟะพะปัะพัะธัะธะฐะปัะฝัะน ััะฐััั.
ะัะปะธ ะฒั ัะถะต ะฝะตะผะฝะพะณะพ ะณะพะฒะพัะธัะต ะฟะพ-ััััะบะธ, ัะพ ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะธะน ัะทัะบ . ะ ะดะตะนััะฒะธัะตะปัะฝะพ โ ั ะดะฒัั ัะทัะบะพะฒ ะตััั ะฝะตะผะฐะปะพ ัั ะพะดััะฒ, ะฝะฐ ะบะฐะถะดะพะผ ะธะท ััะพะฒะฝะตะน ะธั ะพัะณะฐะฝะธะทะฐัะธะธ. ะะฐะฒะฐะนัะต ะฝะตะผะฝะพะณะพ ะฟะพะณะพะฒะพัะธะผ ะบะฐะบ ะพะฑ ััะธั , ัะฐะบ ะธ ะพ , ะบะพัะพััะต ะดะตะปะฐัั ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะธะน ัะทัะบ ัะฝะธะบะฐะปัะฝัะผ ะธ ะธะฝัะตัะตัะฝัะผ ะดะปั ะธะทััะตะฝะธั.
ะะทะฒะตััะฝะพ, ััะพ ะธะทััะตะฝะธะต ัะทัะบะฐ ะฝะฐัะธะฝะฐะตััั ั ะฐะปัะฐะฒะธัะฐ. ะ ััััะบะธะน, ะธ ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะธะน ัะทัะบะธ ะธัะฟะพะปัะทััั ะบะธัะธะปะปะธัะตัะบะธะน ะฐะปัะฐะฒะธั โ ะฝะพ ั ะฝะตะฑะพะปััะธะผะธ ะพัะปะธัะธัะผะธ. ะ ะฟัะธะผะตัั, ะฒ ััััะบะพะผ ัะทัะบะต ะตััั ะฑัะบะฒะฐ ะ, ะฐ ะฒ ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะพะผ ะตะต ะฝะตั, ะฝะพ ะตััั ะฑัะบะฒั า ะธ ะ. ะัะปะธัะฐะตััั ะธ ะฟะพั ะพะถะธั ะฑัะบะฒ โ ัะฐะบ, ะฒ ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะพะผ ะฑัะบะฒะฐ ะ ะฑัะดะตั ัะธัะฐัััั ะบะฐะบ ััััะบะฐั ะซ [y], ะฐ ะดะปั ะฟะตัะตะดะฐัะธ ะทะฒัะบะฐ [i], ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะธะน ัะทัะบ ะธัะฟะพะปัะทัะตั ะปะฐัะธะฝัะบัั ะฑัะบะฒั I. E.g. ะะฝะฝะฐ โ Inna. ะัะต ะพะดะฝะธะผ ะพัะปะธัะธะตะผ ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะพะณะพ ัะทัะบะฐ ะฑัะดะตั ะพััััััะฒะธะต , ะบะพัะพัะฐั ัะฐััะพ ะฟัะพะธัั ะพะดะธั ะฒ ััััะบะพะผ. Cf. ะะบัะฐะฝะฐ โ [Oksana] (ััััะบะธะน), ะะบัะฐะฝะฐ โ [oksana] (ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะธะน). ะ ะทะฝะฐัะธั, ะผะพะถะฝะพ ะฟะธัะฐัั ัะปะพะฒะฐ ัะฐะบ, ะบะฐะบ ัั ะธั ัะปััะธัั.
ะะตะบัะธะบะฐ ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะพะณะพ ัะทัะบะฐ ะพัะตะฝั ะฑะปะธะทะบะฐ ะบ ััััะบะพะน ะธ ะฑะตะปะพััััะบะพะน, ััะพ ัะฐะบะถะต ะผะพะถะตั ะฟะพะผะพัั ะฟัะธ ะพะฑัะตะฝะธะธ ั ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะฐะผะธ. ะะฝะพะณะธะต ัะปะพะฒะฐ ัะพะฒะฟะฐะดะฐัั ัะตะปะธะบะพะผ (ะฝะฐะฟัะธะผะตั, ะฑะฐะฝะบ, ัะฐะด, ะฟะฐัะบ, ะฑัะฐั ะธ ะดั.), ะฐ ะดััะณะธะต โ ะพัะปะธัะฐัััั ะพะดะฝะพะน ะธะปะธ ะฝะตัะบะพะปัะบะธะผะธ ะฑัะบะฒะฐะผะธ (ัะพะบ โ ัiะบ, ัะฒะตะถะธะน โ ัะฒiะถะธะน, ะฒะพะทัะผะธัะต โ ะฒiะทะผiัั).
ะ ะณัะฐะผะผะฐัะธะบะต ะพะฑะพะธั ัะทัะบะพะฒ ัะฐะบะถะต ะผะฝะพะณะพ ะพะฑัะตะณะพ โ ะธ ัะฐะผ, ะธ ัะฐะผ ะธ ะธะทะผะตะฝััััั ะฟะพ ัะพะดะฐะผ, ัะธัะปะฐะผ ะธ ะฟะฐะดะตะถะฐะผ, ะฐ ะดะปั ะตััั ััะธ ะพัะฝะพะฒะฝัั ะฒัะตะผะตะฝะธ โ ะฝะฐััะพััะตะต, ะฟัะพัะตะดัะตะต ะธ ะฑัะดััะตะต. ะะพ ะธ ะทะดะตัั ะผะพะถะฝะพ ะพัะผะตัะธัั ะพัะธะณะธะฝะฐะปัะฝะพััั ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะพะณะพ ัะทัะบะฐ โ ะฒะฐะถะฝัั ัะพะปั ะฒ ะฝะตะผ ะธะณัะฐะตั ัะฐะบ ะฝะฐะทัะฒะฐะตะผัะน ะทะฒะฐัะตะปัะฝัะน (ะฒะพะบะฐัะธะฒ), ะบะพัะพััะน ะฟะพััะธ ะฝะต ัะพั ัะฐะฝะธะปัั ะฒ ััััะบะพะผ. Cf. ะัะธะฒะตั, ะขะพะผ! (ััั.) โ ะัะธะฒiั, ะขะพะผะต! (ัะบั.); ะะฐะบ ัั, ะะถะตะบ? (ััั.) โ ะฏะบ ัะธ, ะะถะตะบั? (ัะบั.) ะะฝัะตัะตัะฝะพ ะธ ัะพ, ััะพ ะฒ ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะพะผ ัะทัะบะต ะฑะพะปััะต ัะพัะผ ะฑัะดััะตะณะพ ะฒัะตะผะตะฝะธ โ ะธั ัะตะปัั ััะธ. Cf. ะฏ ะฟัะพัะธัะฐั ะบะฝะธะณั (ััั.) โ ะฏ ะฟัะพัะธัะฐั ะบะฝะธะณั (ัะบั.), ะฝะพ ะฏ ะฑัะดั ัะธัะฐัั ะบะฝะธะณั (ััั.) โ ะฏ ะฑัะดั ัะธัะฐัะธ ะบะฝะธะณั/ะฏ ัะธัะฐัะธะผั ะบะฝะธะณั (ัะบั.)
ะะฐะถะดัะน ัะทัะบ ะฝะตัะตั ะฒ ัะตะฑะต ะบัะปััััั ะธ ะธััะพัะธั ัะฒะพะตะณะพ ะฝะฐัะพะดะฐ. ะะปะฐะณะพะดะฐัั ััะพะผั, ะฒ ะฝะตะบะพัะพััั ัะปััะฐัั ะผะพะถะฝะพ ะพััะปะตะดะธัั ะธะปะธ ะธั . ะขะฐะบ, ะตัะปะธ ะผั ะฟะพัะผะพััะธะผ ะฝะฐ ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะธะต ะฝะฐะทะฒะฐะฝะธั , ัะพ ะพะฑะฝะฐััะถะธะผ, ััะพ ะพะฝะธ ะพัะปะธัะฐัััั ะพั ัะพะฒัะตะผะตะฝะฝัั ััััะบะธั , ะฝะพ ะฟัะธ ััะพะผ ะพัะตะฝั ะฑะปะธะทะบะธ ะบ ะฟะพะปััะบะธะผ. Cf. ัะตะฒัะฐะปั (ััั.) โ ะััะธะน (ัะบั.) โ Luty (ะฟะพะปััะบ.)
ะะทััะธะฒ ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะธะน, ะฒั ัะผะพะถะตัะต ะฟะพะตะทะดะบะฐะผะธ ะฒ ะะธะตะฒ, ะัะฒะพะฒ, ะะดะตััั ะธ ะดััะณะธะต ะฒะฐะถะฝัะต ะธ ะธะฝัะตัะตัะฝัะต ะณะพัะพะดะฐ ะฃะบัะฐะธะฝั. ะ ะตัะปะธ ะฒั ัะถะต ะทะฝะฐะตัะต ััััะบะธะน, ัะพ ััะพ ะพะฑัะทะฐัะตะปัะฝะพ ะฟะพะผะพะถะตั ะฒะฐะผ ะฒ ะฟัะพัะตััะต.
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Listening Comprehension
2. ะะพ ัะปะพะฒะฐะผ ะฒะตะดััะตะน, ะฒัะต, ะบัะพ ะธะทััะฐะป ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะธะน, ััะธัะฐัั ะธ ะตะณะพโฆ (ะบะฐะบะธะผ?)
ะญะผะพัะธะพะฝะฐะปัะฝัะผ, ะถะธะฒัะผ, ะฟัะธััะฝัะผ ะฝะฐ ัะปัั , ะปะตะณะบะธะผ ะธ ัะธัะผะธัะฝัะผ.ย
3. ะะฐะบะพะน ะฟะพััะดะพะบ ัะปะพะฒ ะฒ ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะพะผ ัะทัะบะต?
ะกะฒะพะฑะพะดะฝัะน.
4. ะกะบะพะปัะบะพ ะฟะฐะดะตะถะตะน ะฒ ัะบัะฐะธะฝัะบะพะผ ัะทัะบะต? ะ ะบะฐะบะพะผ ะฟะฐะดะตะถะต ะฒะตะดััะฐั ัะฐััะบะฐะทัะฒะฐะตั ะพัะดะตะปัะฝะพ?
ะกะตะผั ะฟะฐะดะตะถะตะน. ะะตะดััะฐั ัะฐััะบะฐะทัะฒะฐะตั ะพ ะทะฒะฐัะตะปัะฝะพะผ ะฟะฐะดะตะถะต (ะฒะพะบะฐัะธะฒะต).
5. ะะฐะบัั ะบััะปะฐััั ััะฐะทั ัะฟะพะผะธะฝะฐะตั ะฒะตะดััะฐั ะฒ ะบะพะฝัะต ะฒะธะดะตะพ? ะะฐะบ ะฑั ะฒั ะฟะตัะตะฒะตะปะธ ะตะต ะฝะฐ ัะฒะพะน ัะทัะบ?
ะกะบะพะปัะบะพ ัะทัะบะพะฒ ัั ะทะฝะฐะตัั - ััะพะปัะบะพ ัะฐะท ัั ัะตะปะพะฒะตะบ.
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