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Ukrainian Second Edition SIMON & SCHUSTER’S PIMSLEUR ® UKRAINIAN SECOND EDITION READING BOOKLET Travelers should always check with their nation's State Department for current advisories on local conditions before traveling abroad. Graphic Design: Maia Kennedy © and ‰ Recorded Program 2008 Simon & Schuster, Inc. © Reading Booklet 2008 Simon & Schuster, Inc. Pimsleur® is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Mfg. in USA. All rights reserved. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS UKRAINIAN SECOND EDITION VOICES English-Speaking Instructor . Ray Brown Ukrainian-Speaking Instructor. Andriy Lyashchenko Female Ukrainian Speaker. Ludmila Rybak Male Ukrainian Speaker . Andriy Yaremiy COURSE WRITERS Volodymyr Dibrova ◆ Masako D’Auria REVIEWER Larisa Kradinova EDITOR & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Beverly D. Heinle PRODUCER & DIRECTOR Sarah H. McInnis RECORDING ENGINEERS Peter S. Turpin ◆ Kelly Saux Simon & Schuster Studios, Concord, MA iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Reading Lessons Introduction . 1 Ukrainian Cyrillic Alphabet Chart . 4 Lesson One. 6 Lesson Two . 7 Lesson Three . 8 Lesson Four . 9 Lesson Five . 10 Lesson Six . 11 Lesson Seven . 12 Lesson Eight. 13 Lesson Nine . 14 Lesson Ten . 15 Lesson Eleven . 16 Lesson Twelve . 17 Lesson Thirteen . 18 Lesson Fourteen . 19 Lesson Fifteen . 20 Lesson Sixteen . 21 Lesson Seventeen. 22 Lesson Eighteen . 23 Lesson Nineteen. 24 Lesson Twenty . 25 v UKRAINIAN Introduction Ukrainian belongs to the Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It has three, closely-related divisions: • East Slavic: Ukrainian, Belarusian, Rusyn, Russian • West Slavic: Czech, Slovak, Polish • South Slavic: Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian; Macedonian, Bulgarian These are related as well to the Baltic language family (Latvian and Lithuanian). They are less closely related to Germanic and other Indo- European languages. Ukrainian is the mother tongue of more than 50 million people. It is spoken in Ukraine as the official language and is spoken as well in parts of Russia, Byelorus, Poland, and Slovakia. There are Ukrainian language publications in Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Canada, and the United States. There are three major dialects of Ukrainian -- Northwest, Southwest, and East; they are mutually intelligible. This course teaches Standard Ukrainian, the official state language. Modern literary Ukrainian appeared on the world linguistic map at the end of the 18th century UKRAINIAN Introduction (continued) with the publication of the mock-epic poem Enjida, a Ukrainian version of the Aeneid. The use of Ukrainian as a written language was subsequently prohibited and the tsarist government of Russia did not encourage the development of Ukrainian as a separate language. Ukraine was referred to as “Little Russia” and the language as “Little Russian.” Widespread use of Ukrainian as a written language and in education dates only from after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 and the establishment of the Ukrainian SSR in 1922. Written Ukrainian, just like Bulgarian, Bela- rusian, Macedonian, Russian, and Serbian, uses the Cyrillic alphabet, which was developed in the 9th-10th century AD. St. Cyril, a 9th century monk / scholar, along with his brother, St. Methodius, adapted the Greek alphabet to Slavic needs to create the liturgical language “Church Slavonic” (the first Slavic literary language). They also made the first translations of religious texts into Church Slavonic. Later in the 10th century, a new alphabet was invented, which shared a common root with the earlier alphabet of St. Cyril, and which was named Cyrillic. Based mostly on the Greek alphabet, Cyrillic is a phonetic system, with some symbols added (from the Coptic and Hebrew alphabets) or altered to represent sounds unique to the Slavic languages and not found in the Greek alphabet. The 2 UKRAINIAN Introduction (continued) modern Ukrainian alphabet is an adapted version of the Cyrillic alphabet. It has thirty-three letters, three of which are unique to Ukrainian ( ). ї, є, ґ You will need to learn to associate Ukrainian sounds with what is probably for you a new system of symbols. A complete listing of the Cyrillic alphabet and the sounds of its letters follows, starting on page 4. Wherever possible, American English pronunciation equivalents are given, but these equivalents are approximations only. You should use this chart for reference only, as all the information you need to do the readings is contained on the audio. There are twenty Ukrainian reading lessons at the end of the course. You may choose to start the reading lessons after completing Unit 11, once you have become familiar with the Ukrainian sounds, or all together after completing the full program. Feel free to repeat the reading lessons as often as necessary for practice with the Cyrillic alphabet and the sounds it represents. Some of the words and phrases you will read are taught in this course, but most are not. With these lessons you are learning to sound out (“read”) the Cyrillic alphabet. Reading for meaning will follow. 3 UKRAINIAN Ukrainian Cyrillic Alphabet Chart Cyrillic letter Approximate English Sound (capital, small) А а a as in father Б, � b as in bat В, � v as in vodka; w at the end of a word Г, � h as in perhaps �, ґ g as in go Д, � d as in dog Е, � e as in end Є�, є ye as in yes Ж, � zh as in measure З, � z as in zoo И, � sometimes e as in me; sometimes i as in sit І, � ee as in beet Ї, ї yi as in yield no exact equivalent English sound; Й, � sometimes y as in boy К, � k as in kite Л, � l as in lot М, � m as in mall Н, � n as in note О, � o as in lore П, � p as in pet 4 UKRAINIAN Ukrainian Cyrillic Alphabet Chart (continued) Cyrillic letter Approximate English Sound (capital / small) Р, � rolling r С, � s as in sun Т, � t as in toe У, � u as in rule Ф, � f as in foot Х, � breathy-h as in Scottish loch Ц, � ts as in nets Ч, � ch as in chill Ш, � sh as in shut Щ, � shch as in fresh cheese Ю, � u as in union / beauty Я, � ya as in yahoo Ь, � soft sign ' hard sign / apostrophe 5 UKRAINIAN Lesson One 1. �а�а 2. �а� 3. �а�� 4. ��� 5. а��� 6. ��� 7. ��� 8. ��� 9. �a�a 10. �а�а 11. ��� 12. ��� 13. �а� 14. ��� 15. ��а 16. �а�а 17. �а�а 18. ����� 19. ��� 20. Mа�� 6 UKRAINIAN Lesson Two 1. �а� 2. ��а 3. ���� 4. �а�а� 5. ���а� 6. Та�а� 7. ���� 8. ���p� 9. � 10. ��� 11. ��� �а�а 12. �� 13. �� 14. ��p� 15. О�e�а 16. ���а� 17. �а� 18. �а��а 19. �e���� 20. Я��а 7 UKRAINIAN Lesson Three 1. ���а 2. Т��а 3. ��� 4. c����� 5. ���� 6. а�� 7. а����a 8. ��� 9. �� 10. А�����а 11. К���? 12. ���а 13. ���а� 14. �����а 15. ����� 16. ���e�� 17. ������� 18. ���� волосся 19. �� летимо 20. В�������� 8 UKRAINIAN Lesson Four 1. �a�а 2. �a��o 3. ��� 4. ��� 5. ����� 6. ���� 7. ���� 8. ���� 9. ��� 10. ���а 11. ���o���� 12. I��� 13. ї�а 14. ї��� 15. ���� 16. ���� 17. І�а��� 18. ����� 19. �� ����а 20. а����� 9 UKRAINIAN Lesson Five 1. ����� 2. �а�� 3. ������ 4. �� 5. �� 6. Р��а� 7. ����� 8. ���а 9. а�����а��а 10. В��а �� а�����а��а. 11. ��аї�а 12. Ка�а�а 13. ������а� 14. � ������а�i 15. � 16. Я ���. 17. ��� 18. ��а� 19. ������ 20. Я �����. 10 UKRAINIAN Lesson Six 1. О����! 2. �����а 3. ����а 4. Я винна. 5. ���� 6. У��аї�а 7. В� ���аїнка? 8. ���� 9. � мене 10. � �а� 11. Н� � �а�. 12. ���а 13. �а� 14. �а� 15. ����� 16. Л��а 17. ������ 18. Б����� 19. ����а 20. ���� ����а 11 UKRAINIAN Lesson Seven 1. ��а�� 2. Я �e��. 3. ���� 4. ���а 5. ���а 6. ����а 7. Га��а 8. �����а 9. ����а 10. К���а �����а? 11. ��а��� 12. ����� 13. ���� 14. ������а�� 15. ���� 16. ��а ���а 17. ���и�� 18. �и���� ���а 19. ������ 20. С���і� 12 UKRAINIAN Lesson Eight 1. ���а�� 2. ����а 3. ����а 4. ����а�� 5. ����� 6. ��а� 7. Я �� ��а�. 8. З ���? 9. З �а��. 10. З� ��о�. 11. ��������� 12. Д� �а���а. 13. �����а�� 14. ����� 15. ����о�а 16. Я розмовляю. 17. �а�а� 18. К���а �а�а� �����а? 19. ����а��� 20. Я збираюся. 13 UKRAINIAN Lesson Nine 1. ����а 2. �а��а 3. �а�а�� 4. ����� 5. Я розумi�. 6. ����а 7. ��� 8. С���� 9. �����а 10. �а��а��� 11. �а���а 12. � �а���� 13. П����. 14. ����а 15. ����а 16. За�а� шоста �����а. 17. ����� 18. ������� 19. ������ 20. �������я�� �а��и��� 14 UKRAINIAN Lesson Ten 1. �а���� 2. ���� 3. ����а 4. ������ 5. ����� �� 6. Я �����а ��. 7. В� ������. 8. ����� 9. ���� 10. ��� 11. ������ 12. � ������ 13. Г����� “У��аї�а” 14. ���аї����а 15. �������� 16. �������� 17. Д������� ����. 18. ����� 19. ����а �����а 20. �������� 15 UKRAINIAN Lesson Eleven 1. ����� 2. ���� 3. Б��� �а��а. 4. T���� ���а, ���� �а��а. 5. ���� 6. Я �� ����. 7. Я �� ���� ���а. 8. Та� �� ��? 9. ������ 10. ������ 11. ����� 12. ���������� 13. ����а��� 14. �� 15. Ц� О���а. 16. Х��? 17. Х�� ��? 18. ������а 19. �у���� 20. В�� америка����. 16 UKRAINIAN Lesson Twelve 1. �а���� 2. Я �а��. 3. ������� 4. �������а i ������� 5. За�а� �� �������? 6. О ������? 7. О ������. 8. Н�, � ���������. 9. З���а���, ��! 10. ������ 11. Д����� ����! 12. Є����а 13. У �а� є --- 14. У �а� є ����? 15. С������ �i���? 16. У мене є �а���а. 17. ��ає 18. Т� ��ає�? 19. С����� 20. С����� � О���а ���аї���. 17 UKRAINIAN Lesson Thirteen 1. ���ає 2. Її ��� ���ає. 3. В� ������? 4. ����а 5. ���e 6. ������� 7. ����а� 8. �а�а� 9. �а��� 10. ����� 11. ґ��а 12. ґа��� 13. �а��� 14. ����� 15. ��a� 16. Д��� 17. �а�о������ 18. � днем 19. З днем �а�о������! 20. Д� �� ���е��? 18 UKRAINIAN Lesson Fourteen 1. ї�а 2. ���e 3.
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