Ukrainian Grammar

The Ukrainian grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Ukrainian and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: і  [і]	Under: під  [pіd]
Before: до  [do]	After: після  [pіslya]
Inside: всередині  [vsyeryedinі]	Outside: за межами  [za myeʐami]
With: з  [z]	But: але  [alye]
For: для  [dlya]	From: від  [vіd]
To: до  [do]	In: в  [v]

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: що?  [shto?]	Who?: хто?  [khto?]
How?: як?  [yak?]	Why?: чому?  [chomoo?]
Where?: де?  [dye?]

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: ніколи  [nіkoli]	Rarely: рідко  [rіdko]
Sometimes: іноді  [іnodі]	Usually: зазвичай  [zazvichay]
Always: завжди  [zavʐdi]	Very: дуже  [dooʐye]

Most commonly used pronouns in Ukrainian:

I: я  [ya]	You: ви  [vi]
He: він  [vіn]	She: вона  [vona]
We: ми  [mi]	They: вони  [voni]

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: мій  [mіy]	Your: ваш, твій  [vash, tvіy]
His: його  [yoguo]	Her: її  [yiyi]
Our: наш  [nash]	Their: їх  [yikh]

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: я розмовляю англійською  [ya rozmovlyayo angulіysʲkoyo]

You speak French: ви говорите по-французьки  [vi guovoritye po-frantzoozʲki]

He speaks German: він говорить німецькою  [vіn guovoritʲ nіmyetzʲkoyo]

She speaks Italian: вона говорить італійською  [vona guovoritʲ іtalіysʲkoyo]

I visited France: я відвідав францію  [ya vіdvіdav frantzіyo]

I will drink milk: я буду пити молоко  [ya boodoo piti moloko]

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: я вас розумію  [ya vas rozoomіyo]

I don't understand you: я вас не розумію  [ya vas nye rozoomіyo]

I don't speak French: я не говорю по-французьки  [ya nye guovoryo po-frantzoozʲki]

This is my house: це мій будинок  [tzye mіy boodinok]

That restaurant is far: той ресторан далеко  [toy ryestoran dalyeko]

No problem: немає проблем  [nyemaye problyem]

The above Ukrainian grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Ukrainian vocabulary to obtain some popular Ukrainian phrases.