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Ya zanyatyj, ale ya povynen buty gotovyj skoro

I like to work

Meni podobayet’sya pratsyuvaty

Who is there?

Khto tam?

I want to know if they are here, because I want to go outside

Ya khochu znaty yakshcho vony tut, tomu-shcho ya khochu vyjty na zovni

There are seven dolls

Ye sim lyalyok

I love — Ya kokhaju

How much — Skil’ky koshtuye

To take — Vzyaty

With me — Zi mnoyu

Instead — Zamist’

Only — Til’ky

When — Koly

I can / Can I — Ya mozhu / Chy ya mozhu?

Or — Chy

Were — Buly

Without me — Bez mene

Fast — Shvydko

Slow — Povil’no

Cold — Kholodno

Inside — Vseredyni/v/u

To eat — Yisty

Hot — Haryachyj

To Drive — Vodyty

How much money do I need to take?

Skil’ky hroshej meni treba vzyaty?

Only when you can

Til’ky koly ty mozhesh

They were without me yesterday

Vony buly bez mene vchora

I need to drive the car very fast or very slowly

Meni potribno vodyty mashynu duzhe shvydko chy duzhe povil’no

It is cold in the library

Kholodno v bibliotetsi

Yes, I like to eat this hot

Tak, meni podobayet’sya yisty tse haryachym

To answer — Vidpovisty

To fly — Litaty

Yours — Tvoye

To travel — Podorozhuvaty

To learn — Navchytysya

Children — Dity

To swim — Plavaty

To practice — Praktykuvaty

To play — Graty

To leave — Zalyshyty

Many/much/a lot — Bagato

I go to — Ya jdu do

First — Pershyj

Time / Times — Raz

I need to answer many questions

Meni treba vidpovisty na bagato pytan’

I want to fly today

Ya khochu litaty syogodni

I need to learn to swim

Meni potribno navchytysya plavaty

I want to leave this here for you, when I go to travel the world

Ya khochu zalyshyty tse tut dlya vas/tebe, koly ya poyidu podorozhuwaty po svitu

Since the first time

Z pershogo razu

The children are yours

Tvoyi dity

I need the books

Meni potribni knygy

Nobody — Nikhto

Against — Proty

Us / we — Nam / my

To visit — Vidvidaty

Mom / Mother — Mama

To give — Davaty

Which — Yakyj

To meet — Zustrity

Someone — Khtos’

Just — Til’ky

To walk — Khodyty

Around — Navkolo

Family — Sim’ya

Than — Nizh

Nothing — Nichogo

Week — Nedilya

Something is better than nothing

Shchos’ krashche nizh nichogo

I am against him

Ya proty nyogo

We go each week to visit my family

My yizdymo kozhnu nedilyu vidvidaty moyu rodynu

I need to give you something

Meni potribno daty tobi shchos’

Do you want to meet someone?

Ty khochesh’ zustrity kogos’?

I am here also on Wednesdays

Ya tut takozh po seredam

You do this everyday?

Ty robysh tse kozhnogo dnia?

You need to walk around the house

Ty povynen khodyty navkolo budynku

*In Ukrainian, tobi / vam are the indirect object pronouns of the pronoun “you,” the person who is actually affected by the action that is being carried out. Vam is the formal and tobi is the informal variant.

I have — U mene ye/ ya mayu

Don’t — Ni

Friend — Drug

To borrow — Pozychyty

To look like — Vyglyadaty yak

Grandfather — Didus’

To want — Khotity

To stay — Zalyshytysya

To continue — Prodovzhyty

Way — Shlyakh (road)/ zasib (method)

That’s why — Os’ chomu

To show — Pokazaty

To prepare — Pidgotuvaty

I am not going — Ya ne idu

How — Yak

Do you want to look like Arnold?

Ty khochesh vyglyadaty yak Arnol’d?

I want to borrow this book for my grandfather

Ya khochu pozychyty tsyu knygu dlya mogo didusya

I want to drive and to continue on this way to my house

Ya khochu yikhaty i prodovzhuvaty na ts’omu shlyakhu do moho budynku

I have a friend, that’s why I want to stay with him in Lviv

U mene je drug, tomu ya khochu zalashytysya z nym u L’vovi

I don’t want to see anyone here

Ya ne khochu nikogo bachyty tut

I need to show you how to prepare breakfast

Meni treba pokazaty vam, yak prygotuvaty snidanok

Why don’t you have the book?

Chomu ty ne mayesh knygy?

I don’t need the car today

Meni ne potribna syogodni mashyna

*In Ukrainian if you use a separate “why,” it will be chomu . “That’s why,” transforms into tomu .

*In Ukrainian, tobi / vam are the indirect object pronouns of the pronoun “you,” the person who is actually affected by the action that is being carried out. Vam is the formal and tobi is the informal variant.

*In Ukrainian, to indicate “way” we use shlyakh or zasib . Shlyakh indicates “road” while zasib indicates “method.”

To remember — Zapam’yataty

Ukrainian — Ukrayins’ky

Number — Nomer

Hour — Godyna

Dark / darkness — Temno / pit’ma

About — Pro

Grandmother — Babusia

Five — P’yat’

Minute / minutes — Khvylyna / khvylyny

More — Bil’she

To think — Dumaty

To do — Robyty

To come — Pryhodyty

To hear — Slukhaty

Last — Ostannij / mynulyj

Language — Movi / mova

I need to remember this number

Meni potribmo zapam’yataty tsey nomer

This is the last hour

Tse ostannya godyna

I want to hear my grandmother speak English today