3.2 Use of apostrophe
Apart from soft sign (ь), Ukrainians have another special sign – apostrophe. It is used before letters я, ю, є and ї. It shows that the previous consonant is ‘hard’ and the next letter (я, ю, є and ї) indicates two sounds: consonant [y] like in English word York and a vowel а, у, е, і.
Activity 5
1. Read, listen and repeat.
Ря – рʼя, рю – рʼю, бя – бʼя, бє – бʼє, пю – пʼю, пя – пʼя, ві – вʼї, вя – вʼя, мя – мʼя, мі – мʼї, фя – фʼя, фє – фʼє.
2. Try reading these words independently, then listen to the audio and repeat.
1) Маріанна – Марʼяна, Дарія – Дарʼя.
2) пюре – компʼютер; свято – здоровʼя; вечеря – Дарʼя; рюкзак – курʼєр.
Well done, if you managed to read most of these words independently!
3. Try reading these words independently, then listen to the audio and repeat.
Пʼять, мʼясо, імʼя, сімʼя, здоровʼя.
Well done, if you managed to read most of these words independently!
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