4.2 Letters я, ю, є and ї

These are four letters in Ukrainian alphabet which also mark vowels. Letter ї always indicates two sounds – [yi]: consonant [y] and vowel [i] – [yi] as in English ‘yeast’.

Letters я, ю and є can mark either two sounds: [ya], [yu] and [ye] – OR one vowel [a], [u] and [e] after so called ‘soft’ consonant.

Activity 11: Listen and repeat

20 minutes

Part 1

Listen and repeat to train your face muscles and get used to pronouncing these sounds.

Audio 29

Transcript

Audio 29 transcript

а – я –а	а – я – я	я – а – я
е – є – е	е – є – є	є – е – є
і – ї – і	і – ї – ї	ї – і – ї
у – ю – у	у – ю – ю	ю – у - ю

Part 2

Audio 30

Transcript

Audio 30 transcript

я – ю – є – ї	я – у – е – и	и – е – и – е
а – ю – є – ї	а – ю – е – и	ї – ї – є – є
я – у – є – ї	я – у – е – і	є – ї – є – ї
я – у – е – ї	я – і – е – ї	е – и – е – и
я – ю – є – і	я – і – е – и	і – и – е – є
а – у – е – і	я – ю – е – и	и – і – ї – є

Answer

You can hear the pronunciation on the recording and there is a written version in the transcript.

Part 3

Audio 31

Transcript

Audio 31 transcript

Let’s read together personal pronouns!

Я, ти, він, вона, воно, ми, ви, вони.

Ya, ty, vin, vona, vono, my, vy, vony.

(I, you (sing.), he, she, it, we, you (pl.), they).

Answer

You can hear the pronunciation on the recording and there is a written version in the transcript.