Introduction
Welcome to the first week of your Ukrainian course Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture. This week you’ll learn to greet people and other useful phrases for a first conversation.
By the end of this week, you should be able to:
- Introduce yourself and ask somebody’s name in Ukrainian.
- Greet others, say goodbye, thank you and how you are doing.
- Say what is your profession and to ask others about theirs.
- Start to familiarise yourself with the Ukrainian alphabet.

Figure 1: Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine: view of Kyiv city centre and St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery from the Church of St. Sophia, Kyiv.
OpenLearn - Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
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