2 Fruit and vegetables
Look and listen to names of fruits, vegetables and other food in Ukrainian.
Choose your five favourite fruits or vegetables and learn these first. You can learn the others later.
Table 2: Овочі та фрукти Ovochi ta frukty Fruits and vegetables
| Ukrainian | Transliteration | English translation |
|---|---|---|
| яблуко | yabluko | apple |
| груша | hrusha | pear |
| слива | slyva | plum |
| абрикос | abrykos | apricot |
| апельсин | apelsyn | orange |
| лимон | lymon | lemon |
| черешня | chereshnia | cherry |
| виноград | vynohrad | grapes |
| полуниця | polunytsia | strawberry |
| малина | malyna | raspberry |
| картопля | kartoplia | potato(es) sing.=pl. |
| цибуля | tsybulia | onion(s) sing. = pl. |
| морква | morkva | carrot(s) sing.= pl. |
| капуста | kapusta | cabbage |
| помідор | pomidor | tomato |
| огірок | ohirok | cucumber, gherkin |
| перець | perets | pepper |
| буряк | buriak | beetroot |
| квасоля | kvasolia | beans |
| кукурудза | kukurudza | corn |
Listen to the recording once again. Pause and repeat your favourites several times when you hear them
Activity 1: Learn by matching
Choose the correct name for each image from the dropdown list. Hopefully you can find photos of some of your favourites here. You can skip the ones you don’t need if you wish.
Now try listening and speaking.
Activity 2: Listen and speak
A. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Record your pronunciation and then compare it with the model answer. (To hear the model answer, click ‘Reveal answer.’) Do this as many times as you need to, until you are happy with your response.
Example: You hear Це малина? Tse malyna?
You reply Taк. Це малина. Tak. Tse malyna. Listen out for the difference between the intonation in questions and statements.
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B. Now answer these questions. This time the answer is always no, so you’ll need to reply ‘No, it’s…’ Ні Це
Ni, tse… and then give the correct answer. Record your pronunciation and then compare it with the model answer. Do this as many times as you need to, until you are happy with your response.
You hear the question: Це цибуля? Tse tsybulia?
You reply: Ні. Це морква. Ni. Tse morkva.
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C. What can you see in Figure 2 below? Select all the correct answers from the options below.
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The correct answers are:
огірок ohirok (cucumber), перець perets (pepper), помідор pomidor (tomato). There is no абрикос abrykos (apricot) or лимон lymon (lemon).
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