3 Food and drink
Look and listen to names of other foods in Ukrainian.
Choose the five most important ones for you and learn these first. You can learn the others later.
Table 3: More key language for food and drink
| Ukrainian | Transliteration | English translation |
|---|---|---|
| молоко | moloko | milk |
| масло | maslo | butter |
| сир | syr | cheese |
| сметана | smetana | sour cream |
| йогурт | yohurt | yogurt |
| ковбаса | kovbasa | sausage |
| мʼясо | miaso - pronounced like ‘m-yaso’ | meat |
| риба | ryba | fish |
| макарони | makarony | pasta |
| рис | rys | rice |
| олія | oliia | oil |
| яйце | yaitse | egg |
| цукор | tsukor | sugar |
| сіль | sil | salt |
| хліб | khlib | bread |
| цукерка | tsukerka | sweet |
| печиво | pechyvo | biscuit |
| торт | tort | cake |
| морозиво | morozyvo | ice-cream |
| шоколад | shokolad | chocolate |
| вода | voda | water |
| чай | chai | tea |
| кава | kava | coffee |
| сік | sik | juice |
Audio 36
Listen to the recording once again. Pause and repeat your most important words several times when you hear them.
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