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.
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Ovochi ta frukty Fruits and vegetables: yabluko apple; hrusha pear; slyva plum; abrykos apricot; apelsyn orange; lymon lemon; chereshnia cherry; vynohrad grapes; polunytsia strawberry; malyna raspberry; kartoplia potatoes; tsybulia onions; morkva carrots; kapusta cabbage; pomidor tomato; ohirok cucumber, gherkin; perets pepper; buriak beetroot; kvasolia beans; kukurudza corn.
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| 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
Timing: 15 minutes
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.
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Now try listening and speaking.
Activity 2: Listen and speak
Timing: 35 minutes
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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Answer
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Taк. Це малина. Tak. Tse malyna.
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Taк. Це буряк.Tak. Tse buriak.
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Taк. Це капуста. Tak. Tse kapusta.
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Taк. Це перець. Tak. Tse perets.
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Taк. Це цибуля. Tak. Tse tsybulia?
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Taк. Це яблуко. Tak. Tse yabluko.
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Taк. Це картопля. Tak. Tse kartoplia.
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Taк. Це морква. Tak. Tse morkva.
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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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Ні. Це морква. Ni. Tse morkva.
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Hi. Це малина. Ni. Tse malyna.
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Hi. Це капуста. Ni. Tse kapusta.
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Hi. Це буряк. Ni. Tse buriak.
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Hi. Це перець. Ni. Tse perets.
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Hi. Це цибуля. Ni. Tse tsybulia.
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Hi. Це яблуко. Ni. Tse yabluko.
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Hi. Це картопля. Ni. Tse kartoplia.
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a.
огірок ohirok
b.
aбрикос abrykos
c.
лимон lymon
d.
перець perets
e.
помідор pomidor
The correct answers are a, d and e.
Answer
The correct answers are:
огірок ohirok (cucumber), перець perets (pepper), помідор pomidor (tomato). There is no абрикос abrykos (apricot) or лимон lymon (lemon).