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Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
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7.1 New consonants and old friends

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Read and listen to the sounds in the table below and repeat.

Table 44.1 Table 9: Ukrainian consonants
Ба – аб бо – об бу – уб бе – еб би – иб бі – іб
ва – ав во – ов ву – ув ве – ев ви – ив ві – ів
га – аг го – ог гу – уг ге – ег ги – иг гі – іг
ґа – аґ оґ – ґо ґу – уґ ґе – еґ ґи – иґ ґі – іґ
да – ад до – од ду – уд де – ед ди – ид ді – ід
жа – аж жо - ож жу – уж же – еж жи – иж жі – іж
за – аз зо – оз зу – уз зе – ез зи – из зі – із
й – і йо – ой ю – уй є – ей и – ий ї – ій
ка – ак ко – ок ку – ук ке – ек ки – ик кі – ік
ла – ал ло – ол лу – ул ле – ел ли – ил лі – іл
ма – ам мо – ом му – ум ме – ем ми – им мі – ім
на – ан но – он ну – ун не – ен ни – ин ні – ін

Activity 44.1 Activity 6: Read and listen again

Timing: 15 minutes

Read and listen again. Find 2 letters in the table which are ‘false friends’

Answer

в looks like a capital B in English, but is pronounced v.

н looks like a capital H in English but is pronounced n.

Now find 2 letters in the table which are ‘true friends.’

Answer

к and м both look and sound like their English equivalents.