Ви розумієте українські слова? Can you understand Ukrainian words?

When you learn Ukrainian, it is very helpful if you can use your knowledge of other languages to help you understand some of the words. How many of the words in the following slides can you guess or work out?

Words which describe important basic concepts and many of which are present, in one form or another, in a wide range of languages; these words have probably developed from a common “protolanguage”:

БРАТ brother ▪ Bruder СЕСТРА sister ▪ Schwester ▪ sœur ДОЧКА daughter ▪ Tochter ВОВНА wool ▪ Wolle ▪ laine

МОЛОКО milk ▪ Milch СІЛЬ salt ▪ Saltz ▪ sel МЕД mead/honey ▪ Met/Honig ▪ miel ГУСКА goose ▪ Gans

Words which have been borrowed from a variety of other languages:

АМЕРИКА AMERICA КОМП’ЮТЕР COMPUTER ІТАЛІЯ ITALY ПІРАТ PIRATE

ВІСКІ WHISKY ФІЛЬМ FILM СТИЛЬ STYLE ЯМАЙКА JAMAICA

ГРАФІТІ GRAFFITI ЛОГІН LOGIN

Це не складно! It’s not difficult!