I have a dumb question: would you suggest learning the alphabet first or just go straight to learning words/sentence structure/grammar? My husband is from Ukraine and I would love to actually be able to speak to his family.
Of course, it's worth learning. Because in that case, you'll be able to continue learning to read, and progress will be much faster than learning everything simply "by ear."
It took me about 6 months to finally get it automatic in my head, and I still struggle with words that have more than about 6 characters, but just getting to the sounding-stuff-out stage was super quick.
Of course, my study has not been disciplined. I am sure it can be done faster.
I am a native English speaker studying Ukrainian on my own. Learning the alphabet first in order to know the proper pronunciation of words is essential. I used a child's Ukrainian alphabet book which was very easy to understand.
Alphabet. In my eyes it's nearly impossible to remember words by how they look without being actually able to read them if this is what you meant, I hope I didn't misunderstand you.
I learned the alphabet first, it was fairly quick, it is much diffrent from learning say Arabic because both Latin and Cryllic come from Greek. I would take the time to learn the alphabet first, what I did to internalize it before I knew anything in the langauge itself was:
*at the start for these I had the alphabets transliteration in front of me, but I used it only when I absolutely needed to, but quickly I did these without it
-I wrote random names of people I knew
-I wrote english sentences in cryllic
-the only thing I can actually recommend duolingo for is learning the alphabet (but no criticism for using it, it just doesn't work well for me)
I quickly learned cursive aswell, as that is how most Ukrainians hand write
I would advise taking a language course where it is structured in the most effective way, so you don't have to guess 🙃 iirc alphabet is always the first thing to learn
It's all about your goal. If you never expect to have to read or write Ukrainian, and you're just expecting family conversation, the alphabet can be delayed somewhat (but not neglected).
If you want to really know the language, learn the alphabet up front. It will help with understanding declensions, conjugations, pronunciation, and more.
If you are going to read, then obviously you need the alphabet. But you can start learning language by focusing only on listening and speaking, and then move on to other aspects. Just like babies learn languages.
Of course, it's worth learning. Because in that case, you'll be able to continue learning to read, and progress will be much faster than learning everything simply "by ear."
The alphabet isn't difficult. You can learn it very quickly.
It took me about 6 months to finally get it automatic in my head, and I still struggle with words that have more than about 6 characters, but just getting to the sounding-stuff-out stage was super quick.
Of course, my study has not been disciplined. I am sure it can be done faster.
Letters first it really helps while leaning root words!
Alphabet
Maybe 3 hours to one day, and you'll know the alphabet reasonably well.
Without knowing the alphabet, you'll make almost no progress in the language. So just do it!
You can learn the basics while you learn the Alphabet. Were you just going to learn by mimicking words?
I am a native English speaker studying Ukrainian on my own. Learning the alphabet first in order to know the proper pronunciation of words is essential. I used a child's Ukrainian alphabet book which was very easy to understand.
Alphabet. In my eyes it's nearly impossible to remember words by how they look without being actually able to read them if this is what you meant, I hope I didn't misunderstand you.
Alphabet -> pronunciation rules -> reading -> understanding -> speaking. This is the common thing while learning languages.
I learned the alphabet first, it was fairly quick, it is much diffrent from learning say Arabic because both Latin and Cryllic come from Greek. I would take the time to learn the alphabet first, what I did to internalize it before I knew anything in the langauge itself was: *at the start for these I had the alphabets transliteration in front of me, but I used it only when I absolutely needed to, but quickly I did these without it
-I wrote random names of people I knew -I wrote english sentences in cryllic -the only thing I can actually recommend duolingo for is learning the alphabet (but no criticism for using it, it just doesn't work well for me)
I quickly learned cursive aswell, as that is how most Ukrainians hand write
In Ukrainian language very important to understand alphabet - we pronounce everything straight and clear.
lol… no….
What Is this travesty… вщент? Or паляниця? дзвінкий?
Ха!! Ти не зможеш вимовити нічого з цього до поки не пристосуєшся вимовляти приголосні чисто (;
Моє імʼя Дмитро. Найкраще що вони можуть це Деметро чи Дімітро. Вимовити ДМ для них неймовірно важко бо вони не вчаться чисто вимовляти приголосні!!
Мені дуже важко... я тут вже роками, і досі стільки всього мене захоплює
I would advise taking a language course where it is structured in the most effective way, so you don't have to guess 🙃 iirc alphabet is always the first thing to learn
It's all about your goal. If you never expect to have to read or write Ukrainian, and you're just expecting family conversation, the alphabet can be delayed somewhat (but not neglected).
If you want to really know the language, learn the alphabet up front. It will help with understanding declensions, conjugations, pronunciation, and more.
Definitely learn the alphabet
How do you expect to learn a language without knowing the alphabet?
If you are going to read, then obviously you need the alphabet. But you can start learning language by focusing only on listening and speaking, and then move on to other aspects. Just like babies learn languages.
words and structure