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| shedl Tetraglot Newbie Ukraine Joined 3878 days ago 20 posts - 30 votes Speaks: Russian, Ukrainian*, Finnish, EnglishC1 Studies: Italian, Spanish, Polish | Message 1 of 39 22 March 2014 at 11:27am | IP Logged | |||||
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Are there anyone among polyglots interested in Ukrainian language? I know that lots of
people study Russian because it is popular and useful enough. But I haven't heard about any foreigner who wanted to study Ukrainian not for useful purposes but for soul as I began studying Italian. I think Ukrainian is really beautiful language and now it is undeservedly being forgotten even by native Ukrainians. So what do you think about it? Hope to be understanded! Edited by shedl on 22 March 2014 at 12:26pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5278 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 2 of 39 22 March 2014 at 1:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Dear shedl, важаний!
Ukrainian is indeed a beautiful language, and we have a TAC team here for Ukrainian and Polish. I am an observer there, but I am afraid I have not participated much, because I am struggling so hard with my Russian, and feel that I must get that up to a decent level before I can really tackle Ukrainian. I do however have a number of language courses for Ukrainian, and I will learn it some day. I have spent three Easter holidays in Zolotonosha in Tsherkasi oblast, and two summer courses in Kyiv and I am absolutely in love with your country. I hope that later on I will be able to go to Odessa and Lviv and I also hope that at some point I will be able to go to Sevastopol under happier circumstances. Are you learning any foreign language? Because if you do this a great place for advice :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| shedl Tetraglot Newbie Ukraine Joined 3878 days ago 20 posts - 30 votes Speaks: Russian, Ukrainian*, Finnish, EnglishC1 Studies: Italian, Spanish, Polish | Message 3 of 39 22 March 2014 at 3:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thank you very much for your reply! Yes, you are right about Russian. But I can assure
you that after Russian Ukrainian will be much easier to learn as they are very alike but at the same time very different! Also I'm very glad to hear that you plan to visit some of our cities! Hope you'll like them! These days we have lots of changes in our country. And, unfortunately, this year Ukraine will not be as interesting for visitors beacuse of events in Crimea. I think you've heard about them. But all we try to go ahead despite anything! Our people are very friendly and I hope you noticed it while being in Ukraine! Currently I'm learning Italian and I like it so much! Also I plan to begin learning Spanish soon. I see these languages in your list, so hope you'll help me. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5278 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 4 of 39 22 March 2014 at 5:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Yes, I am counting on Ukrainian being relatively easy to learn once I can speak Russian properly. I studied a
little Polish many years ago, and even if I remember next to nothing, those few Polish words that are still there helped me to understand a little Ukrainian. I know there are difficult times. I have followed the situation very closely. I had actually planned to be in Ukraine right now, because a friend of ours, who I love like my own daughter, turned 18 yesterday. Unfortunately our ministry of foreign affairs have issued a warning against traveling there, and the travel agency I contacted to get tickets were very reluctant to sell tickets, so I had to drop the idea. I do plan to go there this summer though. I am most happy to help you with your Spanish. I am a little hesitant to offer my help with Italian, as it is getting a bit rusty, but we could always try a conversation :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| shedl Tetraglot Newbie Ukraine Joined 3878 days ago 20 posts - 30 votes Speaks: Russian, Ukrainian*, Finnish, EnglishC1 Studies: Italian, Spanish, Polish | Message 5 of 39 22 March 2014 at 8:26pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thank you so much for your willing to help me! As for Spanish I'll begin learning it
soon, even as soon as possible. Now I'm focused on Italian but I can see lots of similarities between these two languages. So it's very pleasant to find somebody who can help. I love the beauty of languages! Also I can absolutely agree with your about Polish and its similarity with Ukrainian. My father visited Poland many times and he says that after Ukrainian he need a bit more than a week to get user to speak Polish! It's wonderful. Also my family is considering a possibility to move to Poland one day. So maybe soon I'll have to learn Polish. Hope you'll have a possibility to come to Ukraine soon! We're making peace right now! Sorry for writing so much. Hope to contact with as soon as I begin learning Spanish! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5000 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 6 of 39 22 March 2014 at 10:50pm | IP Logged | |||||
Or maybe on the opposite it can be very interesting because of that. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4554 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek | Message 7 of 39 22 March 2014 at 11:50pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Welcome!
Other than people with Ukrainian heritage, I don't think I've met anyone studying the language. I know of several people here that have gone to Ukrainian school at their churches. I have a very close friend in the off-line world who is studying Ukrainian at a local Ukrainian Catholic Church. She is second or third generation Ukrainian-Canadian. She says the Ukrainian she is learning is quite different to the Ukrainian she learned from her grandmother who was from Western Ukraine. She went to Ukraine recently and many people asked her to speak Russian instead (which she's not able to do). In fact, she commented that she met very few Ukrainian speakers which surprised her a lot. I don't know what part of country she visited. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| shedl Tetraglot Newbie Ukraine Joined 3878 days ago 20 posts - 30 votes Speaks: Russian, Ukrainian*, Finnish, EnglishC1 Studies: Italian, Spanish, Polish | Message 8 of 39 23 March 2014 at 10:41am | IP Logged | |||||
Hope you're right! Especially now Ukrainians are so opened to show the world that we're peaceful and friendly people! Welcome to Ukraine! =) 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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