I am interested in learning Slavic languages. Specifically Ukrainian and Russian for starters. I have developed a system for learning languages that works very well for me. It's not just the words I am interested in, it is the people, literature, movies, novels, comics, in summary everything that makes up the culture.
I have been looking for books, movies, comics and mass market paperback in Ukrainian. So far with very little success.
For enterteinment, I prefer English because of the incredible amout of variety out there. To this day I have not found anything similar in either Spanish or German. I like adventure and science fiction novels written by Robert Heinlein, Alan Dean Foster, Steve Berry, CLive Cussler and Dan Brown to mention a few. In German I like to read Karl May, Hans Dominik and Perry Rhodan mass market paperbacks. Have any of these or others been translated. Are there authors who write entertaining novels in Ukrainian?
Almost all Ukrainians know Russian and Ukrainian languages. These languages have the same roots, so they have a lot of similarities. The eastern part of Ukraine closer to Russia, and there are many Russian lives. Therefore, in the east to talk more Russian than Ukrainian. In western Ukraine, on the contrary.
Russia as to the formation of the Soviet Union, and after trying to get all Ukrainians speak Russian language. After Ukraine gained independence, the Ukrainian language became state.
Hello,
I would like to share some more links for Ukrainian:
<a href="http://www.ukrainianlanguage.org.uk/read/unit10/page10-2.htm">http://www.ukrainianlanguage.org.uk/read/unit10/page10-2.htm</a>;
<a href="http://www.internetpolyglot.com/lessons-uk-en">http://www.internetpolyglot.com/lessons-uk-en</a>;
<a href="http://www.ukma.edu.ua/eng/ufl/">http://www.ukma.edu.ua/eng/ufl/</a>;
<a href="http://www.surfacelanguages.com/language/Ukrainian">http://www.surfacelanguages.com/language/Ukrainian</a>;
<a href="http://molode.com.ua/">http://molode.com.ua/</a>; a radio in Ukrainian
In Ukraine we use Ukrainian in official matters, in unviersities and schools during classes and so on. In private conversation it's up to a person's preference. The movies both in TV and cinema should be dubbed or have subtitles.
I would be glad to answer more questions about Ukraine.
What is your system for learning languages if I may ask? I think it is more productive to learn on your own than to visit courses but that may depend on a person.
Kubanek, I cannot agree with what you said: "Only people in the province, especially in the western parts speak pure Ukrainian". I live in Kyiv and speak this language purely. But I agree with your opinion about Surzhik - it's really a bad thing.
http://kinoport.pp.ua/ - movies in Ukrainian
http://vk.com/with_books?w=page-59797667_45374383 - books in Ukrainian
http://vk.com/audios-28933251 - Ukrainian audiobooks
http://vk.com/search?c%5Bq%5D=%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8%20%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%8E&c%5Bsection%5D=communities - more books in Ukrainian
http://vk.com/videos-3648679 - more movies in Ukrainian
Maybe you need to create an account to have access to this stuff on vk.com . It's free.
Nils'е, чи зрушилось з місця у Вас вивчення української мови, чи є щось в здобутках?
Ось сторінка з озвучування слів http://uk.forvo.com/languages/uk/ Тут можете послухати слово і замовити своє. А ось тут http://translate.google.com/#uk/de/ перекладач, внизу ліворуч українську клавіатуру можна активувати і там набирати українські тексти.
На цьому ж сайті http://r2u.org.ua/ парні словники У-Р, українська частина дуже потужна.
Може наведене стане в пригоді. Цим текстом провокую. Але наголошую, що українська у вивченні ой як складна. Отже, дай бог і нашому теляті вовка з'їсти. Коли що, запитуйте. Щасти і будьте дужі.
