Learning Ukrainian is like cooking:
🥚 you get the ingredients (Ukrainian words)
🍴you follow a recipe (Ukrainian grammar)
🍲 you cook a dish (Ukrainian stories)
Here you'll find quality resources to start learning Ukrainian in a structured and serious way.
No AI stuff, only handmade materials created by an experienced Ukrainian teacher.
If you're an absolute beginner:
Take a self-study PodorozhiUA course. It's free and very basic. Go lesson by lesson, take notes, do the exercises, hand in your writing tasks. In this way, you'll get a general idea of Ukrainian.
In parallel (or after step 1), take a Duolingo course. It'll help you to drill grammar and, more important, broaden your vocabulary.
Get a notebook for the Ukrainian grammar and a separate one for Ukrainian words. Draw grammar tables, write down the words in all their grammatical forms with a word stress and examples of how to use the word.
After the previous steps, activate your Ukrainian grammar. Take the course "Basic Ukrainian Grammar" and revise each point step by step. It'll lay a solid foundation on which we'll be building our stories. Did you know that if you want to become fluent in Ukrainian, you need to learn approx. 80% of Ukrainian grammar? That's why this step is so important.
If you're at an intermediate level:
Get "Yabluko. Elementary" book and go lesson by lesson. It'll teach you a lot of common words and more of grammar. You'll learn the communicative skills for everyday situations – talking about family, food, home, clothes, holidays, etc.
Start reading Ukrainian books. You may start with those you like in your native language or with children's books ("Маленький Принц" and other). Find an audiobook, listen to it and simultaneously read it aloud (it helps to improve speaking). Write out the words, import them in Quizlet and learn them.
Listen to Ukrainian songs. Find the lyrics, write out new words and learn them. Sing the songs (it improves your speaking and listening and helps to remember the words).
Watch videos. Use LanguageReactor to get the subtitles. Write out useful phrases and learn them.
Grab your tasty resources to learn Ukrainian!
for absolute beginners
In Ukrainian, "просто цікаво" means "easy and fun" or "I'm just curious". So, it's an easy and fun Ukrainian speaking course for absolute beginners who are just curious about Ukrainian. The minimum requirement is to be able to read Ukrainian letters. First lessons are free.
for beginners
Aren't sure how to build Ukrainian phrases? Does Ukrainian grammar seem too complicated? Here is why this course exists.
It takes an absolute beginner up to A2-B1 level which is enough to hold everyday conversations in Ukrainian.
Clear video lessons with teacher's explanation, interactive grammar exercises and printable PDFs = for you 🖤
for pre-intermediate/intermediate learners
Do you want to walk around Ukrainian cities, try Ukrainian cuisine, learn more about its history and culture, and at the same time improve your Ukrainian? Then these fantastically atmospheric lessons are for you!
for pre-intermediate/intermediate learners
A reading course based on an unabridged Ukrainian version of "Маленький Принц" (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. You'll have vocabulary lists with Quizlet flashcards, online exercises and book discussions with the teacher's support. For the learners' at an A2 level and above.
Don't know where to start? Join our learner's group. There you can ask questions, post your Ukrainian texts, and get teacher's feedback. You may also share your struggles with learning Ukrainian. It's an online classroom where we connect.
Will you drink with us a cup of something?
A selection of Ukrainian learner's online resources for you.