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Language Tips!

Fun with words


Parrot out the following words and the locals will either think that you are completely round the twist (no, of course they won't, our language guide is invincible I tell you) or they will register at once that you are a highly intelligent traveller who has even managed to grasp the rudiments of the language:

Vokzal - Station
Autovokzal - Bus station
Marshrutka - Minibus
Poizd - Train
Tramvaj - Tram
Voda - Water
Seek - Juice
Pyvo - Beer
Vyno - Wine
Tuar 'let - Toilet
Apteka - Chemist
Leekarnia - Hospital
Knyzhkovyj magazyn- Bookshop
Miyasnyj magazyn - Butchers
Dopomo'zhit - Help!
Ahhhh! - Ahhhh!
O.K, that's enough language tips for now...

Click & Listen!

Yes

No

Hello

Goodbye

How are you?

Please

Thank you

How much does this cost?

Do you speak English?

Cheers!

I lost my passport - can you help me?

How much does beer cost?

Two beers please!

Do you have a sister?

Drop by tonight and I'll show you my stamp collection

One or two Ukrainian words sound reassuringly familiar - no prizes for guessing what Kafe, Restoran, Bar and Aeroport mean. Nevertheless, when those words are written in Ukrainian cyrillic it's an altogether trickier matter. Suffice it to say that you're unlikely to return from a two month back-packing trip, fluent in the lingo. But that's no reason not to give it a shot!

We've scratched our heads and twiddled our menacing cossack beards and come up with a fully anglicised guide for those basic encounters. Our protracted 300 page dictionary will be published by Oxford University Press in the near future. OK, we're getting a bit carried away... in the words of tough talking former prime minister and cricket aficionado John Major, let's get back to basics:

a few words...



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