Adjectives describe people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to describe what something or somebody is like. The car is old, the hotel is cheap. You get it. Memorize the Ukrainian adjectives below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic conversations.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Ukrainian“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Adjectives

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Important adjectives

EnglishUkrainianUkrainian
(Romanization)		Ukrainian
(Stress)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
goodДобреdobredobreuk-sing_good
badпоганийpohanyĭpohanyĭuk-sing_bad
newновийnovyĭnovyĭuk-sing_new
oldстарийstaryĭstaryĭuk-sing_old
smallмаленькийmalen'kyĭmalen'kyĭuk-sing_small
large / bigвеликийvelykyĭvelykyĭuk-sing_largebig
longдовгийdovhyĭdovhyĭuk-sing_long
shortкороткийkorotkyĭkorotkyĭuk-sing_short
cheapдешевоdeshevodeshevouk-sing_cheap
expensiveдорогийdorohyĭdorohyĭuk-sing_expensive
light / clearсвітло
ясно		svitlo
iasno		svitlo
iasno		uk-sing_lightclear
uk-sing_lightclear-2
darkтемнийtemnyĭtemnyĭuk-sing_dark
lateпізноpiznopiznouk-sing_late
earlyраноranoranouk-sing_early
interestingцікавоtsikavotsikavouk-sing_interesting
boringнуднийnudnyĭnudnyĭuk-sing_boring
tiredвтомленийvtomlenyĭvtomlenyĭuk-sing_tired
easy / simpleлегкий
простий		lehkyĭ
prostyĭ		lehkyĭ
prostyĭ		uk-sing_easysimple
uk-sing_easysimple-2
for freeбезкоштовноbezkoshtovnobezkoshtovnouk-sing_for-free
right / correctвірно
правильно		virno
pravyl'no		virno
pravyl'no		uk-sing_rightcorrect
uk-sing_rightcorrect-2
wrongнеправильноnepravyl'nonepravyl'nouk-sing_wrong
strongсильнийsyl'nyĭsyl'nyĭuk-sing_strong
weakслабкийslabkyĭslabkyĭuk-sing_weak

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