This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in Ukrainian. Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.

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

Basic Words & Phrases: Colors

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Colors

EnglishUkrainianUkrainian
(Romanization)		Ukrainian
(Stress)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
light / clearсвітло
ясно		svitlo
iasno		svitlo
iasno
darkтемнийtemnyĭtemnyĭ
colorcolorКолірkolirkolir
coloredcoloredкольоровийkol'orovyĭkol'orovyĭ
whitewhiteбілийbilyĭbilyĭ
blackblackчорнийchornyĭchornyĭ
yellowyellowжовтийzhovtyĭzhovtyĭ
orangeorangeпомаранчевийpomaranchevyĭpomaranchevyĭ
redredчервонийchervonyĭchervonyĭ
pinkpinkрожевийrozhevyĭrozhevyĭ
violetvioletфіолетовийfioletovyĭfioletovyĭ
blueblueсинійsyniĭsyniĭ
greengreenзеленийzelenyĭzelenyĭ
brownbrownкоричневийkorychnevyĭkorychnevyĭ
greygreyсірийsiryĭsiryĭ

Appearance & attributes

EnglishUkrainianUkrainian
(Romanization)		Ukrainian
(Stress)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
newновийnovyĭnovyĭ
oldстарийstaryĭstaryĭ
smallмаленькийmalen'kyĭmalen'kyĭ
large / bigвеликийvelykyĭvelykyĭ
youngмолодийmolodyĭmolodyĭ
kind / pleasantдобрий
приємний		dobryĭ
pryiemnyĭ		dobryĭ
pryiemnyĭ
unkind / unpleasantнедобрий
неприємний		nedobryĭ
nepryiemnyĭ		nedobryĭ
nepryiemnyĭ
patientтерплячийterpliachyĭterpliachyĭ
tall (When talking about people)високийvysokyĭvysokyĭ
middle sized (When talking about people)середнього зростуseredn'ogo zrostuseredn'ogo zrostu
small (When talking about people)невисокийnevysokyĭnevysokyĭ
fatтовстийtovstyĭtovstyĭ
thin / slimхудий
стрункий		khudyĭ
strunkyĭ		khudyĭ
strunkyĭ
nice / prettyхороший
гарний		khoroshyĭ
harnyĭ		khoroshyĭ
harnyĭ
beautifulгарнийharnyĭharnyĭ
uglyпотворнийpotvornyĭpotvornyĭ
ill / sickпогано
хворий		pohano
khvoryĭ		pohano
khvoryĭ
healthyздоровийzdorovyĭzdorovyĭ
happy / cheerfulрадий
веселий		radyĭ
veselyĭ		radyĭ
veselyĭ
sadсумнийsumnyĭsumnyĭ
sportyспортивнийsportyvnyĭsportyvnyĭ
ambitionedамбітнийambitnyĭambitnyĭ
intelligentрозумнийrozumnyĭrozumnyĭ
creativeтворчийtvorchyĭtvorchyĭ
activeактивнийaktyvnyĭaktyvnyĭ
sentimentalсентиментальнийsentymental'nyĭsentymental'nyĭ
rationalраціональнийratsional'nyĭratsional'nyĭ
emotionalемоційнийemotsiĭnyĭemotsiĭnyĭ
naturalнатуральнийnatural'nyĭnatural'nyĭ
romanticромантичнийromantychnyĭromantychnyĭ
nice / amiableприємний
люб'язний		pryiemnyĭ
liub'iaznyĭ		pryiemnyĭ
liub'iaznyĭ
spontaneousспонтаннийspontannyĭspontannyĭ
energeticенергійнийenerhiĭnyĭenerhiĭnyĭ
stressed (out)знервованийznervovanyĭznervovanyĭ
relaxedрозслабленийrozslablenyĭrozslablenyĭ
frustratedрозчарованийrozcharovanyĭrozcharovanyĭ
talentedталановитийtalanovytyĭtalanovytyĭ

Questions & phrases

EnglishUkrainianUkrainian
(Romanization)		Ukrainian
(Stress)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
What does he look like?Як він виглядає?Iak vin vyhliadaie?Iak vin vyhliadaie?
What does she look like?Як вона виглядає?Iak vona vyhliadaie?Iak vona vyhliadaie?
What is he like?Який він?Iakyĭ vin?Iakyĭ vin?
What is she like?Яка вона собою?Iaka vona soboiu?Iaka vona soboiu?

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