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		uk-sing_lightclear
uk-sing_lightclear-2
darkтемнийtemnyĭtemnyĭuk-sing_dark
colorcolorКолірkolirkoliruk-sing_color
coloredcoloredкольоровийkol'orovyĭkol'orovyĭuk-sing_colored
whitewhiteбілийbilyĭbilyĭuk-sing_white
blackblackчорнийchornyĭchornyĭuk-sing_black
yellowyellowжовтийzhovtyĭzhovtyĭuk-sing_yellow
orangeorangeпомаранчевийpomaranchevyĭpomaranchevyĭuk-sing_orange
redredчервонийchervonyĭchervonyĭuk-sing_red
pinkpinkрожевийrozhevyĭrozhevyĭuk-sing_pink
violetvioletфіолетовийfioletovyĭfioletovyĭuk-sing_violet
blueblueсинійsyniĭsyniĭuk-sing_blue
greengreenзеленийzelenyĭzelenyĭuk-sing_green
brownbrownкоричневийkorychnevyĭkorychnevyĭuk-sing_brown
greygreyсірийsiryĭsiryĭuk-sing_grey

Appearance & attributes

EnglishUkrainianUkrainian
(Romanization)		Ukrainian
(Stress)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
newновийnovyĭnovyĭuk-sing_new
oldстарийstaryĭstaryĭuk-sing_old
smallмаленькийmalen'kyĭmalen'kyĭuk-sing_small
large / bigвеликийvelykyĭvelykyĭuk-sing_largebig
youngмолодийmolodyĭmolodyĭuk-sing_young
kind / pleasantдобрий
приємний		dobryĭ
pryiemnyĭ		dobryĭ
pryiemnyĭ		uk-sing_kindpleasant
uk-sing_kindpleasant-2
unkind / unpleasantнедобрий
неприємний		nedobryĭ
nepryiemnyĭ		nedobryĭ
nepryiemnyĭ		uk-sing_unkindunpleasant
uk-sing_unkindunpleasant-2
patientтерплячийterpliachyĭterpliachyĭuk-sing_patient
tallвисокийvysokyĭvysokyĭuk-sing_tall
middle sizedсереднього зростуseredn'ogo zrostuseredn'ogo zrostuuk-sing_middle-sized
smallневисокийnevysokyĭnevysokyĭuk-sing_small
fatтовстийtovstyĭtovstyĭuk-sing_fat
thin / slimхудий
стрункий		khudyĭ
strunkyĭ		khudyĭ
strunkyĭ		uk-sing_thinslim
uk-sing_thinslim-2
nice / prettyхороший
гарний		khoroshyĭ
harnyĭ		khoroshyĭ
harnyĭ		uk-sing_nicepretty
uk-sing_nicepretty-2
beautifulгарнийharnyĭharnyĭuk-sing_beautiful
uglyпотворнийpotvornyĭpotvornyĭuk-sing_ugly
ill / sickпогано
хворий		pohano
khvoryĭ		pohano
khvoryĭ		uk-sing_illsick-3
uk-sing_illsick
healthyздоровийzdorovyĭzdorovyĭuk-sing_healthy
happy / cheerfulрадий
веселий		radyĭ
veselyĭ		radyĭ
veselyĭ		uk-sing_happycheerful
uk-sing_happycheerful-2
sadсумнийsumnyĭsumnyĭuk-sing_sad
sportyспортивнийsportyvnyĭsportyvnyĭuk-sing_sporty
ambitionedамбітнийambitnyĭambitnyĭuk-sing_ambitioned
intelligentрозумнийrozumnyĭrozumnyĭuk-sing_intelligent
creativeтворчийtvorchyĭtvorchyĭuk-sing_creative
activeактивнийaktyvnyĭaktyvnyĭuk-sing_active
sentimentalсентиментальнийsentymental'nyĭsentymental'nyĭuk-sing_sentimental
rationalраціональнийratsional'nyĭratsional'nyĭuk-sing_rational
emotionalемоційнийemotsiĭnyĭemotsiĭnyĭuk-sing_emotional
naturalнатуральнийnatural'nyĭnatural'nyĭuk-sing_natural
romanticромантичнийromantychnyĭromantychnyĭuk-sing_romantic
nice / amiableприємний
люб'язний		pryiemnyĭ
liub'iaznyĭ		pryiemnyĭ
liub'iaznyĭ		uk-sing_niceamiable
uk-sing_niceamiable-2
spontaneousспонтаннийspontannyĭspontannyĭuk-sing_spontaneous
energeticенергійнийenerhiĭnyĭenerhiĭnyĭuk-sing_energetic
stressed (out)знервованийznervovanyĭznervovanyĭuk-sing_stressed-out
relaxedрозслабленийrozslablenyĭrozslablenyĭuk-sing_relaxed
frustratedрозчарованийrozcharovanyĭrozcharovanyĭuk-sing_frustrated
talentedталановитийtalanovytyĭtalanovytyĭuk-sing_talented

Questions & phrases

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

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