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created by diligentfalconry71 on 02/02/2025 at 09:32 UTC
68 upvotes, 7 top-level comments (showing 7)
A friend recently gifted me some Ukrainian sweets and I was practicing reading script and learning new words from the wrapping, which made me want some more everyday things to try to learn words from. Maybe other folks have things you could share pictures of the writing and we could all learn from them? Just random stuff, like a box of cake mix or teabags or stuff like that would be great! Дякую!
Comment by octavian0914 at 02/02/2025 at 09:53 UTC*
21 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Great idea! Note that:
чарівний - magical or enchanting (not a noun)
цукерки (not цукерни)
Чорнослив is specifically a smoked prune, like the one in the candy
The word волоський is, in fact, an adjective derived from a proper noun. It's unclear what exactly the noun was. It might have been a place name or an ethnic group name. Right now the word is used in conjunction with "горіх (nut)" to mean "walnut". You are obliged to use both words together, "волоський горіх", to say walnut, as otherwise "волоський" would be just an adjective meaning "coming from Voloh/Volos".
And yes, that's a cursive "г":)
P.S. "Горіховий" basically means "made of/with nut", which can refer to any nuts or specifically the wood of walnut tree. So it can be "горіхові цукерки" and "горіховий стіл".
Comment by This_Growth2898 at 02/02/2025 at 09:46 UTC
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Цукерки Марії - Marie's candies. The font is a bit of obscure, with only a tiny gap in К and a tail in A.
Волоський горіх - well, walnut it is, literally; wal- part is a cognate to волоський, but in Ukrainian, it names specifically Valachia (Волощина).
Comment by A_Smi at 02/02/2025 at 09:39 UTC
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Цукерки, не цукерни.
Comment by Gogel-mogel at 02/02/2025 at 10:27 UTC*
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Random things from my most recent trip to Ukraine. Including teabags, which you wished for :D My favorite tea, which you can’t get in Finland.
First time sharing pics from Imgur, please let me know, if the link doesn’t work!
Comment by kianario1996 at 02/02/2025 at 11:26 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Omg I miss Ukrainian sweets so much😭😭😓
Comment by lazyideaguy at 02/02/2025 at 19:23 UTC
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that’s really funny and endearing way to learn the language. I wish you patience to develop proper pattern recognition to deal with cursives, you made my evening :)
Comment by BattleTheFallenOnes at 02/02/2025 at 09:36 UTC
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Seems like i can only add links on this sub. Otherwise i would take some pics for you
