1. The english alphabet

Ukrainian letter

English letter

Note

Example

А

А

-

Алушта - Alushta

Б

B

-

Борщагівка - Borschahivka

В

V

-

Вишгород - Vyshhorod

Г

H, gh

Н-in most cases, gh - when recreating the combination “зг”

Гадяч - Hadiach;

Згорани - Zghorany

Ґ

G

-

Ґалаґан - Galagan

Д

D

-

Дон - Don

Е

E

-

Рівне - Rivne

Є

Ye, ie

Ye - at the beginning of words,

іе - in other positions

Єнакієве - Yenakiieve; Наєнко - Naienko

Ж

Zh

-

Житомир - Zhytomyr

З

Z

-

Закарпаття - Zakarpattia

И

Y

-

Медвин - Medvyn

I

I

-

Iршава - Irshava

Ї

I

Yi - at the beginning of words,

і - in other positions

Їжакевич - Yizhakevych; Кадіївка - Kadiivka

Й

Y, i

Y - at the beginning of words,

і - in other positions

Йосипівка - Yosypivka;

Стрий - Stryi

К

K

-

Київ - Kyiv

Л

L

-

Лебедин - Lebedyn

М

M

-

Миколаїв - Mykolaiv

Н

N

-

Ніжин - Nizhin

О

O

-

Одеса - Odesa

П

P

-

Полтава - Poltava

Р

R

-

Ромни - Romny

С

S

-

Суми - Sumy

Т

T

-

Тетерів - Teteriv

У

U

-

Ужгород - Uzhhorod

Ф

F

-

Фастів - Fastiv

Х

Kh

-

Харків - Kharkiv

Ц

Ts

-

Біла Церква - Bila Tserkva

Ч

Ch

-

Чернівці - Chernivtsi

Ш

Sh

-

Шостка - Shostka

Щ

Sch

-

Гоща -Hoscha

Ь

’

Русь - Rus’;

Львів - L’viv

Ю

Yu, iu

Yu - at the beginning of words,

iu - in other positions

Юрій - Yurii;

Крюківка - Krukivka

Я

Ya, ia

Ya - at the beginning of words,

іа - in other positions

Яготин - Yahotyn;

Iчня - Ichnia

’ (apostrophe)

Знам’янка - Znamianka

[i]

pig, spirit, itchy, riddle, since, thin, tick, pink, limited, insect

[ai]

pine, kite, isolated, item, kind, mind, find , white, wise

[æ]

cat, fantastic, bag, black, flag, has, grammar, bank, rabbit

[ei]

cake, plate, Jane, brave, race, way, radio, state, stage

[a:]

garden, classroom, father, carpet, start, grass, pass, hard, rather

[o:]

all, ball, wall, walk, call, crawl

[]

dog, shop, not, Tom, box, drop, clock, bottle, bottom, wrong

[ou]

stove, rose, sofa, no, toad, coat, window, robot, toast

[e]

pen, length, yes, hen, nest, well, guest, regular, temper, tender

[ʌ]

cup, bus, such, summer, fun, junk, jump, drunk, jungle, lunch

[u]

book, took, good, wood

[u:]

spoon, tooth, cool, proof, too, tool

[i:]

street, tree, three, green, free, week, keep, sweep

[ei]

[æ]

[e]

[ai]

[u]

[ə]

[]

[]

[te]

name

eight

away

stake

steak

stage

have

has

black

stand

splash

matter

friend

bread

deaf

death

steady

leisure

tie

right

night

fight

sight

pike

put

foot

sugar

would

could

under

October

colour

winter

lawer

other

colour

cut

enough

tongue

other

they

thus

with

weather

picture

structure

literature

texture

mixture

[a:]

[]

[ə:]

[æ]

[d₃]

craft

laugh

army

bravo

mother

brother

other

cousin

worker

third

her

surfice

family

Ann

captain

battle

Jane

John

journalist

junior

[Ө]

[ai]

[ou]

[:]

[]

[εə]

fifth

twelfth

thick

thief

truth

nice

buy

write

tie

type

window

yellow

coat

slow

crow

door

launch four

your

water

shut

cut

blood

custom

one

their

hair

fare

fair

bear

[ə:]

[i:]

[εə]

[ou]

[au]

[u:]

learn

shirt

curtain

person

surgeon

read

teacher

beach

beetle

weak

their

there

where

parents

vary

go

no

wrote

though

progress

now

down

how

cow

do

who

through

screw

crew

[ou]

[ei]

[ə:]

[:]

[i:]

[]

[aiə]

home

stove

whole

stone

snow

play

day

break

trade

trail

thirteen

third

shirt

skirt

burgler

ball

law

course

warm

worm

sleep week

weak

season

without

there

therefore

dialogue pioneer

quiet

prior

triumph