The scores are transliterated from Cyrillic to Latin letters using one of several systems that exist for Ukrainian-to-English romanization. The corresponding table, with a general pronunciation guide, is available for download
|
Ukrainian / Latin Transcription (representation of approximate sounds) |
А а |
Б б |
В в |
Г г |
Ґ ґ |
Д д |
Е е |
Є є |
| Ж ж |
З з |
И и |
І і |
Ї ї |
Й й |
К к |
Л л |
| М м |
Н н |
О о |
П п |
Р р |
С с |
Т т |
У у |
| Ф ф |
Х х |
Ц ц |
Ч ч |
Ш ш |
Щ щ |
Ю ю |
Я я |
| Ь ь |
' |
|
|
Ukrainian letter |
letter in transcription |
Information about letters and examples. |
| А а |
a |
Sounds like english A in words - ask, art, task, grass. |
| Б б |
b |
Sounds like english B in words - back, bad, ball. |
| В в |
v |
Sounds like english V in words - victory, very – or like english W at end of words – row, tow. |
| Г г |
h |
Sounds like english H in words – house, hat, hen. |
| Ґ ґ |
g |
Sounds like english G in words - game, get, gangster. |
| Д д |
d |
Sounds like english D in words - dark, day. |
| Е е |
e |
Sounds like english E in words - men, pent, best. |
| Є є |
je |
Sounds like english YE in words - yellow, yes, yesterday. |
| Ж ж |
zh |
Sounds like english S in words - treasure, measure. |
| З з |
z |
Sounds like english Z in words - zebra, zero, zoo. |
| И и |
y |
Sounds like english very soundless I - in words ink, mix, pick. |
| І і |
i |
Sounds like english EE or I - in words meek, seen or pique, machine. |
|
ji |
Sounds like english YIE - in word yield, or like YEA - in word yeast. |
| Й й |
j |
Sounds like english Y - in words yes, yacht, boy. |
| К к |
k |
Sounds like english K - in words kite, kilo, kiss. |
| Л л |
l |
Sounds like english L - in words look, light lake. |
| М м |
m |
Sounds like english M - in words money, mother. |
| Н н |
n |
Sounds like english N - in words new, no, now. |
| О о |
o |
Sounds like english O - in words not, got, long. |
| П п |
p |
Sounds like english P - in words post, please, spot. |
| Р р |
r |
Sounds like a “rolled” english R - in words run, rest. |
| С с |
s |
Sounds like english S - in words sat, settle, sun. |
| Т т |
t |
Sounds like english T - in words test, table, wet. |
| У у |
u |
Sounds between english U - in words but, pull, full, and english OO – in words boot, pool, fool. |
| Ф ф |
f |
Sounds like english F - in words far, fat, fault. |
| Х х |
kh |
Sounds like scottish CH - in word loch, but more voiced. |
| Ц ц |
ts |
Sounds like english TS - in words tsetse, nuts. |
| Ч ч |
ch |
Sounds like english CH - in words chip, church, change. |
| Ш ш |
sh |
Sounds like english SH - in words shift, shoe, shoot. |
| Щ щ |
shch |
Sounds like english SHCH - in words fresh cheese |
| Ю ю |
ju |
Sounds like english YOU - in word you. |
| Я я |
ja |
Sounds like english YA - in words yard, yam, royal. |
| Ь ь |
' |
This is not a letter, but a symbol. It makes a preceding consonant more tender (palatalized). |