Why should you learn Ukrainian?
In this blogpost, you will find out 5 reasons why, plus a bonus reason at the end.
1. Traveling
If you’d like to travel to Ukraine after the war, it would be really cool to speak some Ukrainian! I receive so many messages from people who want to come here after the war either to rebuild our country, or who have just learned about how beautiful Ukraine actually is, and who would love to explore our charming Ukrainian lands. Ukrainians are very welcoming towards foreigners, but if you speak to them in Ukrainian, you will make an incredible impact on them, believe me!
And Ukraine is definitely an amazing country for tourism. Here you will find charming diverse nature (from noble mountains and dense forests to golden seashores and even a desert!), amazing natural reserves, beautiful architecture, famous historical sights, and delicious cuisine. The prices are really affordable, and the people are friendly. So make sure to visit us!
2. Understanding of Slavic languages
Also learning Ukrainian will be incredibly helpful if you plan to learn or at least understand some other Slavic languages. Only when all the world started speaking about Ukraine many people realized how similar Ukrainian and Polish, Slovak, or Serbian are to each other! You will soon realize that Ukrainian has tons of words that are completely different from russian and that Ukrainian is, again, much more similar to other Slavic languages. And if we speak about pronunciation, then Ukrainian is much closer to Polish, Slovak, Czech, and Belorussian (22-29 common features) than to russian (11 common features).
3. Huge community