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Ukrainian Language Transliteration Chart
The Audio Spoken Texts of the songs will help to clarify the rules below.
1. ‘j’ and the apostrophe ’ are pronounced similar to the ‘y’ in English: ‘yes’, ‘say’:
e.g. jabluko (apple), haj (grove), junyj (young),
e.g. n’i (no), d’ido (grandpa), l’ito (summer), z’irka (star) , ts’i (these),
horyt’ (it burns)
N.B. When the apostrophe follows the unvoiced consonants: ‘s’, ‘t’ and ‘ts’, the apostrophe will also be unvoiced:
e.g. dyvljus’ (I look), s’im (seven), t’i (those), ts’i (those) – as the ‘s’, ‘t’ and ‘ts’ are voiceless consonants, the following apostrophe is also voiceless, ie. a whispered, unvoiced ‘j’.
2. z.h compared with zh:
(i) z.h = ‘z’ + ‘h’ – 2 separate sounds
(ii) zh = voiced ‘sh’ as in vision – 1 sound
3. Ukrainian L
2 ways of pronouncing L in Ukrainian:
In the transliterated clusters: La, Le, Lo, Lu and Ly (pronounced as in English: sit – see chart below for Ukrainian И, и), L is pronounced further back in the mouth,
eg. as in English bottle;
The same applies if L is the last letter in a word or syllable, eg. zal (hall), pyl (dust), ry-bal-ka (fishing),
Even when the L is preceded by ‘i’, eg. rozd’il (chapter)
L is pronounced forward in the mouth as in English in 2 cases:
When followed by the letter ‘i’ as in leap, eg. L’ito (summer), L’ikar (doctor)
When followed by an apostrophe, eg. bil’ (pain), zhal’ (pity)
| UKRAINIAN | TRANSLITERATION |
| Imagine pronouncing all consonants as in Italian, ie. less aspiration. All vowels are pure, similar to Italian. No diphthongs | Examples taken from Italian or English languages. |
| А, а | a (as in Italian ‘caro’) |
| Б, б | b |
| В, в | v |
| Г, г | h (as in English ‘house’) |
| Ґ, ґ | g (as in English ‘garden’) |
| Д, д | d |
| Е, е | e (as in Italian ‘mezzo’) |
| Є, є | je (2 sounds as in English ‘yes’) |
| Ж, ж | Zh (a voiced ‘sh’ as in English ‘vision’) |
| З, з | z |
| И, и | y (as in English ‘sit’) |
| І, i | i (as in English ‘sheet’) |
| Ï, ї | ji (2 sounds as in English ‘yeast’) |
| Й, й | j (as in English ‘yet’) |
| K, к | k (unaspirated, as in Italian ‘caro’ |
| Л, л | L, l (see rule 3. above) |
| M, м | m |
| Н, н | n |
| O, о | o (as in Italian ‘oro’) |
| П, п | p (unaspirated, as in Italian ‘posso’) |
| Р, р | r (rolled as in Italian ‘torre’ |
| C, с | s |
| T, т | t (unaspirated, as in Italian ‘tempo’) |
| У, у | u (as in Italian ‘puro’) |
| Ф, ф | f |
| Х, х | kh (as in Scottish ‘Loch’) |
| Ц, ц | ts (as in English ‘nets’) |
| Ч, ч | ch |
| Ш, ш | sh |
| Щ, щ | shch (2 sounds as in English ‘moisture’) ie. ‘sh’ plus ‘ch’ |
| Ю, ю | ju (2 sounds, ‘j’ as in English ‘yes’ plus ‘u’ as in Italian ‘puro’) |
| Я, я | ja (2 sounds, as in English ‘yap’) |
| Ь, ь | ’ = gentle j (as in ‘say’) |
1. Sparkling Eyes – Jest’ kariji ochi
2. Passionate Love – Ljubov spalakhnula mizh nymy
3. This Accursed Place – Prokljate mistse
4. The Rustling Leaves – Lystja os’innje shumilo
5. In The Sand At A Distant Crossroad – V pisku na dal’n’im perekhrest’i
6. Moon Shadows – In A White Ray Of Light – V prominn’i bil’im
7. Moon Shadows – A Prelude – Preljud’ija
8. Moon Shadows – A New Moon
9. Moon Shadows – The Flight Of The Moon – Vtecha misjatsja
10. A Star – Zorja
11. Supreme Happiness – Najvyshche shchastja
12. A Stork – Leleka
13. A Lullaby (I) – Kolyskova (I)
14. A Seagull – Chajka
15. Ozymandias – Ozymand’ija
16. There Once Was A Tsar – Buv tsar
17. I Dreamt Of A Blue Moon – Nasnylos’, shcho misjats’ pechal’no svityv
18. Memories Of Melodies – Khoch ne zvuchat’ harmon’ijn’i pisn’i
19. I Fear Your Affection – Ja lask tvojikh bojus’
20. Good Night – Na dobran’ich (Version I)
21. Goodnight – Na dobran’ich (version II)
22. Days Past – Dn’i, shcho projshly (version I)
23. Days Past – Mynul’iji dn’i (version II)
24. The Highlands Of Georgia – Uz.hirja Hruz’iji
25. Three Secret Springs – Try Kljuchi
26. There Upon A Birch Tree – Tam, na berez’i
27. Why Do You Never Laugh – Chomu ne smijeshsja n’ikoly
28. Your Eyes Are Akin To The Sea – Tvoji ochi, jak te more
29. Black Sails – Vitryla chorn’i korablja
30. A Seagull Flew Into A Rainbow – Chajka v rajduhu let’ila
31. I Visited Your Heart – Hostjuvav ja v tebe v serts’i
32. Do Not Dismiss Me With Contempt – Ne mynaj z pohordoju
33. Why Come To Me – Choho zjavljajeshsja men’i
34. A Boundless Plain – Bezmezhneje pole
35. An Elegy – Elehija
36. Forever In My Dreams – Vse men’i snyt’sja
37. In A Mist Of Tears – V tuman’i sl’iz
38. And Thus It Will Be – Tak bude
39. Just Like A Dream – Nenache son
40. After The Battle – Pislja boju
41. The Sun – Sontse
42. Long Ago – Starovynne
43. At The Jasper Stone Staircase – Na jashmovi shchablyny
44. A Bird’s Nocturnal Lament – Spiv n’ichnoho ptakha
45. A Memory – Spomyn
46. From The Album Of Karolina Janish – Do albomu Karol’iny Jan’ish
47. Death – Smert’
48. To Siberia – V Sybir
49. A Wild Sea – Mij korabel’ mizh khvyl’ pustel’nykh
50. If My Heart Were Cold – Jakby zh to ja sertse kholodne mav
51. Again The Grove Blooms – Znovu haj ukryvsja lystjam
52. A Sad Spring – Sumuje vse
53. A Haze – Serpanok
54. The Silence Of Wistful Flowers – Tykho skriz’
55. A Funereal Lament – Pokhoronna pisnja
56. Solitary, Withering Dreams – V samotnost’i mriji pryvjanut’…
57. A Moonbeam – Do misjachnoho prominnja
58. A Bitter End – Khtos’ men’i skazav
59. When The Youth Departed – Koly junak pishov
60. Those Dreadfully Cold Evenings – Zhakhlyvyj kholod vechoriv
61. Alone Again – Ja znovu sam
62. Dreams At Dusk – Vechirnje nasnylosja nebo