"Я не їм макарони без сиру."

Translation: I do not eat pasta without cheese.

[PaulieWallnutz]

Ok, after a few lessons; I think Ukrainian "makarony" is a term for every type of pasta in existence - with regards to this language. Borrowed from the Greeks as "makaria".

Irrelevant: The american Italians will be quick to point out different types of pasta( ie: penne, mezze penne, spaghetti etc...) Most of this pasta has the same ingredients, just cut into different shapes. This is how I see it. I might be wrong though.?.?

[deactivated user]

You are right! We use макарони (вироби макаронні) for any type of pasta, also we use спагетті only for spaghetti.

[Jonathan290737]

шпагет

[RianFinn]

Does anyone know when to have a genitive ending as -a (хліб-хліба) vs -у (cир/сиру) for masculie nouns?

[loeuf50]

It seems "macaroni" should be an acceptable translation in addition to "pasta".

[Jonathan290737]

макарони - it is you spell it right

[SergioRuido]

Where do you use "macaroni"?

[rumnraisin]

To indicate a variety of pasta in the shape of narrow tubes it is in common usage in English. Macaroni with cheese is quite well known as a popular pasta dish, which wikipedia states is "Widespread throughout United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_and_cheese

I don't know how well this usage fits with Ukrainian usage though. I've been presuming the Ukrainian макарони can be used the same way we generally say pasta. We might in fact mean any of penne, macaroni, spaghetti, fusilli, linguine, conchiglie. I think all of those (except conchiglie) are widely used by English speakers. Probably some English speakers would add a few other varieties of pasta to that list.

[Caterpillarman]

Macaroni with cheese is far superior to plain noodles, DUH!!

[hero32omeg]

but its not specifically macaroni, its all pasta, so it could be rotini and cheese