сегодня , я говорил с Украинский. Is this correct?

[Gabrielsilffre]

Is this correct? and if it's not , why?

EDIT: Sorry guys the intended message was " I spoke with an Ukranian today " , I was late to work when i posted it and forgot about this part

[LangForThought]

What's the intended message?

[Gabrielsilffre]

Sorry the intended message was " I spoke with an Ukranian today " , I was late to work when i posted it and forgot about this part

[LangForThought]

Oh okay so that would be "сегодня я говорил с украинцем"

[greg.mort]

Just a small correction: "украинцем" is the correct spelling

[LangForThought]

Ah yes, I always forget that. Thanks!

[Gabrielsilffre]

Could you explain me please the reason of change of end of the word ?

[greg.mort]

Noun cases. I believe there should be detailed explanation in the "tips and notes" for one of the topics

[KrisBroholm]

Maybe he's trying to say he was speaking with Ukranian people? In that case it would be instrumental "с украинскими людьми"

[LangForThought]

Людьми* :) also, wouldn't just "с украинскими" be acceptable?

[Tamuna10]

No, if you want to drop out "людьми", then you must say "с украинцами" :)

[KrisBroholm]

Thanks for the confirmation! I did have a feeling it was better ;)

[LangForThought]

Oohh that's right, thank you!

[greg.mort]

This is correct, and "с украинцами" is a much more common and prevalent usage. "с украинскими людьми" is used when you're trying to emphasize "людьми" part IMHO, which would still be technically correct but somewhat unnatural in normal speech.

[KrisBroholm]

Damn typos! I think it's totally ok to leave out, but as I'm not a native speaker, nor a high-level speaker in the first place I'm not entirely sure.

[Gabrielsilffre]

Sorry the intended message was " I spoke with an Ukranian today " , I was late to work when i posted it and forgot about this part, and why does the end of the word "Украинский" change?

[Gabrielsilffre]

Sorry guys the the intended message was " I spoke with an Ukranian today " , I was late to work when i posted it and forgot about this part

[greg.mort]

You could say

Я сегодня разговаривал (разговаривала if you're female, by your nickname I'm assuming you're a guy but I don't wish to presume) с украинцем (male)/ с украинкой (female).

Sometimes you can also hear people say:

I spoke with a guy/girl/(any other noun really) from Ukraine today.

Сегодня я разговаривал с девушкой/парнем из Украины.

[choeisa]

Are you trying to say, "Today I spoke in Ukrainian? If so, I think it should be: Сегодня я говорил в украинском

[LangForThought]

I was thinking "сегодня я говорил по-украински."

[greg.mort]

This is correct, also you can say "... на украинском"

[choeisa]

That sounds correct too.

[LangForThought]

Also, you'd want to say "на украинском", if that's even an acceptable phrase. I learned that when you specify the language you use "по-украински", but if not then you say "на этом языке" or just "на языке", like "I spoke a foreign language" would be "я говорил на иностранном языке"

[greg.mort]

See my reply to NorskJeger. Your sentence needs noun to specify in which Ukrainian place you were speaking. ".... в украинском ресторане" that would be "today I was speaking in Ukrainian restaraunt".

[Gabrielsilffre]

Yes! and could you explain me why in this case isn't "с Украинский" right? that's what is confusing me in Russian :s