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- "And what about me?"
"And what about me?"
Translation:А я?
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Which form of and do I use?
In Ukrainian, there are four words that mean and; і, та, а and й. Three of them; і, та and й are all used to link similar things, the only reason we have so many is so we can switch them around to make the language flow and sound more melodic.
- Мама і тато - Mom and dad
- Та я! - And me!
- Мова й алфавіт - Language and alphabet
It's really up to you when you want to use them :)
But on the other hand, а is used to contrast between two different things. It roughly corresponds to the English whereas.
- Мама там, а тато тут - Mom is there, and/whereas dad is here
- Я працюю а ти танюєш - I work and/whereas you work
- Мене звати Віктор а вас звати Вєра - My name is Victor and/whereas your name is Viera
I love how the same sentence in 19 English letters turns into 2 Ukranian letters.
I detest transliterated Ukranian as it is to confusing. Secondly, "shchodo" was not what I was given earlier. I was given "A ya?" How am I supposed to know that "A yak shchodo mene?" means "what about me?" And why are we using transliterated Ukranian? I do understand that "shch" is "щ". "А уак щодо мене" is as close to writing it in Ukranian as I can get, but I might be off here. Thanks!
In Ukranian, the word about, would be "про" and the word what, would be "що" However, in this sentence; "як щодо" means AS OF. So when you add the ''a" to the sentence, it becomes what about (me)?
It's not that they disappear, they are already redundant in the english expression. You could just ask "And me?".
There used to be a icon in the upper left corner to press in order to get Ukrainian letters. I'm not seeing that right now. Just see if there is anything in options in settings or something. Best Wishes!
I think the icon on the upper left might only exist when you are doing the questions, instead of looking at a forum post. I didn't see anything in settings. :P
Finding it hard as I don't have an ukrainian keyboard. How do you write or type your words???
One thing you can do is open up translate.google.com and select Ukrainian language on the LEFT side. Then, choose Keyboard in the bottom right corner of the left side. This will allow you to type the я, ї and other symbols. Duolingo does have a keyboard as well, but I forgot how to access that one. And, I don't know what changes they made in how to access that one, as I used to use it before duolingo changed.
In Spanish and German, we are given the accent marks or umlauts so we can type the words correctly. They don't give us the Ukrainian letters, so is there a way we can type them?
One thing you can do is open up translate.google.com and select Ukrainian language on the LEFT side. Then, choose Keyboard in the bottom right corner of the left side. This will allow you to type the я, ї and other symbols. Duolingo does have a keyboard as well, but I forgot how to access that one. And, I don't know what changes they made in how to access that one, as I used to use it before duolingo changed.
One thing you can do is open up translate.google.com and select Ukrainian language on the LEFT side. Then, choose Keyboard in the bottom right corner of the left side. This will allow you to type the я, ї and other symbols. Duolingo does have a keyboard as well, but I forgot how to access that one. And, I don't know what changes they made in how to access that one, as I used to use it before duolingo changed.
I have just started Ukranian, and while I hae gotten the correct answer, I keep getting this wrong because my keyboard doesn't have Ukranian and duo isn't providing the letter options in Ukranian. How can I fix this? Will I need to install an alphabet on my computer, or is this a fluke?
I am on Chromebook and google translate is a little off and I can not type what looks like backwards R.
I already answered this one just above Merideht_o. You need to reread this. 1. One thing you can do is open up translate.google.com and select Ukrainian language on the LEFT side. 2. Then, choose Keyboard in the bottom right corner of the left side box. This will allow you to type the я (if you have the keyboard UP and SHOWN, then press the 'z' key, ї the '}]' key and other symbols. 3. Duolingo does have a keyboard as well, but I forgot how to access that one. And, I don't know what changes they made in how to access that one, as I used to use it before duolingo changed.
When It asks me to type in Ukrainian I can't because I don't have a Ukrainian typewriter and they don't display the Ukrainian letters below for me to choose from. Because of this I cannot progress in my course!!
