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"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 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!
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.
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 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.