"Дід там?"

Translation: Is the grandfather there?

[malecbaldwin]

Why does grandfather sound like "geed" instead of "deed"?

[Vinnfred]

It just sounds to you that way :)

[malecbaldwin]

Fair enough haha

[J4WNEE]

Maybe our ears are not trained to pick up certain letters yet. I also hear the "d" as a "g"

[zirrex]

Because you are not used to the palatized ('soft') sound "d", so you probably hear it like something else here

[marty641]

"Д"in russian sounds like D but in Ukrainian it is G. I am Ukrainian myself.

[Garry_S]

Sorry, but you are wrong. The "D" sounds the same in Russian and Ukrainian.

[Dianoya]

No, it's wrong. "Д" sounds like D. I am Ukrainian too.
Ви що, дід кажете як "гід"? І як, Вас розуміють? Гід - це геть інше слово. :-)))

[kasaidi2]

I am only eight turning nine. I am also only just learning so you can't judge me.Ukrainian is really hard.

[Warao1]

So what is the proper pronunciation?

[artyom.yakovenko]

It's pronounced like "did" in English. Ukrainian is pretty easy in terms of pronunciation, as its spelling is very phonetical. It's not like English where you have to simply memorize the pronunciation of many words :)

[Garry_S]

It's not pronounced like "did". It's pronounced like "deed".

[artyom.yakovenko]

OK, if you like it better this way. To be perfectly fair, however, neither English "did" nor "deed" is an exact pronunciation of the Ukrainian "дід". Both are just relatively close approximations, but I believe that either one will be understood by Ukrainian speakers just fine.

[Kari884679]

I can't tell the difference between some Ukrainian vowels I keep trying to guess from hearing it and still mix them up

[KwameKN]

Do you ever have a problem with you grandfather?

[Dianoya]

Do you want to talk about it? )

[humbletexan]

the question is interrogative, but the required response s a statement. Is that correct?

[ShaneElvid]

How come linking verbs are absent?

[AugustusAl2]

Yeet