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Maybe our ears are not trained to pick up certain letters yet. I also hear the "d" as a "g"
Because you are not used to the palatized ('soft') sound "d", so you probably hear it like something else here
"Д"in russian sounds like D but in Ukrainian it is G. I am Ukrainian myself.
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Sorry, but you are wrong. The "D" sounds the same in Russian and Ukrainian.
I am only eight turning nine. I am also only just learning so you can't judge me.Ukrainian is really hard.
you didnt say anything to make anyone think that though. i'm thirteen and i swear i am not used to gender case
Yes, you can translate it as "Is grandpa there?" as well. However, there is yet another form of "дід" -"дідусь". This one is a tender form and it would be a better translation for "grandpa".
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 :)
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.
the question is interrogative, but the required response s a statement. Is that correct?
