👋 Greetings & Politeness in Ukrainian
These are the 18 essential Ukrainian phrases for greetings & politeness, each with an English-friendly transliteration (stressed syllable in CAPS), the English meaning, and usage notes. Hello, goodbye, and being pleasant in between. Hear native-style audio for every phrase in the free Slava app.
Привіт informal
pry-VEET
Hi
Добрий день formal
DOB-ryi den
Good day / Hello
💡 The default daytime greeting for shops, offices, strangers.
Доброго ранку
DOB-ro-ho RAN-koo
Good morning
Добрий вечір
DOB-ryi VEH-cheer
Good evening
На добраніч
na dob-RA-neech
Good night
💡 Said when parting for the night, not as a greeting.
До побачення formal
do po-BA-chen-nya
Goodbye · lit. “until the (next) seeing”
Бувай informal
boo-VAI
Bye · lit. “be (well)”
До зустрічі
do ZOO-stree-chee
See you · lit. “until the meeting”
Як справи?
yak SPRA-vy
How are you? · lit. “how (are) affairs?”
Добре, дякую
DOB-reh, DYA-koo-yoo
Fine, thank you
А у вас? formal
a oo VAS
And you?
А в тебе? informal
a v TEH-beh
And you?
Дуже приємно
DOO-zheh pry-YEM-no
Nice to meet you · lit. “very pleasant”
Ласкаво просимо
las-KA-vo PRO-sy-mo
Welcome
💡 You'll see this on signs everywhere — now you can say it too.
Вітаю
vee-TA-yoo
Greetings / Hello
💡 Neutral and friendly; also means “congratulations” in context.
Так собі
tak so-BEE
So-so
Все добре
vseh DOB-reh
Everything's fine
Радий вас бачити formal
RA-dyi vas BA-chy-ty
Glad to see you
💡 A man says радий, a woman says рада (RA-da).
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