I was reminded of thing during the Independence day celebration, which I have reflected a little on afterwards. In a way it’s kinda obvious, but I still think […]
Some pictures from Kiev and Ukraine
In the previous post, episode 2 of the podcast, I talked a little bit about my first trip to Ukraine (and, if you want to be picky, so […]
Podcast Episode 2 – My first visit to Kiev!
In todays episode, I talk a little bit about my very first impressions of Ukraine, and the time I visited Kiev.
Marias Flower
Марія любила квіти. Вона завжди саджала їх у своєму саду. Одного разу вона знайшла дивну рослину. Вона не знала, що це за рослина, але вирішила залишити її і […]
Time to hand out medals – Place 3 and 2!
It is now time to present bronze and silver medal in my top list of 12 favourite Ukrainian words. Bronze medal In third place, we find a soft, […]
Anki – a tool for rehearsing with flashcards
When learning languages, or anything else that requires rote learning and memorisation, using flashcards is a tried and tested method. Flashcards are quite simple, they are simply, well, […]
What roles do we play?
I wanted to dwell a little bit on this whole thing with cases. As a native Swedish-speaker, I am not that used to that. It doesn’t help that […]
Three week anniversary! Well, Kinda.
By now I think you know the story. I have struggled to learn Ukrainian for a while. And then I decided to blog about it. That was about […]
I’m not sure it can get more iconic than this: Skryabin
Last week we listened to Okean Elzy, and this week it’s time for another iconic Ukrainian band: Skryabin (Скрябін). When I have talked with Ukrainians about music, this […]
My first podcast episode
So, I decided to try out this podcast thing. In the first episode I introduce myself a little, and tell the story on why I am trying to […]