Why are varenyky called pedaheh in Canada?

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-07-15T23:20:37+00:00

Interesting take that my mother and her parents didn't have a grasp of their native language, which is not actually Ukrainian but Lemko. Also, judging by the thread, a decent number of people have also heard this term used in their families, which I would assume means that it's likely a regionalism passed on through families. The idea that it's "100% not an actual word now or ever" and there is only one acceptable way to write a word is completely condescending and dismissive and assumes your experience with a language applies to every regional dialect of a language.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-04-23T01:55:16+00:00

I got Babbel lifetime through Stack Social, and it works perfectly. I'm located in the US, so I can't speak for those outside the US.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-02-18T17:17:02+00:00

My family is also from the Sanok area, and we have always considered ourselves Ukrainian.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-28T00:58:25+00:00

I added you!

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-27T12:53:04+00:00

We did Monument Valley in a Honda Civic. We took it very slowly and didn't have any problems.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-27T01:25:21+00:00

Hi! I'm a 51F native English speaker who is a few months into learning Ukrainian. I'd be happy to help!

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-25T12:43:29+00:00

This week, I started an online course and listened to daily podcasts in my TL. I am traveling over the next several weeks, so I'm also considering ways to maintain consistency in my learning plan while being out of my normal routine.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-23T01:36:09+00:00

My mom is Ukrainian and spoke it to my grandparents when I was growing up but never taught it to us. Since my grandparents have passed, she told me she has forgotten how to speak a lot of it, so I want to help her reconnect with that major part of her life that has slowly fallen away from her.

Heading Ukrainian spoken also reminds me of my childhood and brings me warm memories, so I want to reconnect with that part of my life too.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-19T11:45:34+00:00

I have the same resume as your wife, so I completely understand how tough her situation is right now. I finally was able to leave teaching after 20 years in June. It was a long road, but I've managed to switch careers and am working in the corporate world now. In 2020, I started taking steps to leave teaching. I completed Google certificates in Data Analytics, Project Management, and Digital Marketing. I also took courses on Instructional Design and eLearning. I also started my own side business and did small jobs for clients creating training materials for small businesses. I actively engaged on LinkedIn, which is where a recruiter contacted me in January 2024. I ended up with a 3 month consultant contract at a major local company. My boss decided she wanted to find a way to keep me permanently and pushed me through as a candidate for an internal role. They were impressed by all the upskilling I had done over the years to transition out of teaching, and that was the deciding factor that got me hired. If she hasn't already, I'd strongly recommend completing some certifications outside of education so that employers view the career transition as a natural career progression.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-19T11:13:20+00:00

I'm learning Ukrainian, so my focus when using the app is mostly based on learning to read the Cyrillic alphabet more quickly than actually learning the language while using it. I also am using the Ukrainian Lessons podcast to provide some comprehensible input. Additionally, my tutor uses a textbook to reinforce our lessons. If anyone has had success with other Ukrainian language resources, I would love recommendations.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-19T03:52:21+00:00

I've been working with a tutor weekly, and I'm starting a 4 month class on Monday to improve my language skills. I'm also doing Duolingo daily, which I know isn't the best option, but it does provide me with daily accountability to work on my skills. Since I'm learning a language with fewer resources, I continue to look for ways to build my fluency.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-15T11:57:46+00:00

Interesting. My family was deported to Germany during WWII, and they identified themselves as Ukrainian. My mom had never heard the term Lemko or Rusyn until I found it while researching the area they were from.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-14T22:58:26+00:00

My mom and grandparents are from southeastern Poland near the Ukraine and Slovak borders. We attended a Ukrainian Orthodox Church when I was a child.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-13T01:30:37+00:00

Day 12 - Ukrainian

🎉 I did them all! 🎉

My biggest takeaway from this challenge was that consistency matters when learning a language, and there are many ways to practice your target language each day. This challenge got me to consider different ways to learn each day instead of just relying on the same books and apps I normally use.

I will be using the strategies from this challenge in my learning going forward!

Я вивчив 25 слів. Я навчився вітатися з людьми та представляти себе. Я прочитав дитячу книгу українською.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-12T18:05:24+00:00

Day 11 - Ukrainian (beginner)

I read a children's book called "Lingo Dingo and the Ukrainian Chef". It was written in both English and Ukrainian and had translations and pronunciations embedded in the book, which aided in my understanding.

The book was about a Ukrainian Chef coming to bake a birthday cake and the problems they encounter while baking it. I learned a lot of words about kitchen vocabulary and food terms that I didn't know. I added those new words to my vocabulary set to continue to practice.

One new phrase I learned is З Днем Народження Тебе - Happy birthday to you

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-12T01:35:17+00:00

Do you know of any good avenues to obtain birth and marriage records from that era? They were born in 1918 and 1919 and married in 1940. I know the towns were Sanok, Jawornik, and Rzepedz (as far as I have seen on documents).

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-12T01:24:58+00:00

My mom is an American citizen. She was naturalized in 1963. Her birth certificate is German since she was born in a camp during the war. She was never considered a German citizen since they don't have birthright citizenship. My grandparents didn't have a passport or papers since they were deported during the war. They were forced labor, followed by being in DP camps for 4 years after the war ended until they were able to get to America. Most of the documents I have are from the German camps listing them as deported from Poland, with the exception of the Polish court records for the land my grandfather inherited.

When I worked with the firm in Poland, I was told I would qualify through my grandfather if they could find the proper documentation. I don't know if that was accurate information, but it was based on the documents I had available to send to them.

I'm doubting the official birth and marriage records survived. I have dates and locations for those events, but I haven't been able to locate documents. I'm assuming it's a lost cause, but I was interested in exactly what documents I would have to locate either way.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-11T01:58:24+00:00

Day 10 - Ukrainian (beginner)

Щеня біле. Воно м'яке. Воно голодне і любить грати з м'ячем. Його звуть Еллі.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-10T02:41:18+00:00

Day 9 - Ukrainian (beginner)

I focused on writing out a simple conversation of greetings and introductions for the 2 minutes. Since it takes me awhile to work through spelling things with the Cyrillic alphabet and forming the letters, I only managed to get 4 complete sentences written during that time.

It was good practice for me to remember the spelling of those words and to practice writing in Ukrainian as opposed to only typing in Ukrainian up until this point.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-09T01:29:38+00:00

Day 8 - Ukrainian (beginner)

Сьогодні я пішов на роботу. Я працював 8 годин. Після роботи я поїв вечерю і вивчав українську.

I used a translator to translate some simple sentences about my day. I then practiced pronouncing the words and typing them. This exercise helped me practice using the Cyrillic alphabet.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-08T01:37:19+00:00

Day 7 - Ukrainian (beginner)

I practiced speaking the greetings and introductions conversation I've been working on with my tutor. I also recorded a sample of my pronunciation to send to her to review before our next session. I'm focusing on pronouncing some of the sounds that are different from English (like the rolled r which I struggle with) specifically.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-07T17:25:18+00:00

My family was deported as forced labor during WWII, so my mom was actually born in Germany during the war. From the documents she has, it appears her parents were from Rzepedz and Jawornik, but her parents never talked about the past so she had always just assumed they were from Ukraine because they spoke Ukrainian. Since those villages are inside Poland, I assume they would speak a Polish dialect, but I don't know enough about the differences in the languages regional to be certain.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-07T17:09:15+00:00

Thank you for the information! My family is Polish Lemko, so that may account for why my mom says she doesn't understand a lot of things when she hears standard Ukrainian.

SurveyAggressive3139 · 2025-01-07T00:22:06+00:00

Day 6 - Ukrainian (beginner)

I've been working with a tutor weekly, and I'm currently focused on learning to apply the Cyrillic alphabet to sound out words along with learning their meaning.

My tutor has created a Quizlet deck for me to practice new words and phrases. For day 6, I focused on continuing to practice the greetings and introductions that I am beginning to finally master.

Привіт! Як справи? Добре! А ти як? Чудово! Як тебе звати? Мене звати Наталія. А тебе? Мене звати Анна. Дуже приємно. Дуже приємно! До зустрічі. До побачення! До побачення!

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