Ukrainian Family Vocabulary

The 20 beginner words (A1–A2) for family, with their English translations and part of speech, across 4 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.

Family Basics

A1
EnglishUkrainianTypeLevel
brotherбратbratnounA1
daughterдочкаdochkanounA1
fatherбатькоbatkonounA1
grandfatherдідусьdidusnounA1
grandmotherбабусяbabusianounA1
motherматиmatynounA1
sisterсестраsestranounA1
sonсинsynnounA1

Family Intermediate

A1
EnglishUkrainianTypeLevel
auntтіткаtitkanounA1
childдитинаdytynanounA1
cousinдвоюрідний братdvoiuridnyi bratnounA1
husbandчоловікcholoviknounA1
parentодин із батьківodyn iz batkivnounA1
uncleдядькоdiadkonounA1
wifeдружинаdruzhynanounA1

Family Advanced

A2
EnglishUkrainianTypeLevel
ancestorпредокpredoknounA2
generationпоколінняpokolinnianounA2

Life Events

A1–A2
EnglishUkrainianTypeLevel
birthнародженняnarodzhennianounA1
childhoodдитинствоdytynstvonounA2
deathсмертьsmertnounA2

The A1–A2 words are here. The rest are in the app

Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch

These lists stop at A1–A2, the words a beginner needs first. The family packs keep going through B1, B2 and C1 inside Watch Your Language, along with every other topic.

The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.

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