Days of the Week in Ukrainian 📅

Learning the days of the week in Ukrainian is a great way to build your vocabulary! But instead of just memorizing words, let’s make it fun and interactive. Today, we will:

✅ Learn how to say the days of the week in Ukrainian

✅ Practice using them with the accusative case (how to say “on Monday,” etc.)

✅ Practice new vocabulary and grammar with one of the most popular Ukrainian songs.

So, let’s get started! 

📅 Days of the Week (Дні тижня) 

First, let’s learn the Ukrainian names for each day!

🔹 Понеділок – Monday

🔹 Вівторок – Tuesday

🔹 Середа – Wednesday

🔹 Четвер – Thursday (четвертий день – "fourth day" of the week)

🔹 П’ятниця – Friday (п'ятий день – "fifth day")

🔹 Субота – Saturday

🔹 Неділя – Sunday

💡 Tip: In Ukrainian, Saturday (Субота) and Sunday (Неділя) are called “вихідні” (weekends). You can associate this word with "вихід" (exit), meaning these are days off from work or school! 

🗓 How to Say “On (a certain day of the week)” in Ukrainian

When talking about something happening on a specific day, we use the Accusative case (Знахідний відмінок).

✅ Rule:

1️⃣ Use “У” or “В” before the day.

2️⃣ Change the noun to the accusative case. 

Most days of the week in Ukrainian are masculine and inanimate, which means they stay the same in the accusative case:

✔ Понеділок → У понеділок (On Monday)

📝 Try it yourself!

✔ Вівторок →  _______ (On Tuesday)

✔ Четвер →  _______ (On Thursday)

If the word is feminine (ending in -А or -Я), the ending must change in the accusative case:

📌 А → У (hard/mixed stems)

📌 Я → Ю (soft stems)

✔ Середа → У середу (On Wednesday)

✔ П’ятниця → У п’ятницю (On Friday)

📝 Your turn! Fill in the blanks:

✔ Субота → _______ (On Saturday)

✔ Неділя →  _______ (On Sunday) 

🎵 Practice with a Ukrainian Song! 

There is probably no Ukrainian who hasn't heard or sung this song! “Ти ж мене підманула” (You tricked me) is a party hit — it always makes people smile and dance.

Now it’s your turn to enjoy this Ukrainian classic and practice your new vocabulary and grammar!

🎧 Listen to the song:

📝 Fill in the blanks using the correct accusative forms of the days of the week:

Ти казала: _______

(You said: on …)

Підем разом по барвінок.

(We'd go together to pick periwinkle.)

Я прийшов, тебе нема,

(I came, but you weren’t there,)

Підманула-підвела.

(You tricked me, you deceived me.)

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Ти ж мене підманула,

(You tricked me,)

Ти ж мене підвела, 

(You deceived me)

Ти ж мене молодого

(You deceived me, a young man,)

З ума-розуму звела.

(Drove me crazy.)

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Ти казала _______

(You said: on …)

Поцілуєш разів сорок.

(That you would kiss me 40 times.)

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Ти казала _______

(You said: on …)

Підем разом по череду.

(We'd go together to take the cattle to pasture.)

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Ти казала _______

(You said: on …)

Підем разом на концерт.

(We'd go to the concert together.)

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Ти казала _______

(You said: on …)

Підем разом по суниці.

(We'd go together to pick strawberries.)

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Ти казала _______

(You said: on …)

Підем разом на роботу.

(We'd go to work together.)

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Ти казала _______

(You said: on …)

Підем разом на весілля.

(We'd go to a wedding together.)

Put the song on repeat, and soon you'll be using the days of the week naturally. Enjoy learning Ukrainian! 💙💛