Cyrillic transliteration.
A little knowledge of the Cyrillic alphabet allows us to understand many words that are similar to ours.
Use this table together with the other tables of complete sentences found in the "Small Travel Dictionary" the first E-Book from Ukraine Travel.
| Upper case | Lower case | Roman equivalent | Pronunciation | Vocal explanation |
| А | а | a | a | as in apple |
| Б | б | b | b | as in boy |
| В | в | v | v | as in very |
| Г | г | g | g | as in god |
| Д | д | d | d | as in day |
| Е | е | je | y | as in yell |
| Ё | ё | jo | y | as in yo |
| Ж | ж | zh | zh | as in pleasure |
| З | з | z | z | as in zero |
| И | и | i | e | as in Easter |
| Й | й | ye | y | as in yoga |
| К | к | k | k | as in kiss |
| Л | л | l | l | as in look |
| М | м | m | m | as in mild |
| Н | н | n | n | as in nice |
| О | о | o | o | as in October |
| П | п | p | p | as in play |
| Р | р | r | r | as in Russian |
| С | с | s | s | as in small |
| Т | т | t | t | as in Turkish |
| У | у | u | u | as in ultra or ou |
| Ф | ф | f | f | as in French |
| Х | х | ch | kh | as in the Scottish loch |
| Ц | ц | z | c | |
| Ч | ч | tch | ch | as in child |
| Ш | ш | sch | sh | as in shy |
| Щ | щ | stch | shch | as in rush show |
| rule | ъ | tvjordi znak | rarely used, indicates a slight pause between syllables | |
| never first letter | ы | y | i | as in sir |
| rule | ь | mjagki znak | makes the previous letter soft, or as if there is a after the consonant. | |
| Э | э | e | e | as in explain |
| Ю | ju | u | as in university not as in up | |
| Я | ju | ja | as in yahoo |