
будинок — House
Reading guide: budynok
Gender / number: Masculine
Rooms, furniture, appliances, and outdoor spaces. Learn Ukrainian nouns with English translations and audio.
The people in your life.
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Tap a letter to hear its sound. Ь has no sound of its own; its recording says the sign’s name.
Tap an ending to hear it. Plural is a number category, not a fourth gender. These are common patterns, not absolute rules.
Start with the dictionary form. Endings give useful clues, but learn exceptions with the noun. Grammatical gender does not always match biological sex.
Tap the blue ending buttons to listen. For -ння, -ття and the soft sign, listen in a complete word. The soft sign has no sound of its own. Swipe examples left or right on mobile. On desktop, expand a row to see all its examples. Tap an example to hear it.
Match pronouns to the noun: мій брат · моя сестра · моє вікно · мої батьки. Practice in Pronouns → Gender.
References: Read Ukrainian! — Gender and number · Kyiv-Mohyla Academy — Noun gender
Home vocabulary turns familiar surroundings into daily reading practice. Work through rooms, furniture and household objects, then try naming things in your own room without looking at the English.

Reading guide: budynok
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: kvartyra
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: budivlya
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: dim
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: kimnata
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: spalnya
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: vitalnya
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: kukhnya
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: vanna kimnata
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: yidalnya
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: korydor
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: pidval
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: horyshche
Gender / number: Neuter

Reading guide: harazh
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: balkon
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: ganok
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: dakh
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: stina
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: pidloha
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: stelya
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: dveri
Gender / number: Plural
Grammar note: Normally learned and used in the plural; no singular gender label here.

Reading guide: vikno
Gender / number: Neuter

Reading guide: skhody
Gender / number: Plural
Grammar note: Normally learned and used in the plural; no singular gender label here.

Reading guide: lizhko
Gender / number: Neuter

Reading guide: matrats
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: podushka
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: kovdra
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: prostyradlo
Gender / number: Neuter

Reading guide: stil
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: stilets
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: dyvan
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: dyvan
Gender / number: Masculine
Usage: Sofa and couch usually have the same Ukrainian translation.

Reading guide: pysmovyy stil
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: polytsya
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: shafka
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: shafa
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: shukhlyada
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: dzerkalo
Gender / number: Neuter

Reading guide: lampa
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: svitlo
Gender / number: Neuter
Usage: Light or illumination; a light fixture is світильник.

Reading guide: kholodylnyk
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: morozylna kamera
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: plyta
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: dukhovka
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: mikrokhvylova pich
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: rakovyna
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: kran
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: unitaz
Gender / number: Masculine
Usage: The fixture; туалет means the toilet room.

Reading guide: dush
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: vanna
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: pralna mashyna
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: sushylna mashyna
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: posudomyyna mashyna
Gender / number: Feminine

Reading guide: pylosos
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: vinyk
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: smitnyk
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: parkan
Gender / number: Masculine

Reading guide: podvir’ya
Gender / number: Neuter

Reading guide: sad
Gender / number: Masculine
Usage: A fruit or ornamental garden; a vegetable garden is город.

Reading guide: teplytsya
Gender / number: Feminine