Time, days and hours in Ukrainian
129 words in Ukrainian on the topic “time, days and hours”: хвилина (khvylyna) — minute, година (hodyna) — hour, сьогодні (sohodni) — today, завтра (zavtra) — tomorrow.
129 words on the topic
- хвилинаkhvylynaminuteA word all its own — no "minute" inside. After five it shortens: pyat khvylyn, the counting form every number demands.
- годинаhodynahourThe great false friend of the course: hodyna is an HOUR, not a year. A year is rik. Skilky hodyn? — "how many hours?" Keep them apart at all costs.
- сьогодніsohodnitodaySaid "siohodni", stress in the middle. A word that appears in every second sentence of daily speech — worth over-learning.
- завтраzavtratomorrowZavtra bude doshch — "tomorrow there will be rain". The little helper bude, "will be", is the future of buty, which you just met.
- деньdendayThe vowels jump around as the word bends: den, dnia, dniu. It covers both a day of the month and the daylight part of the day.
- ранокranokmorning (time of day)A word you just have to own. Z ranku means "in the morning", shchoranku "every morning" — the same root ran- inside all of them.
- вечірvechireveningSaid "vechyr". Keep it apart from vecherya, "supper": one ending separates the time of day from the meal you eat in it.
- нічnichnightSaid "nich", with the ch of "church". Vnochi means "at night" — the form looks nothing like the base word, but you will hear it every day.
- вчораvchorayesterdayStarts with a v — do not drop it. The day before yesterday doubles the prefix: pozavchora, exactly like "the day before yesterday".
- рікrikyearWatch the cousin word: richka is "river", one letter apart. The year itself wobbles as it bends: rik, rokiv — the vowel runs.
- о котрій годині?o kotrii hodyni?at what time?Literally "at which hour". The answer keeps the o: o piatii, "at five" — the little word travels with you.
- вже пізноvzhe piznoit is late alreadyVzhe, "already", always stands right before the word it serves. A late night is piznia nich — same root again.
- спочаткуspochatkuat firstFrom "pochatok", the beginning: at-first. It opens the chain "spochatku — potim — nareshti". Not to be confused with "upershe", for the first time — one is about order, the other about a first ever.
- потімpotimthenFirst word of the second half, often with "i": "potim i poikhaly". Add "yak" and it becomes "after that". A different "potim" means "in that case" — same word, neighboring sense.
- після цьогоpislia tsohoafter thisPislia governs the of-form: pislia tsioho, pislia yizhi, pislia roboty — after food, after work, after this.
- нарештіnareshtifinallyCarries relief after a long wait and often stands alone as a cry: "Nareshti!" In a sentence it goes first.
- у той час якu toi chas yakwhile (at the moment when)Chas here means time, not the hour on the clock — the old trap reaches into connector phrases too. The frame reads literally as "in that time as".
- одночасноodnochasnoat the same timeLiterally "in one hour": both at the same moment and right after something. The phrase "odnochasno z" takes the instrumental: "odnochasno z nym". The conversational substitute is "zarazom".
- до того якdo toho yakbefore (by the time that)The do is the same deadline-word as in "by Friday": up to a moment, and then it happens. Its mirror phrase for "after" swaps the little word, keeps the frame.
- після того якpislia toho yakafter (doing something)Two commas: one before "pislia", one before "yak" inside the phrase. Note the difference — "pislia toho, yak" opens a whole clause, while a lone "pislia tsogo" is just a phrase in a sentence.
- щойноshchoinoas soon asOne word where two would do — and it also means "just now": vin shchoino pishov. The tense of your verb decides which reading fits.
- відтодіvidtodisince thenOne word: "from that time". It stands at the front: "Vidtodi my bilshe ne bachylysia." To get the conjunction "ever since", add "yak" — "vidtodi, yak" — and there the comma and the "yak" are both obligatory.
- завждиzavzhdyalwaysOne word for "always" and "forever" — context decides. Its usual place is before the verb: "zavzhdy spizniiuiusia". A handy softener: "maizhe zavzhdy", almost always.
- частоchastooftenThe adjective is "chastyi": "chasta pomylka", a common mistake, and "chasti zapytannia" is the FAQ section on websites. The adverb sits before the verb or at the front.
- рідкоridkorarelyOne vowel carries the family tie: "ridko" with an i, from "ridkyi" — both rare and liquid: "ridka yushka", a thin soup. Stands before the verb; for emphasis add "duzhe".
- інколиinkolysometimesOne compact word, and people also say "chasom" — by times. No ambiguity with "earlier" here: that is "ranishe", its own separate word, nothing to trip over.
- ніколиnikolyneverDouble negation is required: "nikoly ne khodzhu" — never not-go. Without the "ne" the sentence is simply wrong. For emphasis: "nikoly bilshe", never again.
- зазвичайzazvychaiusuallyLiterally "from custom", from "zvychai", a habit or custom. First word of the sentence or before the verb. Careful with "zvychaino": it means both usually and of course — intonation sorts it.
- довгоdovhofor a long timeNo extra consonant inside, and the adjective "dovhyi", long, shares the root. Phrases: "yak dovho?", how long; "vzhe davno", for a while now; "nedavno", recently. Not the debt word — a different root entirely.
- щоразуshchorazuevery timeThe shcho- prefix welds two words together: shchorazu, shchodia, shchoroku — written solid, spoken fast, one shape per frequency.
- час від часуchas vid chasufrom time to timeLiterally "hour from time" — both nouns stand in the "of" form, as the preposition demands. It sits at the front or the end and takes no comma. The short version is "inodi".
- досіdosiso farOne word, "up to this". With a past tense it means there had been no problems yet; with a present tense it means "still": "dosi chekaiu", I am still waiting. One English phrase, two tenses — the verb carries the sense.
- раптомraptomsuddenlyFrom "raptovyi", sudden. It stands at the front: "Raptom vin zupynuvsia posered dorohy." Conversational substitutes: "nespodivano", and the idiom "yak hrim z iasnoho neba" — like thunder from a clear sky.
- заздалегідьzazdalehidin advanceA long, very native word — built on "dalekyi", far: to do something "far ahead of time". It follows the verb: "bronuuvaty zazdalehid". A daily phrase: "diakuiu zazdalehid", thanks in advance, closing letters.
- вчасноvchasnoon timeBuilt on "chas", time — arrived at the time. Usually after the verb: "pryikhal vchasno". Do not confuse with "tochno", sharp on the hour — "on time" just means not late. Being late is "spiznytysia".
- терміновоterminovourgentlyFrom "termin", a term or deadline: urgent is what the deadline cannot wait for. Both sides live in one word: "terminovo" — urgently, "ne terminovo" — no rush. The mandatory word "oboviazkovo" is about obligation instead.
- одразуodrazuright awayLiterally "in one go": immediately, this minute. Do not confuse with "nezabarom", soon — "odrazu" is in a minute, "nezabarom" is sometime soon. With "yak" it turns into the as-soon-as conjunction.
- поступовоpostupovograduallyFrom "stupin", a step: literally step by step, the same staircase image as in English. Before the verb or at the end: "tsiny postupovo rosly". In speech "povilno", slowly, often does this job too.
- в останній моментv ostannii momentat the last momentThe noun bends into the "where" form after "v": "v ostatnyi moment". "Ostannyi" is both last and remaining: "ostanniy avtobus", the last bus. More alive in speech: "v ostatniu khvylynu", at the last minute.
- рано чи пізноrano chy piznosooner or laterThe little word "chy" — the same or of questions — stands in the middle. The order of the two halves is fixed, not swappable. It opens a sentence and launches a prediction: sooner or later they will find out.
- одного разуodnoho razuonce (one time)Literally "of one time" — the story-opening phrase odnoho razu ya zustriv yoho, "once I met him". A perfect way to start a tale.
- у дитинствіu dytynstviin childhoodThe little preposition changes costume: u before a consonant, v after a vowel. Same meaning, different shape — pure sound logic.
- у ті часиu ti chasyin those daysTi points to the far away, tsi to the near — "those" versus "these". You can hear todi, "then", living inside the phrase.
- це було давноtse bulo davnothat was long agoDavno is about the distant past; dovho is about duration — tse tryvalo dovho, "it lasted long". Mixing them up is the classic learner slip.
- перший разpershyi razthe first timeOne pattern for every "time": pershyi raz "the first time", druhyi raz "the second time", ostannii raz "the last time". Po-pershe, "firstly", grows from the same root.
- майбутнєmaibutniethe futureLiterally "that which will be" — from bude, "will be". The future tense itself is called maibutnii chas, "the future time".
- минулеmynulethe pastFrom a verb meaning "to pass by" — the past is "that which has passed". The pair mynule — maibutnie mirrors "past — future"; the present is teperyshnie.
- найближчі планиnaiblyzhchi planyupcoming plansThe superlative is one little prefix: nay- turns "near" into "nearest". Inside, the consonant softens and swaps — a regular shift, not an accident.
- через рікcherez rikin a yearCherez always marks time passing or motion across. "A year ago" flips it around: rik tomu — tomu here means "ago", not the to-form "to that".
- постійноpostiinoconstantlyFrom the root meaning "standing" — what stands permanently. Postiinyi klient is a regular customer. Zavzhdy, "always", and ves chas, "all the time", round out the set.
- тимчасовоtymchasovotemporarilyBuilt on chas, "time": literally "for a time". Tymchasova reiestratsiia, "temporary registration", is a standard official term on documents.
- зручний часzruchnyi chasa convenient timeZruchnyi is broader than "convenient": it fits a chair, a schedule, a bag strap. The standard question is Koly tobi zruchno? — "when is it convenient for you?"
- призначити часpryznachyty chasto set a timeThe same verb appoints people to posts: pryznachyty dyrektora, "to appoint a director". Times get set with na plus the moment: na ranok, "for the morning".
- у другій половині дняu druhii polovyni dniain the afternoonThe day is cut into halves: polovyna, "a half", sits in the at-form. And druhii really is "second" here — the counting word, not "other".
- ближче до вечораblyzhche do vechoratoward eveningA comparing form plus do, "of": literally "nearer of the evening". The do-step replaces the "towards" you would expect — it does the pointing.
- у будь-який часu bud-yakyi chasanytimeThe recipe: bud-, from "let it be", glued to "which" — whichever it may be. The same recipe cooks up "anyone" and "anywhere".
- не раніше пʼятоїne ranishe piatoinot before fiveClock hours take the ordinal in the "of" form: ne ranishe piatoi, literally "not earlier than the fifth". The word hodyny, "hours", is usually dropped — context says it.
- буду вчасноbudu vchasnoI will be on timeVchasno, "in time", is built on chas — being inside the time rather than missing it. "Budu tochne" sounds firmer.
- поки неpoky neuntilThe negation is obligatory, as the sense requires: zachekai, poky ne pryiidu — "wait until I come". Poky without ne means "while": poky ia zhyv v Kyievi, "while I lived in Kyiv".
- століттяstolittiacenturyOne word for both "century" and "hundred-year period": deviatnadtsiate stolittia, the nineteenth century. A yuvilei is the anniversary celebration, not the stretch of time itself.
- епохаepokhaeraA big stretch of history: kamiana epokha, the Stone Age; epokha Vidrodzhennia, the Renaissance. A device's service life is termin sluzhby instead — different idea, different words.
- десятиліттяdesiatylittiadecadeAssembled like stolittia, a century: ten years plus a doubled t. The same mold gives tysiacholittia, a thousand-year stretch.
- періодperiodperiodA familiar international word; only the spelling is Ukrainian. Perekhidnyi period, a transition period; period doshchiv, the rainy season. A stretch with a start and an end.
- митьmytan instantThe shortest stretch of all, feminine: za mit, in an instant; na mit, for a moment. A slightly longer moment is moment, and that loan is heard more often.
- тривалийtryvalyilong (in time)From tryvaty, "to last" — a word purely about time: tryvale likuvannia, tryvalyi shliakh. Dovhyi is about length in space; for duration, this is the word.
- цими днямиtsymy dniamyone of these daysThe with-form with no preposition: tsymy dniamy, "by these days" — for the near past or the near future. Further back: ostannimy dniamy; ahead: u nainblyzhchi dni.
- у наші дніu nashi dninowadaysThe little word shows as u before a consonant and v after a vowel. Den, the day, makes its plural without the e you might expect: dni.
- з давніх-давенz davnikh-davenfrom time immemorialDoubling the root around a hyphen is the native way to say since-ever: davnikh-daven. Daven is a folksy old of-form of the long-ago word.
- за лічені хвилиниza licheni khvylynywithin minutesFrom lichyty, to count. One vowel divides counting from healing: likuvaty treats the sick, lichyty counts the seconds.
- сучаснийsuchasnyimodernLooks nothing like its meaning: from chas, "time" — literally "of our time". Suchasna muzyka, suchasna tekhnika. Ignore any accidental resemblance to other words; it is a perfectly ordinary adjective.
- давнійdavniiancientFrom davno, "long ago": ancient in the sense of millennia — davnie misto, davnii zvychai. Staryi is merely "old" without the sense of depth.
- давнинаdavnynathe distant pastFrom davnyi, long-ago: literally the long-ago-ness. Mynule is the past in general, while davnyna is the far end of it.
- зрідкаzridkaevery so oftenFrom ridkyi, "rare", with z- in front: now and then, not often. Ridko is plain "rarely"; this word is rarer still, and gentler.
- щодняshchodniadailyThe shcho- prefix marks regularity: shchodia, shchotyzhnia, shchoroku — by the day, by the week, by the year.
- регулярноrehuliarnoregularlyThe same Latin word English borrowed, so it is a freebie to spot. The native neighbor in meaning is shchorazu — every single time.
- упершеupershefor the first timeFrom pershyi, first, with the little u- before the consonant — after a vowel you will hear it with v: vpershe. Round two is udruge.
- нановоnanovoanewThe na- prefix where you might expect za-: nanovo, from novyi, new. The borrowed twin zanovo turns up too, but nanovo is the house word.
- усе частішеuse chastishemore and more oftenThe word for all shows as use before a consonant and as vse after a vowel. Chastishe is the comparing form of chasto, often — with an i in the middle.
- у будніu budnion weekdaysBuden is a working day, u budni is "on weekdays"; weekends are u vykhidni. The u before a consonant is the v/u preposition pair at work: u after a consonant, v after a vowel.
- через разcherez razevery other timeWord for word the same idea: cherez raz, "through a time" — sometimes it, sometimes not. The same pattern gives cherez den, every other day, and cherez tyzhden, every other week.
- раз на рікraz na rikonce a yearFrequency through na: raz na rik, dvichy na tyzhden, trychy na den. Raz is one word for "one time", but "twice" and "three times" are dvichy and trychy — their own words.
- раз по разraz po raztime and againRepeating the word around a little preposition is the native recipe for again and again. There is no word-for-word carry-over of the English idiom.
- тим часомtym chasommeanwhileLiterally "by that time": in the meantime, while other things happen. Add the conjunction and you get tym chasom iak, "while", introducing a whole clause.
- паралельноparalelnoin parallelBoth for lines and for activities: paralelno z robotoiu studiuye, he studies alongside his job. The adjective is parallelnyi — one word, two domains, exactly like English.
- до того часуdo toho chasuuntil thenLiterally "until that time". If a whole clause follows, Ukrainian reaches for doky ne: Doky ne pryide, pochekai — wait until he comes.
- згодомzghodomin due courseFrom hodyna in its old sense of time: literally with time. Three letters shorter than anything English keeps in stock for it.
- напередодніnaperedodnion the eve ofBuilt as "on the fore-day": naperedodni sviata, on the eve of the holiday. One word where English uses a phrase, and the stress lands on the "do" syllable.
- у подальшомуu podalshomugoing forwardFrom podalshyi, further along, in its place-form. The shorter way to say it is nadali, and that one means exactly the same.
- цього разуtsoho razuthis time aroundThe of-form with no preposition: tsoho razu, not na tsei raz. The same pattern builds toho razu and inshoho razu — last time, another time.
- своєчасноsvoiechasnojust in timeLooks and is a calque of "in due time". Vchasno means "on time"; svoiechasno is booklier and stresses the lucky timing — the right moment, caught.
- заднім числомzadnim chyslomretroactivelyThe same picture the English idiom draws: chyslo, a date, in its with-form chyslom, with zadnim, the back one, in front of it.
- без зволіканняbez zvolikanniawithout delayFrom zvolikaty, "to drag one's feet"; the "of" form follows bez, as always. In letters you will also see bez zvolikan or simply nehaino, "immediately".
- вранціvrantsiin the morningFrom ranok, morning, glued to a tiny v, "in": vranci. A twin form zranku, "since morning", says the same thing from the other end of the day.
- вденьvdenby dayDen, "day", fused with the same little v: vden. Where English reaches for a by-form or an -s ending, Ukrainian glues a preposition on and writes it solid.
- ввечеріvvecheriin the eveningFrom vechir, evening. After a vowel the preposition keeps its v (vvecheri); after a consonant it turns to u (uvecheri) — the same flip you see elsewhere.
- вночіvnochiat nightFrom nich, night, whose i softens into o before the ending: nich but nochi. The same switch lives inside the word for night-time itself.
- кожного дняkozhnoho dniaevery dayNo preposition: just kozhnoho dnia, the of-form of "each day". A single fused word, shchodnia, says the same thing and is what you hear most.
- весь деньves denall day longPlain ves den in the object form, exactly as English lines it up. Tsylii den, "a whole day", means the same and sounds a touch livelier.
- моментmomentmomentThe same word, borrowed like in English. More often you will hear khvylynku — "a little minute", from khvylyna, the word for minute.
- годинникhodynnykclockHodyna is "hour", hodynnyk is the device that counts hours — a wristwatch or a wall clock. The "hour" root does all the work.
- котра годинаkotra hodynawhat time is it?Kotra is "which one" in the feminine — because hodyna, "hour", is a she. The answer flips the order: Hodyna pyata, "the fifth hour".
- лютийliutyiFebruaryFollows sichen, January. The name means "fierce" — lyutiy moroz is a savage frost, and the same word scolds a fierce person.
- березеньberezenMarchThe month of the birch — bereza — when the sap runs. All these month names describe farm life, not Roman emperors.
- квітеньkvitenAprilFrom kvity, "flowers" — the month of first bloom. Written lowercase, like all the months here.
- травеньtravenMayFrom trava, "grass" — the month the grass comes in. Soft and green, unlike anything tragic it might sound like.
- червеньchervenJuneNamed for a red dye insect once gathered in this month — the same root gave the word for the color red. A month name with a color hiding inside.
- серпеньserpenAugustFrom serp, "sickle" — harvest month. It follows lypen, July; the tool is right there in the name.
- вересеньveresenSeptemberThe month of blooming heather — veres. School starts on the first of it: pershoho veresnya sticks on its own.
- жовтеньzhovtenOctoberFrom zhovtyy, "yellow" — the month of yellow leaves. The logic of the name is visible even though the word is new.
- листопадlystopadNovemberThe one month name an English speaker can decode from its parts: "leaf-fall". Here it is only the month, not the phenomenon.
- груденьhrudenDecemberFrom hrudky — the frozen clods that pave the winter roads. It closes the row that sichen began.
- добаdobaa full day and nightA day together with its night — a 24-hour stretch. On shop signs it lives inside tsilodobovo, "around the clock", literally "whole-doba-ly".
- сторіччяstorichchiacentenaryOne of a pair: this word leans toward the anniversary, the celebration of a hundred years. Its partner stolittia covers the century as an era of history.
- секундаsekundasecond (of time)The international word, behaving after numbers the way you expect: dvi sekundy, pyat sekund. Sekundochku — "one sec" — is the friendly version.
- півгодиниpivhodynyhalf an hourPiv means "half" and glues straight on: piv plus hodyny, one word. English writes "half an hour" in three pieces; Ukrainian refuses to split.
- полуденьpoludennoonLiterally "mid-day". Do not collide it with pivden, "the south" — noon and south are near-twins in sound and utterly different in meaning.
- північpivnichmidnightThe course trap: pivnich is midnight, pivnichnyi is "northern". Midnight and north sound the same — context is your only rescue.
- заразzaraznowThe most frequent time word in conversation. Nothing to do with any English word — just plant it: zaraz ia vdoma, "I am home now".
- термінtermindeadlineThe everyday word for a due date or time limit; the other candidate word belongs to official papers. Its second life is a technical term of science — same shape, different field.
- зновуznovuagainFor requests you will more often hear shche raz, "one more time". Znovu is the plain "once again" of coming back.
- скороskorosoonA plain adverb with no English relative to lean on — just plant it whole. A more formal cousin, nezabarom, "before long", says the same thing.
- давноdavnoa long time agoDavno ne bachylysia — "we have not seen each other for ages" — the classic greeting of old friends. The verb comes from bachyty, "to see".
- нещодавноneshchodavnorecentlyLonger than its simple cousin nedavno and built in three pieces: not-so-long-ago. Both are said, but the long one sounds more careful, more grown-up.
- пізноpiznolateNothing in the shape helps; just memorize it. Its relative is zapizniuvatysia, "to be late", built from the same root.
- раноranoearlyThe morning word lives inside: ranok, "morning", z ranku, "in the morning" — the same ran- runs through the whole family.
- швидкоshvydkoquicklyFrom it come shvydkyy, "fast", and shvydshe, "faster". A whole speed family grows out of one root.
- легкоlehkoeasilySpelled exactly as an English eye expects, though the throaty h in the middle is breathed, not growled. The adjective for "easy" is the same word with a tail.
- важкоvazhkowith difficultyOne word for "hard" and "heavily", like saying "it weighs on me". Its exact opposite is legko — learn the pair as one unit.
- щойноshchoinojust nowOne word where English uses two: shchoino — shchoino pryishov, he has just come. It also means "as soon as", which makes it doubly useful.
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What is worth knowing about these words
хвилина (khvylyna) — minute. A word all its own — no "minute" inside. After five it shortens: pyat khvylyn, the counting form every number demands.
година (hodyna) — hour. The great false friend of the course: hodyna is an HOUR, not a year. A year is rik. Skilky hodyn? — "how many hours?" Keep them apart at all costs.
сьогодні (sohodni) — today. Said "siohodni", stress in the middle. A word that appears in every second sentence of daily speech — worth over-learning.
завтра (zavtra) — tomorrow. Zavtra bude doshch — "tomorrow there will be rain". The little helper bude, "will be", is the future of buty, which you just met.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “minute” in Ukrainian?
A word all its own — no "minute" inside. After five it shortens: pyat khvylyn, the counting form every number demands.
- How do you say “night” in Ukrainian?
Said "nich", with the ch of "church". Vnochi means "at night" — the form looks nothing like the base word, but you will hear it every day.
- How do you say “after this” in Ukrainian?
Pislia governs the of-form: pislia tsioho, pislia yizhi, pislia roboty — after food, after work, after this.
- How do you say “since then” in Ukrainian?
One word: "from that time". It stands at the front: "Vidtodi my bilshe ne bachylysia." To get the conjunction "ever since", add "yak" — "vidtodi, yak" — and there the comma and the "yak" are both obligatory.
- How do you say “for a long time” in Ukrainian?
No extra consonant inside, and the adjective "dovhyi", long, shares the root. Phrases: "yak dovho?", how long; "vzhe davno", for a while now; "nedavno", recently. Not the debt word — a different root entirely.
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Today, tomorrow, in the morning, at six. You cannot arrange to meet without these — let alone understand the answer.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “minute” in Ukrainian?
«хвилина» (khvylyna), read “khvylyna”. A word all its own — no "minute" inside. After five it shortens: pyat khvylyn, the counting form every number demands. It is one of 129 words in the set “time, days and hours” — the rest are in the table above.
How many time words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 129 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.