-enko? -chuk?

[elinikk]

My mothers maiden name is Rybka (little fish)! Her mothers maiden name was Seuss, like the childrens book writer, which I think is German SuB - with two dots over the u (translated: Sweet).

[angievigilante]

Do you have any information about the suffix vaka/waka?

Rywaka was my Ukrainian grandmother's last name. I wish I knew what it meant or where it came from.

[Nicollie1062]

I absolutely LOVE the Ukrainian suffix of "enko" in last names....If I could make up a different last name for myself it would be something like Marchenko, Antonenko, or Kolchenko or something :D

[jlspma]

In Portugal the most common surnames are ''Silva'' (meaning ''brambles'' the spiky plant where you get blackberries from)

Also we have Almeida, Vieira, Pereira (meaning Pear tree) and Pinheiro (meaning Pine tree)

Apparently hundreds of years the jewish hid in Portugal away from the SpanishInquisitin and changed their names to ''plant'' names such as Pereira Pinheiro, Matos (meaning ''woods'' as in forests)etc. Except for (-eiro/a) we really don't have common surname suffixes.

[moonwalkgirl25]

@jlspma How would you pronounce Pereira? That's my last name and somehow you prounounce it with a "d" like pur ay dah. Is this wrong? or is is pur ray ruh?

[jlspma]

@moonwalkgirl25 its pray-ruh in quick conversation, pur-ray.ruh in normal conversation. To me, it sounds incredibly weird if you pronounce the 'r' as a 'd'. It's not correct. Hope this helps...=)

[ulcerprone]

alex trebek: real ukrainian hero

[BitumenBodySurfer]

8:29 - you have a skype alert!! lol

[TokyoPlumber]

A lot of Ukrainian families settled in Western Canada in the early part of the 20th century. Consequently, places like Saskatchewan and Manitoba are awash with Ukrainian last names. Here is a sampling of just a few surnames of people in my year at my high school: Dmyterko, Ficzycz, Karpenchuk, Pacholko, Sagansky, Scheschuk, Stefanovic, Szarkowicz and Yaskowich ... some have been Anglicized and some may be of Polish or Czech origin (rather than pure Ukrainian).

[elinikk]

@TokyoPlumber My grandmother and her family were not allowed to get off the train in Toronto and had to go and settle Saskatchewan. They had to clear so much land per year to make it tillable. My great grandfather as soon as he could, left to return to Toronto where other family members were. He just gave the farm in Saskatchewan away for free!

[jlspma]

So where does your ''Shcherbinina'' and your friend's ''Tugayina'' come into play? Are they ukrainian as well.?

PS: If your father is Swedish do you still have his name as your middle name?

[marykiev]

@jlspma actually they're both Russian - my granddad and natasha's father are both russian))

no, i actually have a fake middle name)) since my dad's name is Hans, it just sounds weird. i go by 'Denysivna' instead - which means my father's name is supposed to be Dennis...)))

[rvborgh]

@marykiev hi Mary, i'm quite a bit into genealogy and find Ukraine fascinating as well. i was wondering how good the genealogical records are in Ukraine and in Russia? Would it be possible to take your family tree back 10 generations for example for most common folks? Do the churches store the baptismal records, etc? Thanks for putting this stuff up - it is both informative and humourous (the power outages, the people with surnames like hitting the nose etc.) :)))))

[chyapay]

@marykiev привіт, ти звідки так англійською добре говориш? твоя вимова досить таки близька до тої шо тут, в Флориді говорять. ти жила в США?

[deuxquatresixhuit]

I like your videos, they helped me a bunch. I'm in Kiev now and I"m using some of the things you taught :)

[kingpolaris]

insightful

[idalovehilary]

learn us the letters and a few words like ¨my name is ¨ ,¨i don't understand¨ i have to go to the toilet, i love you, i will miss you i miss you, .