Many listeners have asked Masha about her pronunciation of Kyiv (it sounds like Cave). She turned to linguist Yuri Shevchuk (Lecturer in Ukrainian, Columbia University) for a breakdown of the pronunciation and, in the process, ended up getting a lesson in politics and culture.

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Professor Shevchuk authored the Ukrainian – English Collocation Dictionary (Hippocrene Books, 2021) and Beginner’s Ukrainian, a popular language textbook.

This episode was written and produced by Masha Udensiva-Brenner and edited…

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