On this page you will find links to online Ukrainian podcasts, Ukrainian audio lessons and audiobooks. Most of the sites listed below allow you to download podcast files (mp3, wma, etc.) to your computer for free. Usually you can find Ukrainian transcript for each audio clip.
Regular listening of Ukrainian podcasts and audiobooks will help you learn basic Ukrainian words and basic Ukrainian phrases and will improve not only your listening, but also general communication skills in Ukrainian language.
The difficulty level is indicated by color circles:
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If you want to suggest an online resource for learning Ukrainian, see the instructions here.
- librivox.org – online library of Ukrainian audiobooks in the public domain (free for download). The site contains a lot of audiobooks in Ukrainian read by volunteers. All books are in the public domain (they are not protected by copyright). On the page for the given audiobook almost always you can find a link to the original text in Ukrainian (most of the time it's Project Gutenberg - online library with thousands of free e-books).
- ukrainianlessons.com – Ukrainian lessons for beginners. Audio (mp3) can be downloaded for free. The transcript is available for the first three lessons. You can support the author and buy the premium membership that includes transcript for all lessons.
