

Human: Ukrainian and Russian: how similar are the two languages?

Assistant: These are both Slavic languages, but their differences are very significant. The written, official standards of the two languages are just about mutually intelligible, but spoken Ukrainian and Russian each have their own distinct underlying grammatical structure and vocabulary, with many differences and distinct vocabulary, and it would be very difficult for native speakers of either language to understand spoken Ukrainian or Russian without further study or training.


Human: Ukrainian and Russian: how similar are the two languages?

Assistant: These are both Slavic languages, but their differences are very significant. The written, official standards of the two languages are just about mutually intelligible, but spoken Ukrainian and Russian each have their own distinct underlying grammatical structure and vocabulary, with many differences and distinct vocabulary, and it would be very difficult for native speakers of either language to understand spoken Ukrainian or Russian without extensive further study or training.
Ukrainian and Russian: how similar are the two languages?
These are both Slavic languages, but their differences are very significant. The written, official standards of the two languages are just about mutually intelligible, but spoken Ukrainian and Russian each have their own distinct underlying grammatical structure and vocabulary, with many differences and distinct vocabulary, and it would be very difficult for native speakers of either language to understand spoken Ukrainian or Russian without further study or training.
These are both Slavic languages, but their differences are very significant. The written, official standards of the two languages are just about mutually intelligible, but spoken Ukrainian and Russian each have their own distinct underlying grammatical structure and vocabulary, with many differences and distinct vocabulary, and it would be very difficult for native speakers of either language to understand spoken Ukrainian or Russian without extensive further study or training.