Ukrainian Complaints and Apologies: Speak Up with Ease

Here are useful Ukrainian phrases for complaining and apologizing:

Complaining Phrases

• Я незадоволений(а) (Ya nezadovolenyy/ya) — I am dissatisfied.
• Це неправильно (Tse nepravylʹno) — This is wrong.
• Я маю скаргу (Ya mayu skarhu) — I have a complaint.
• Це дуже погано (Tse duzhe pohano) — This is very bad.
• Ви могли б зробити краще (Vy mohly b zrobyty krashche) — You could do better.

Apologizing Phrases

• Вибачте (Vybachte) — Sorry / Excuse me.
• Пробачте мені (Probachte meni) — Forgive me.
• Вибачте за турботу (Vybachte za turbotu) — Sorry for the inconvenience/trouble.
• Перепрошую (Pereproshuyu) — I apologize.
• Я не хотів(ла) образити вас (Ya ne khotiv(la) obrazhyty vas) — I did not mean to offend you.

These expressions are commonly used in Ukrainian to convey complaints politely or to apologize sincerely.

References

• Help Ukraine

• STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF ACADEMICIANS OF UKRAINE

• FEATURES OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION BY MEANS OF THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE (on the example of official-business, epistolary and conversational-functional styles)

• Representation of the formal structure of the adverbial equivalents of the word with prepositional-case forms

• Media Phraseology and the Dynamics of the Ukrainian Language: The Psycholinguistic and Stylistic Paradoxes