Regular readers will know that I have been learning Ukrainian since 2022 with little progress, I fear. But I struggle on. My teacher is now insisting that I finally progress to the “vidminki” these are the noun declension endings and I hate them already.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian priest in the church in Dublin has taken to saying mass in Irish. He taught himself Irish on YouTube and he is really good. I know because he was broadcast to the nation saying mass as Gaeilge on Raidió na Gaeltachta. For a range of reasons, I will never be broadcast saying mass in Ukrainian. I am torn between delight at this development and crippling envy of an t-Athair Vasil.
