Had a Ukraine patch on my work belt and a customer piped up, “Slava Ukraine!” Caught me off guard, forgot I was wearing that! (It’s on my phone holder, rear hip.)
She pronounced it: slah-vah you-crane. Reading it online, I thought it was: slah-vah you-crawn-i
Anyway, the look on her face was worth a million bucks, SO happy! Had a middle-aged guy and his son (grandson?) chat me up at Dollar General while wearing another patch. Both have the royal trident. Not disrespectful? Country boy trying to show support, not pretend who I’m not.
And I just learned: Heroiam slava! Little help with that as well?
I believe it should be something along the lines of “slah-vah oo-kra-ee-nee”
The “oo” part almost wants to be a “yoo” but doesn’t quite get there
the “kra-ee” almost slurs together into a single “kri” sound
And the “nee” almost drops off into “neh”
Disclaimer- I don’t really speak a word of Ukrainian, there’s a pretty big Ukrainian immigrant community in my area so I’ve been around Ukrainian speakers and heard it spoken probably slightly more than the average American, but I’m probably missing the mark on that a little bit.