All equal or all equal: how to write correctly in Ukrainian?

The Ukrainian language has many fixed expressions that sometimes cause difficulties in writing and correct use, writes Industrialka. One of the common questions is how to write correctly: все ривно or всеривно? Let's consider this issue in more detail, based on the norms of Ukrainian spelling.

Correct form: все донно

The correct option for expressing indifference or lack of difference is “все донно“.

The forms “все рвно” and “всеривно” are incorrect, as they are calques from the Russian language (“все равно”).

Why are “все рвно” and “всеривно” incorrect?

1. The word “всеривно” does not exist in the Ukrainian language, so writing them together is a gross error.
2. The phrase “все рвно” has a different meaning:
   • “It's all the same” can only be used when it comes to equality, uniformity.
     Example: All the bricks are laid evenly, without errors.
   • But when we want to say that something is of no importance or indifferent, the correct one would be “it doesn't matter”.

What does “it doesn't matter” mean?

The phrase “it doesn't matter” is used in the meaning:

1. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter
   • I don't care what color you choose.
   • We don't care when we meet.
2. Regardless of the circumstances
   • I was tired, but I kept working.
   • She said she was going to the concert anyway.

How to remember the correct form?

• The expression “it doesn't matter” consists of two separate words, just like “it doesn't matter”, “it doesn't matter”, “everytime”.
• If you can substitute the word “it doesn't matter” instead of “it doesn't matter” and the meaning of the sentence doesn't change, this confirms the correct spelling.
  Example:
  • I don't care → I indifferent (correct).

Common mistakes and correct usage

❌ I don't care when you come. (incorrect)
✅ I don't care when you come. (correct)

❌ He didn't care what was happening. (incorrect)
✅ He didn't care what was happening. (correct)

❌ It doesn't matter how it happens. (incorrect)
✅ It doesn't matter how it happens. (correct)

The only correct form is “it doesn't matter” (separately). The options “все рвінно” and “всеривно” are grammatically incorrect and are not used in the normative Ukrainian language. To avoid mistakes, remember that this expression consists of two words and has the meaning “indifferent”, “regardless of the circumstances”.

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