"Не ображайся": як правильно українською

The Ukrainian phrase "не обіжайся" is surzhyk, a mix of Russian and Ukrainian, and should be replaced with the correct Ukrainian expression "не ображайся" to correctly ask someone not to be offended. The Russian verb "обижаться" comes from the noun "обида," which has a direct Ukrainian equivalent "образа," leading to the verb "ображатися." Ukrainian dictionaries also records the colloquial variants "обида," "обижатися, зобижатися," but these are colloquial and spelled with "и, not і," differing from Russian. These colloquial forms are not suitable for all speech styles, and the correct standard phrase is "не ображайся." The article also notes that changing just one letter in the phrase can fix the error, and it previously covered other common Ukrainian language mistakes.