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A Walk in the Park | Ukrainian A1 Story

Read the engaging story "A Walk in the Park" in Ukrainian for the A1 level. Learn vocabulary related to nature with translation.

Прогулянка в парку

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Level A1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

nature, family, games, basic adjectives

This article describes a girl and her family's trip to the park. It is intended for readers at the A1 level. The text helps master words related to nature, entertainment, and family.

After reading

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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.

16 items

Phrases for training

Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.

Сьогодні вихідний день

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Today is a day off

Simple sentence with the verb бути in present tense (zero form).

Useful phrase for describing holidays or days off.

Погода дуже гарна

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The weather is very nice

Feminine adjective in nominative case.

The adjective гарна agrees with погода (feminine).

Дівчинка Оленка йде в парк

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The girl Olenka goes to the park

Motion toward a place: в + accusative case.

To express direction, use в + accusative: в парк.

Вона дуже рада

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She is very glad

Short form adjective expressing emotional state.

Рада is a short-form adjective, typical for emotional states.

Качки їдять хліб

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Ducks eat bread

Third person plural present tense: -ть suffix.

Verb їсти in 3rd person plural: качки їдять.

Оленка втомилася, але вона дуже щаслива

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Olenka is tired, but she is very happy

Conjunction але for contrast. Reflexive verb in feminine.

але = but (contrast). Втомилася is reflexive verb, feminine.

Key words

Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.

park

парк

park

Masculine noun, 2nd declension.

Park. Use: іти в парк (direction), гуляти в парку (location).

sky

небо

sky

Neuter noun. Небо синє uses short-form adjective.

Sky is always neuter. "Синє" can be short form for "синє/синій".

happy

щасливий

happy

Full form adjective, masculine gender.

Happy (masc.) — antonym: сумний. Fem.: щаслива.

got tired

втомилася

got tired

Reflexive verb, feminine, past tense.

Втомилася = втомитися (reflexive). Masc.: втомився.

to walk

ходити

to walk

Imperfective verb, infinitive form.

Ходити = to walk (regular movement). Compare: іти (single movement).

swing

гойдалка

swing

Feminine noun, 1st declension.

Swing. на гойдалку (acc.) → на гойдалці (prep.)

Grammar in context

Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.

Verb йде: present tense

йде

Present tense verb йде

Йде is 3rd person singular from йти. Same form for A1.

Forms: я йду, ти йдеш, він/вона йде, ми йдемо, ви йдете, вони йдуть.

Direction marker: в парк

в парк

Direction: в парк

В + accusative = direction of motion.

В парк (where to?) — accusative. Compare: в парку (where?) — prepositional.

Location: у парку

у парку

Location: у парку

В + prepositional = location.

В парку (where?) — prepositional. Парк → парку.

Contrast conjunction: але

але

Contrast: але

Але is a conjunction for contrast.

Але = but. Do not confuse with а (simple and).

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