Magic Apple. A1 Ukrainian
Read a simple fictional Ukrainian A1 fairy tale about Petro, an apple, and a kind act.
Чарівне яблуко
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What you'll learn
Story opening «Жив-був», past actions, polite «Будь ласка», negative imperatives, and three reader questions.
Petro finds a golden apple, does not eat it, and helps a rabbit in a fictional story.
After reading
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
Це вигадана казка
newA story invented by its author.
The word «вигадана» shows that the events are not presented as real life.
This phrase helps distinguish a fairy tale from a real story.
Петро ніколи не бачив такого яблука
newPetro had never seen such an apple.
The phrase «ніколи не бачив» describes something new to Petro.
This pattern helps say that you have not seen something before.
Воно допомагає почути голоси тварин
newIn the tale, the apple lets Petro hear animals.
Here, the pronoun «воно» refers to the apple.
The phrase explains the magical action in the tale.
Він поклав його в кошик
newPetro put the apple in a basket.
The pronoun «його» replaces «яблуко», the Ukrainian word for apple.
The phrase shows a simple action with an object and a place.
Зупинись. Не бери чужу моркву
newPetro tells the fox to stop and not take what belongs to someone else.
«Зупинись» and «не бери» are short commands in the dialogue.
The phrase gives a clear warning in the tale.
Ти мені допоміг
newYou did something useful for me.
The rabbit thanks Petro for a completed action.
The phrase helps thank someone for support.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Fictional
вигадана
Not real, created by imagination.
The form «вигадана» describes «казка», the Ukrainian word for fairy tale.
The word names something created by imagination.
Golden
золоте
The color of gold.
The form «золоте» describes «яблуко», the Ukrainian word for apple.
The word helps describe the color of an object.
Quiet
тихий
Soft, not loud.
Petro hears the mouse's quiet voice.
The word helps describe a sound.
Basket
кошик
Something used to carry apples or other objects.
Petro puts the apple in a basket.
The word names an everyday thing used to carry objects.
Someone else's
чужу
Belonging to another person.
The form «чужу» describes «моркву», the Ukrainian word for carrot.
The word helps say that something does not belong to you.
Smiled
усміхнувся
Showed happiness with a smile.
Petro smiled after he returned home.
The word describes a simple emotional action at the end of a story.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Did not see in the past
не бачив
Petro had not seen this before.
«Не» comes before the past-tense form «бачив».
This pattern helps say what a person had not seen before.
Please, do not eat it
Будь ласка, не їж його
A polite request not to do an action.
«Будь ласка» makes the request softer, and «не їж» asks someone not to do the action.
This pattern helps politely stop an unwanted action.
Жив-був at the start of a tale
Жив-був хлопчик
This is how the fictional story about Petro begins.
In this tale, «жив-був» places the reader at the beginning of the story.
The formula helps you recognize where a fairy tale begins.
When plus a situation
коли хтось бере чужу річ
The situation is named first, and then the question is asked.
After «коли», the text names the situation the reader should answer about.
This pattern helps ask about an action in a specific situation.
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