Olena and Andrii's Snowman: Ukrainian A1 Reading
A short A1 Ukrainian story about Olena and Andrii building a snowman: snowballs, scarf, hat, adjectives, and the vocative.
Сніговик Олени й Андрія
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What you'll learn
A1 Ukrainian winter vocabulary plus natural examples of big, smaller, smallest, and the vocative.
Olena and Andrii build a snowman in their yard, compare three snowballs, and address each other with natural Ukrainian forms.
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.
Олено, давай ліпити сніговика
newOlena, let's build a snowman.
Олено is the vocative form used to address Olena. Давай means let's in this invitation.
Useful for inviting a friend to do something together.
Так, Андрію
newYes, Andrii.
Андрію is the vocative form used to address Andrii.
Useful for replying to someone named Andrii.
три снігові кулі
newthree snowballs
The children make three balls of snow for the snowman.
Useful for naming the parts of a snowman.
ставлять кулі одну на одну
newthey put the balls one on top of another
Одну на одну means one ball is on top of another.
Useful for describing how the children build the snowman.
робить ніс з моркви
newmakes a carrot nose
Olena uses a carrot as the snowman's nose.
Useful for describing how the children decorate the snowman.
До завтра, сніговику
newSee you tomorrow, snowman.
Сніговику is the vocative form used to address a snowman.
Useful for saying goodbye in a friendly story.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
рукавичках
рукавичках
gloves
Рукавичках is a form of рукавички used after у.
Useful for saying what the children wear in winter.
моркву
моркву
carrot
Моркву is a form of морква, the carrot Andrii brings.
Useful for naming the snowman's nose.
гудзики
гудзики
buttons
Гудзики are the objects Olena uses for the snowman's eyes.
Useful for naming the snowman's eyes.
шарф
шарф
scarf
Шарф means the scarf the children tie around the snowman.
Useful for describing the snowman's clothes.
шапку
шапку
hat
Шапку is a form of шапка, the hat the children put on the snowman.
Useful for naming the item on the snowman's head.
вітер
вітер
wind
Вітер blows after the children build the snowman.
Useful for describing winter weather in this story.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Перша куля велика
Перша куля велика
The first ball is big.
Велика describes the first ball. It is the basic adjective form in the comparison.
Useful for comparing the snowman's three balls.
Друга куля менша
Друга куля менша
The second ball is smaller.
Менша compares the second ball with the first one.
Useful for saying that one thing is smaller than another.
Третя куля найменша
Третя куля найменша
The third ball is the smallest.
Найменша shows that the third ball is the smallest of all three.
Useful for naming the smallest thing in a group.
сніговику
сніговику
snowman, when addressing it
Сніговику is the vocative form used to address a snowman.
Useful for seeing the vocative in a natural phrase.
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