Подорож на поїзді

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About this article

Level A1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Transport vocabulary, nature descriptions, basic verbs of motion.

This article tells a story about a train journey across Ukraine. Designed for A1 level beginners, it covers basic vocabulary related to transport and travel.

After reading

Article learning block

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

16 items

Phrases for training

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Я іду на вокзал

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I am going to the station

This phrase shows how to say you are going somewhere. Uses іти + на + accusative case for direction.

Basic travel planning phrase. Used daily.

У мене є квиток

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I have a ticket

The construction у мене є expresses possession/availability. Квиток is essential for train travel.

Needed for buying tickets and traveling.

Поїзд стоїть на першій колії

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The train is at platform one

Стояти на колії is a set phrase. Першій uses locative case (на першій колії).

Important for station orientation and understanding announcements.

Моє місце біля вікна

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My seat is by the window

Біля + genitive means "next to". Indicates seat location.

Useful for reserving seats in transport.

Поїзд починає рухатися

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The train starts to move

Починати + infinitive shows the beginning of an action. Рухатися is a reflexive verb.

Shows the structure for describing the start of actions.

Я виходжу на перон

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I go out onto the platform

Виходити на + accusative shows exiting onto a place. Перон is the boarding/disembarking area.

Needed for arriving and exiting the train.

Key words

Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.

вокзал

station

Place from where trains depart. Великий вокзал means central/main station.

First place a traveler goes before a journey.

квиток

ticket

A small but important travel document. Can be train ticket, bus ticket.

You cannot travel by train without a ticket.

вагон

carriage

Part of the train where passengers sit. Can be compartment or open-plan.

Needed to find your seat on the train.

перон

platform

Area at the station where the train stops and passengers get on/off.

Where you meet people and exit the train.

подорож

journey

A trip somewhere, especially a long one. Подорож на поїзді = journey by train.

General term for traveling.

пасажир

passenger

Person traveling in transport. Train passenger, plane passenger, bus passenger.

Useful for describing yourself and others in transport.

Grammar in context

Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.

Present tense verbs

Я іду, я бачу, поїзд стоїть

Present tense verbs

Я іду, я бачу, поїзд стоїть — present tense in 1st person singular and 3rd person singular.

Most of the text uses present tense to describe events.

Locative case with НА

на першій колії

Locative case with НА

На першій колії uses locative case. Numeral 1 in feminine: першій (колії).

Used to indicate a location.

Motion verbs with У/В

Я заходжу в вагон

Motion verbs with У/В

Я заходжу в вагон — в + accusative shows entering inside.

Important for understanding direction of movement.

Adjective coordination

великий і синій, зелений і густий