A Birthday Invitation. Ukrainian A1
Read an A1 Ukrainian story about inviting friends, preparing for a birthday and responding politely.
Мій день народження
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What you'll learn
Birthday invitations, age expressions with the dative, polite replies and celebration vocabulary.
Mariika invites Olena and Maksym, prepares the room and thanks her friends for visiting.
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
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У Марійки день народження
newIt is Mariika's birthday.
The Ukrainian phrase names the person whose birthday it is.
Use it to talk about someone else's celebration.
Олені теж дев'ять років
newOlena is also nine years old.
The name Олені is in the form used to say someone's age.
This pattern helps you say how old another person is.
Я чекаю вас удома
newI am waiting for you at my home.
Вас can refer to several people or politely to one person.
Use this phrase when you invite someone to your home.
Дякую за запрошення
newThank you for the invitation.
After дякую, Ukrainian can name the thing you are thankful for.
This is a polite response to an invitation.
Будь ласка, приходьте
newPlease come.
Приходьте is a plural or polite command.
Use it to invite one person politely or several people.
Дякую, що прийшли
newThank you for coming.
A clause after що explains the reason for the thanks.
Use it to thank guests after a visit.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
invitation
запрошення
An invitation.
It is a neuter noun.
You need this word when you invite someone to a celebration or meeting.
plates
тарілки
Plates.
Тарілки is the plural of тарілка.
Use it to name things on a table.
cake
торт
A cake for a celebration.
Торт is masculine, so the text says великий торт.
Use it to talk about a celebratory dessert.
candles
свічок
The form of свічка after the number дев'ять.
After дев'ять, свічка changes to the form свічок.
This card shows a noun form used after a number.
shelf
полицю
A shelf for books or other things.
In на полицю, the form shows direction: where Mariika puts the gifts.
Use it to say where you put something.
friends
друзів
People you are friends with.
After двох, друг changes to the form друзів.
Use it when you talk about people you invite.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Age with the dative
Марійці дев'ять років
Mariika is nine years old.
Марійці is the form that answers the question «to whom?». Ukrainian uses it to state an age.
This pattern helps you state your age and ask about someone else's age.
Чекати: я чекаю
Я чекаю вас удома
I am waiting for you at my home.
Чекаю is the present-tense form used with я, meaning I.
Use this form when you say that you are waiting for someone.
A polite invitation
Будь ласка, приходьте
Please come.
Приходьте is an imperative used for several people or politely for one person.
Use it to invite one person politely or several people.
Asking someone's age
Скільки років вам
How old are you?
In the question, вам means «to you». In an answer, use мені, meaning «to me».
This question helps you ask another person about their age politely.
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