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The Exam and Other Stories: read in Ukrainian (B2)
Read four complete stories by Borys Hrinchenko in Ukrainian. Level B2: village school, childhood and hardship in the 1880s, with instant word translation.
School and village vocabulary, dialogue and children’s speech, the 1928 spelling (що-ж, може-б, хиба, инший), Russianisms and Surzhyk set against standard Ukrainian, past-tense narration, vocabulary of feelings and hardship
This article contains four complete stories by Borys Hrinchenko, written between 1884 and 1891: Екзамен, Сама, зовсім сама, Украла and Чудова дівчина. Level B2 suits readers who follow everyday dialogue in Ukrainian and are ready for the older spelling of a 1928 edition and some Russian in the dialogue. You will learn the vocabulary of village school, family and poverty, and see how Russian was imposed on Ukrainian schools in the Russian Empire.
