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The Grasshopper and Other Fables: read in Ukrainian (A1)

Read ten fables by Leonid Hlibov, The Grasshopper, The Wolf and the Lamb and more, in simple Ukrainian prose: a MovaReader retelling for level A1 with word translation.

Коник-стрибунець та інші байки (адаптація, Леонід Глібов)

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Level A1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Present tense, everyday vocabulary (animals, nature, seasons, food), questions with що, хто, чому and навіщо, the imperative (іди, мовчи, летіть), the vocative case (дядьку, котику, сестричко), common proverbs and morals

This article contains a MovaReader adaptation of ten verse fables by Leonid Hlibov (1827-1893), among them Коник-стрибунець, Вовк та Ягня, Жаба й Віл and Лебідь, Щука і Рак, retold in simple Ukrainian prose. Level A1 suits beginners: short sentences, the present tense, plenty of dialogue and a one-line moral after each fable. You will learn words for animals, nature and the seasons, questions with що, хто and навіщо, and the vocative forms the animals use to address each other.

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