The Witch of Konotop: read in Ukrainian (B1)
Read The Witch of Konotop in simple Ukrainian: a MovaReader retelling of Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko’s 1833 comic novella for level B1, with word translation.
Конотопська відьма (адаптація, Григорій Квітка-Основ’яненко)
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What you'll learn
Past-tense narration with perfective verbs, Cossack and official words (сотник, писар, сотня, похід, начальство), village and household words (хата, піч, носатка, очіпок, жлукто), wedding customs (свати, рушники, дружка, вінчання), the vocative case (Григоровичу, тітусю, Прокіпочку), diminutives, idioms such as дати гарбуза and comparisons with як
This article contains a MovaReader adaptation of Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko’s comic novella The Witch of Konotop (Конотопська відьма, 1833), retold in simple modern Ukrainian. Level B1 suits learners who know the past tense: sentences of about 12 words, lively dialogue and everyday vocabulary. You will learn words for Cossack and village life, food and drink, weddings and witchcraft, and many idioms.
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