Чорна рада (адаптація, Пантелеймон Куліш)

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Level B1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Past-tense narration with verbs of movement (поїхав, прискакав, помчав, догнав), Cossack ranks and symbols of power (гетьман, полковник, осавул, старшина, булава, бунчук, пірнач), clothes and social status (жупан, кармазини, личаки, ридван), the vocative case (бгатіку, Лесю, пане гетьмане, побро), comparisons with як (білий, як крейда; як вовки на ягницю) and idioms such as шукай вітру в полі and є сало, та не для кота

This article contains a MovaReader adaptation of Panteleimon Kulish’s historical novel The Black Council (Чорна рада, 1857), the first Ukrainian historical novel, retold in simple modern Ukrainian. Level B1 suits learners who know the past tense: sentences of about 11 words, lively dialogue and a clear story of love, a duel and the Cossack council of 1663 at Nizhyn. You will learn words for Cossack ranks and politics, travel and fighting, and a handful of vivid idioms.

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