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Read Mykola Dzheria in simple Ukrainian: a MovaReader retelling of Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky’s 1878 novella about a runaway serf, for level A2, with word translation.
Past tense with gender and plural endings (-в, -ла, -ли, -вся, -лася), perfective verbs with prefixes (прискакав, поскакав, вирвався, сховався), clauses with бо, коли, що and щоб, vocabulary of serfdom, harvest, fishing and family (панщина, кріпак, осавула, жнива, лиман, ватага, рушник)
This article contains a MovaReader adaptation of Mykola Dzheria (Микола Джеря), Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky’s 1878 novella about a serf who flees a cruel landlord for the sugar factories and the Black Sea fisheries, retold in simple modern Ukrainian. Level A2 suits readers who know the basics: sentences of about 9 words, past-tense narration and plenty of dialogue. You will learn words for village and serf life, harvest work, fishing and family, and the past-tense endings for he, she and they.
