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The Magic Goat and Other Tales: read in Ukrainian (A1)

Read Stepan Vasylchenko’s Ossetian tales of a magic goat and a black eagle, and two childhood scenes, in simple Ukrainian: a MovaReader A1 retelling.

Чарівна Коза та інші казки (адаптація, Степан Васильченко)

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Level A1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Present tense, everyday vocabulary (animals, steppe, village house, family), questions with чий, де and чого, commands (іди, тікаймо, зачекай), the vocative case (мамо, доню, брате, Побратиме), polite ви to parents, diminutives (братику, коник, хатка, вушко)

This article contains a MovaReader adaptation of four pieces by Stepan Vasylchenko: two Ossetian folk tales he recorded and published in 1918-1919 (Чарівна Коза and Чорний Орел) and two childhood sketches from his cycle Крилаті слова (Золота діжа and Неслухняний глечик), retold in simple Ukrainian. Level A1 suits beginners: short sentences, the present tense and plenty of dialogue. You will learn words for animals, the steppe, the village house and the family, questions and commands, and forms of address.

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