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Read Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky’s 1904-1910 novella of a village in the 1905 revolution in simple Ukrainian: a MovaReader retelling for B1, about 5,700 words.
Past tense narration with perfective and imperfective verbs, complex sentences with бо, коли, що and який, village and estate vocabulary (пан, економія, челядь, громада, староста, наймит), work and industry words (гуральня, фабрика, гудок, заробітчани, страйк), imperatives and wishes with нехай, possession with у + genitive, reported speech, proverbs (прийде коза до воза)
This article contains a MovaReader adaptation of Fata Morgana (1904-1910) by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, retold in simple modern Ukrainian. Level B1 suits learners who know the past tense: sentences of about 11 words, a quarter of the text in dialogue, with the vocabulary of village life in the early 20th century. You will learn the words of land, farm work and poverty, of the factory and the distillery, and of the strikes and hopes of the 1905 revolution.
