Moses: read in Ukrainian (C1)
Read Ivan Franko’s poem Moses in Ukrainian, 1905 edition. Level C1: a prophet rejected by his people, biblical language and old spelling, with word translation.
Мойсей (Іван Франко)
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What you'll learn
Rhymed verse with inverted word order, narrative past tense, long speeches with imperatives, vocatives and rhetorical questions, biblical vocabulary and Hebrew name forms (Єгова, Міцраім, Єгошуа), bookish words (призирство, клейнод, вітхнїнє), the 1905 Zhelekhivka spelling (ї for і after consonants, ся written apart, сьв for св, no apostrophe, no doubled consonants), се and сей for це and цей, Ukrainian poetry of the early twentieth century
This article contains the full text of Ivan Franko’s narrative poem Moses in its first edition (Lviv, 1905): a prologue addressed to the Ukrainian people and 20 cantos about the old prophet who has led Israel to the border of Canaan, only to be mocked and rejected by a generation that no longer believes in the promised land. Level C1 suits readers who can follow verse with inverted word order and want to learn the Galician Zhelekhivka spelling of 1905. You will learn biblical and bookish vocabulary, the language of speeches and prophecy, and old spellings such as ї for і, ся written apart and сьв for св.
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