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Village life of the 1830s (млынъ, кобенякъ, ятеръ, чумакъ), the court and chancery (судъ, пидсудки, понеже, пысарь), animal and plant names of the fables, the Russian-based spelling of the 1830s (ы for и, и for і, іо̂го for його, final ъ), verse inversions and morals
This article contains the full text of Yevhen Hrebinka’s Little Russian Fables (first published 1834), 26 short verse fables in which animals, plants, rivers and villagers mock vanity, greedy judges and village scribes. Level C2 suits readers ready to read Ukrainian at an earlier stage of the language, in the Russian-based spelling of the 1836 edition. You will learn the vocabulary of the 1830s village, fair and court, and how to read the ы, и, іо and silent ъ of that spelling.
