Українська музика. Народні пісні та інструменти

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About this article

Level A1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Music vocabulary, simple descriptions, and comparison phrases.

An A1 Ukrainian reading about traditional music, instruments, songs, and dance.

After reading

Article learning block

Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.

15 items

Phrases for training

Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.

Народна музика є частиною культури України

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Folk music is part of Ukrainian culture.

Народна музика means folk music. Є частиною means is part of.

Useful for talking about culture.

Люди співають їх разом

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People sing them together.

Співати means to sing. Співають is the plural present form.

Useful for describing a group action.

Це приємно

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It is pleasant.

Це means this or it. Приємно describes a positive feeling.

Useful for expressing a positive reaction.

Бандура схожа на велику гітару

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The bandura is similar to a large guitar.

Схожа на is used to compare things. Велику гітару is accusative after на.

Useful for comparing two things.

Сопілка зроблена з дерева

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The sopilka is made of wood.

Зроблена з describes the material of an object.

Useful for describing materials.

Музика допомагає вивчати нові слова

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Music helps you learn new words.

Допомагає means helps. Вивчати means to learn or study.

Useful for talking about learning.

Key words

Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.

Music

музика

music

A feminine noun for sounds, songs, and instruments.

Basic vocabulary for this topic.

Song

пісня

song

A feminine noun. Співати пісню means to sing a song.

Key vocabulary for this topic.

Bandura

бандура

bandura

A traditional Ukrainian string instrument.

A key word for the article's main instrument.

Sopilka

сопілка

sopilka

A traditional Ukrainian wind instrument.

A key word for the article's second instrument.

Kobza

кобза

kobza

A traditional Ukrainian string instrument.

A key word for another instrument in the text.

Hopak

гопак

hopak

A traditional Ukrainian dance.

Cultural vocabulary for the topic.

Grammar in context

Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.

Дуже for emphasis

Музика в Україні дуже важлива

Music in Ukraine is very important.

Дуже means very. It comes before an adjective, as in дуже важлива.

Useful for making a description stronger.

Схожа на for comparison

Бандура схожа на велику гітару

The bandura is similar to a large guitar.

Схожа на means is similar to. The word after на is in the accusative form.

Useful for comparing things.

Це приємно as a short statement