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Grammar

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Functions and Cultural Information

Trip 1/ Подорож 1: Знайомство

  • personal pronouns to address people informally (ty ‘you) and formally and (vy “you”)
  • pronouns (khto “who” and shcho “what”)
  • personal pronouns (vin “he”, vona “she”, vono “it”)
  • the gender of nouns (masculine, feminine, neuter)
  • the alphabet
  • cognates
  • geographical name
  • introducing yourself
  • getting acquainted informally and formally
  • greeting and saying ‘goodbye’ informally and formally
  • asking and answering the question Iak spravy? “How are you?”
  • carrying on a simple conversation
  • writing in cursive
  • major establishments in Ukraine

Подорож 2: Про себе

  • possessive pronouns and their agreement with nouns
  • nouns in plural
  • personal pronouns in the accusative case (мене звати “my name is”)
  • asking simple questions (formally and informally)
  • family members
  • objects in a room
  • numbers 1-10
  • describing your room
  • describing your family
  • introducing yourself and others
  • asking and answering simple questions
  • writing in cursive

Подорож 3: Світ навколо мене

  • nouns in the nominative and genitive cases (geographical names)
  • personal names in the vocative case (to address people)
  • personal names in the genitive case (family relations)
  • numbers 1-100
  • geographical names
  • colours
  • family members
  • tell and ask where people are from
  • tell which countries you would like to visit
  • distinguish between formal and informal communicative situations
  • address people
  • count
  • give phone numbers
  • discuss family relations
  • write in cursive

Подорож 4: Я і моя сім’я

  • personal pronouns in the dative case to talk about age (Мені 20 років. “I am 20 years old.”)
  • personal pronouns in the genitive case to talk about possessions (У мене є годинник. “I have a watch.”)
  • agreement between nouns and adjectives in the nominative case (нова мобілка “new cell phone”)
  • nouns in the locative case (places of work)
  • prepositions В, НА with the locative case
  • verb conjugation (працювати, навчатися)
  • ages
  • personal possessions
  • adjectives
  • professions
  • places of work and study
  • talk about age
  • talk about personal possessions
  • talk and write about professions and places of work and study
  • talk about family members and their professional life

Подорож 5: Робота, навчання, відпочинок

  • adverbs of time and frequency
  • nouns in the accusative case (work, study and free time activities)
  • personal names in the accusative case (to ask someone to the phone)
  • verb conjugation (жити, писати, грати, співати, працювати, малювати, готувати, читати, танцювати, вишивати)
  • work
  • study
  • hobbies
  • study subjects
  • days of the week
  • phone conversation
  • class schedules
  • ask and answer questions about everyday activities
  • talk about work, study and free time activities
  • talk and write about weekly class schedules
  • ask someone to the phone
  • carry on a simple phone conversation

Подорож 6: Повторення

  • large numbers
  • talk about family members, their age, professional life, and free time activities
  • count (large numbers)
  • write in cursive (phone numbers)

Подорож 7: Де ти живеш?

  • prepositions В, НА with the locative case
  • verb conjugation (навчатися, жити)
  • large numbers
  • geographical and administrative names
  • adjectives
  • streets and public areas in a city
  • ask and answer personal information questions
  • carry on a conversation while checking in at a hotel
  • place phone orders for delivery (pizza, flowers)
  • introduce a country, its capital, provinces and cities
  • talk about objects of interest in a city and their locations
  • talk about places of living and study
  • write about a city where you live and study
  • cultural information about Ukraine

Подорож 8: Час і розклад

  • ordinal numerals (перший “first”, п’ятий “fifth”)
  • ordinal numerals in the locative case to tell time (o першій годині “at one o’clock”)
  • verb conjugation (любити, daily routines)
  • adverbs of time (вранці, вдень, ввечері, вночі)
  • daily routines
  • hobbies
  • ask for and give directions
  • tell time, answering questions Котра година? and О котрій годині?
  • ask and answer questions about free time
  • activities and their schedules
  • discuss hobbies
  • talk and write about daily routines

Подорож 9: Пори року і погода

  • adverbs of frequency (ніколи, зрідка, іноді, часто, зазвичай, завжди)
  • adverbs of time for seasons (взимку, навесні, влітку, восени)
  • names of months in the locative case (у січні “in January”, у серпні “in August”)
  • seasons
  • weather
  • ‘likes’ and ‘dislikes’
  • months
  • temperatures
  • talk about daily routines and their frequency
  • talk about seasons and weather
  • express ‘likes’ and ‘dislikes’ about weather
  • present and write a weather report

Подорож 10: Зовнішність

  • preposition У with the genitive case to talk about appearance (У Оксани довге волосся. “Oksana has long hair.”)
  • agreement of adjectives and nouns
  • personal pronouns in the locative case to discuss what someone is wearing (на ній “she is wearing”)
  • personal pronouns in the dative case to talk about needs (Мені потрібний светр. “I need a sweater.”)
  • adjectives (потрібний, потрібна, потрібне, потрібні)
  • adverb (потрібнo)
  • appearance
  • colours
  • clothes
  • describe someone’s appearance and clothes
  • discuss personal preferences in clothes
  • discuss clothes someone needs for various occasions
  • ask and give advice about what one should wear for various occasions

Подорож 11: Святкування

  • imperfective verbs in the future tense
  • adjectives with inanimate nouns in the accusative case
  • names of months in the genitive case (восьме липня “July 8th”)
  • ordinal numerals for dates (двадцять четверте серпня “August 24th”)
  • holidays and celebrations
  • have a conversation in a store (shopping for clothes, searching for and needing to buy something)
  • discuss winter holidays
  • discuss New Year’s resolutions
  • talk and write about important dates and holidays

Подорож 12: Зимові свята

  • ordinal numerals for dates (двадцять четверте серпня “August 24th”)
  • ordinal numerals for time (перша година “one o’clock”)
  • adverbs of time and frequency
  • free time activities
  • daily routines
  • discuss important dates and holidays
  • ask and answer personal information questions
  • place phone orders for delivery
  • tell time, answering the questions Котра година? and О котрій годині?
  • talk about daily routines
  • talk about your city
  • report on current weather
  • ask for and give advice about what one should wear
  • cultural information about Ukrainian Christmas traditions

Подорож 13: Повторення

  • adjectives with inanimate nouns in the accusative case
  • appearance
  • clothes
  • seasons and weather
  • names of months
  • talk about weather
  • prepare and present a weather report
  • describe someone’s appearance
  • describe the clothes someone is wearing
  • have a conversation in a store (shopping for clothes, searching for and needing to buy something)
  • express what you are searching for in a store (Я шукаю чорну сукню. “I am searching for a black dress.”)

Подорож 14: Більше про себе

  • geographical names in the genitive case
  • nouns in the locative case
  • prepositions of place
  • professions
  • places of work
  • personal information
  • hobbies
  • introduce yourself and others
  • talk about professional life, interests, and hobbies
  • ask and answer personal information questions
  • discuss people’s professions and places of work
  • complete forms with personal information
  • discuss and share personal information

Подорож 15: Що ми робили на канікулах?

  • imperfective and perfective verbs
  • imperfective and perfective verbs in the past
  • adverbs used with imperfective and perfective verbs
  • adverbs of time
  • ordinal numerals in the locative case for years (у тисяча дев’ятсот дев’яносто шостому році “in 1996”)
  • the singular and plural of nouns
  • fruits and vegetables
  • free time activities
  • discuss past activities
  • talk about New Year’s resolutions and results
  • use imperfective and perfective verbs in specific contexts
  • create and write brief biographies
  • cultural information about famous Ukrainians and their biographies

Подорож 16: В супермаркеті і на базарі

  • nouns in the accusative case (Я купила каву. “I bought coffee.”)
  • nouns in the genitive case (Я не купила кави. “I did not buy coffee.”)
  • the comparative degree of adjectives
  • adjectives in the genitive case
  • adverbs of quantity
  • food
  • adjectives to describe food
  • discuss what one can buy at the market
  • describe and compare food
  • hold a conversation about food
  • discuss likes and dislikes
  • give advice

Подорож 17: В ресторані

  • nouns in the instrumental case (вареники з сиром “‘dumplings with cheese”)
  • personal names in the dative case (Оксані смакує торт. “Oksana likes cake.”)
  • imperfective and perfective verbs to describe food preparation
  • food and dishes
  • film genres
  • place an order in a restaurant
  • discuss likes and dislikes (food and dishes)
  • discuss restaurant menus
  • describe food preparation
  • create a party menu

Подорож 18: Про кіно

  • comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives
  • personal pronouns in the dative case to express feelings (Мені страшно. “‘I am scared.”)
  • adjectives to describe films
  • describe films
  • discuss films, TV shows, and actors
  • read and write film reviews
  • discuss food at the movies
  • express surprise and feelings
  • discuss feelings

Подорож 19: Повторення

  • multidirectional verbs of motion in the present tense (ходити, їздити)
  • ходити, їздити
  • introduce yourself and others
  • ask for and share personal information
  • describe foods and food preferences
  • discuss menus
  • discuss movies

Подорож 20: Транспорт

  • multidirectional (ходити, їздити) and unidirectional (іти, їхати) verbs of motion in the present tense
  • perfective verbs піти, поїхати to denote future actions
  • nouns in the locative and instrumental cases (modes of transportation)
  • adverbs of frequency (щодня, часто, іноді, ніколи)
  • transport
  • ходити, їздити, іти, їхати, піти, поїхати
  • discuss modes of transportation
  • ask questions about everyday travel
  • use the construction я іду/їду (Зараз я іду/їду в університет. “Now I am going to the university.”)
  • talk about future trips
  • narrate a story about a trip in the future

Подорож 21: Подорожі

  • perfective verbs піти, поїхати to denote past actions
  • multidirectional verbs of motion in the past tense (ходити, їздити)
  • adverbs де “where” vs куди “where to”
  • nouns in the locative case (де “where” ) vs nouns in the accusative case (куди “where to”)
  • places to visit
  • train travel
  • discuss past trips
  • narrate a story about a trip in the past
  • hold a conversation when purchasing a train ticket
  • invite and respond to invitations

Подорож 22: Мрії

  • nouns in the instrumental case (professions)
  • conditional mood (я б поїхав/поїхала “I would go”)
  • verb хотіти ‘“to want” in the conditional mood (я хотів би/хотіла б “I would like”)
  • perfective verbs in the future tense
  • professions
  • places of work
  • planning a trip
  • wishes and desires
  • discuss professions
  • talk about past and present career plans
  • discuss and share wishes and desires
  • narrate a story about planning a trip

Подорож 23: На фестивалі

  • hotel
  • festival
  • music
  • discuss hotel amenities
  • hold a conversation when checking in at a hotel
  • request services at a hotel
  • hold a conversation at a ticket office
  • ask for and give advice
  • request and provide information
  • discuss music preferences
  • cultural information about the museum of ethnography in Pyrohiv and the music festival “Країна мрій”

Подорож 24: Про спорт

  • verb conjugation (займатися, грати)
  • nouns in the instrumental case (following the verb займатися)

  • sports
  • physical activities
  • games
  • health
  • discuss sports, physical activities, and games

Подорож 25: Здоровий спосіб життя

  • personal pronouns in the dative case to give advice (Тобі треба ходити в спортзал. “You need to go to the gym.”)
  • adverbs (треба, потрібно, необхідно, варто, можна)
  • health
  • healthy lifestyle
  • hold a conversation at a doctor’s office
  • conduct a survey and report on the results (healthy lifestyle)
  • write a report (healthy lifestyle)
  • give advice (healthy lifestyle)

Подорож 26: Повторення

  • verbs in the conditional mood (я б поїхав/поїхала “I would go”)
  • unidirectional verbs of motion in the present tense (іти, їхати)
  • nouns in the instrumental case (professions)
  • train travel
  • hotel
  • vocabulary
  • professions
  • festival, hotel
  • narrate a story about planning a trip
  • narrate a story about a trip in the past
  • request services at a hotel
  • invite and respond to invitations
  • ask for and give advice (festival)
  • hold a conversation when purchasing a train ticket
  • hold a conversation at a doctor’s office