Foreword and Acknowledgments Preface. For the Classroom Student and the Self Learner: Tips and a Reference Guide Abbreviations Introduction 1 Dialóh; örij, DΩórdΩ i DΩordΩét; The Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet; Handwriting; The sound system of the Ukrainian Language; A brief history of the Ukrainian language; Interesting facts on Ukraine; Note on Dictionaries; Ukrainian for Russian speakers; Grammar and Lesson 1 19 Polilóh 1: At the airport (V aeroportú); Nominative case and gender of nouns; Vocabulary by gender; Pronominals; The possessive pronouns his and hers (johó, ]ì); The o > i and e > i alternations in Ukrainian; Ce as an indefinite pronoun; The questions <wó cé?> <xtó cé?>; Céj vs. tój and tút vs. tám; i vs a; Personal pronouns; It ; Vocabulary; Grammar and Structure Lesson 2 33 Polilóh 2: Getting acquainted (Dozvól\te vidrekomenduvátysq!); Vocative case; Personal names; Exercises; Grammar and Structure Lesson 3 42 Polilóh 3: In the classroom (Na lékci]); Verbal types and conjugation; The particle çy; The pronoun wo; The present tense of to be ; Adjectives; More about gender (-a/-q masculines); And and the conjunctions; Intonation and word order; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 4 58 Polilóh 4: Going to a restaurant (Do restoránu); Accusative case; Nouns; Modifiers; Personal pronouns and interrogatives; Uses of the accusative; The genitive case; Nouns; Modifiers; Personal pronouns and interrogatives; Uses of the genitive; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 5 80 Polilóh 5: Getting ready for a party (Pidhotújmo veçírku); Uses of the genitive; svíj; Ni- words; -s\ words; -nébud\ words; -s\ vs. -nébud\; Printed Ukrainian Cyrillic Italic letters; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 6 95 ix xii xvi
vi Rozmovlqjmo! Polilóh 6: Public transit (Mis\kùj tránsport); Constitutent parts of the verb; Past tense; Verbal stress; -sq particle; Aspect and guidelines for usage; Future tense; Aspect (continued); Verb types (by suffix); Mutations; The imperative; Próßu + infinitive; Nexáj/xáj ( 3rd-person imperatives ); The euphony rule (continued); The conjunction ta; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 7 126 Polilóh 7: With family members (Udóma z rodùnog); The prepositional (locative) case; Nouns; Modifiers; Personal pronouns and interrogatives; sitting, standing, lying; seating, putting, placing ; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 8 144 Polilóh 8: Around town (Po místi); Verbs of motion; Location vs. motion; Motion vocabulary; Right and left; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 9 167 Polilóh 9: Buying a Gift (Wob kupùty podarúnok); Dative case; Nouns; Modifiers; Personal pronouns and interrogatives; Use of the dative; Adverbs; Compulsion/Necessity; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 10 189 Polilóh 10: At the department store (V univermázi); Possibility and permission: móωna, moωlùvo; Ability, potentiality, success: (z)mohtù, umíty, pospíty, ustùhnuty; udátysq; New verbal (and related idiomatic) constructions; to begin/to finish ; It is time to ; to think ; to listen to something ; mistake ; to wait; hope for ; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 11 203 Polilóh 11: On the beach (Na plàωi); Verb forms with -sq postfix; The verbs (s)podóbatysq and smakuváty; wob constructions; If constructions; Reported speech; Punctuation; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 12 220 Polilóh 12: Off the train and on the phone (De znaxódyt\sq telefón-avtomát?); Instrumental case; Nouns; Modifiers; Personal pronouns and interrogatives; Uses of the instrumental; toj Ωe sámyj, ta Ω sáma, te Ω sáme ; Vocabulary Lesson 13 238 Polilóh 13: Sports and sports fans (Spórt i fanáty spórtu); Time expressions; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 14 251
vii Polilóh 14: At the library (U bibliotéci); Nominative, inanimate accusative, and vocative plural; Patterns of stress shifts in nouns; Numerals; These are ; Possessive adjectives from animate nouns; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 15 266 Polilóh 15: On the farm (U selí); Genitive plural; Accusative plural of animates; Numerals 5 and greater; Zero / None ; Adverbs of quantity; The partitive genitive; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 16 280 Polilóh 16: Watching television (Dùvymosq televízor); Verbs with -sq; Constructions with (za)xotítysq; The reflexive pronoun sebé; sám; odùn, ódnoho; Telling time; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 17 300 Polilóh 17: Nationalities (Ethnicities) and language in Ukraine (Nacionál\nosti i móva v Ukraìni); Prepositional plural; Dative plural; Instrumental plural; Nationalities and cultural/religious designations; Apposition; Vocabulary; Grammar and Structure Lesson 18 319 Polilóh 18: Planning a trip (Planú[mo poìzdku); Prefixed verbs of motion; Prefix usage with motion verbs; to fall and to drop ; For ; Quantifiers; Tíl\ky wo, wójno; pokù ne; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 19 341 Polilóh 19: Ukrainian and Ukrainians, East & West (Ukraìns\ka móva i ukraìnci Sxíd ta záxid); Adjectival adverbs; Adverbial, adjectival excess; Comparative adjectives and adverbs; The superlative degree; Relative clauses; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 20 356 Polilóh 20: The Kyiv Mohyla Academy (and Toasts) (Kyèvo- Mohylqns\ka Akademiq [i tósty]); More ordinal numbers; More dates and time; Expressions of duration and recurrence; Age; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 21 375 Verbal adjectives and adverbs (Participles and Gerunds); Formation; Further notes on usage; -no/-to constructions; Verbal nouns; Vocabulary; Grammar and Lesson 22 385
viii Rozmovlqjmo! Numerals and adverbs of quantity; Collective numerals; both ; half ; Expressions of approximation; Vocabulary; Grammar and Ukrainian for Russian Speakers 396 Rozmóvnyk (Conversation Lesson) 1 409 Introductions; Meeting new people; Expressions for classroom use Rozmóvnyk 2 412 Meeting family; Professions; Use of the Vocative Rozmóvnyk 3 416 In stores; Buying things; Clothing; Appearance Rozmóvnyk 4 419 Taking trips; Visiting people; Vacation time Rozmóvnyk 5 422 The weather Rozmóvnyk 6 425 Education
ix Rozmóvnyk 7 431 Restaurants; Eating in other people s houses; Ukrainian foods Rozmóvnyk 8 435 Traveling to different Ukrainian cities Rozmóvnyk 9 439 Advice for travelers; Talking on the telephone Rozmóvnyk 10 444 Health; Your body Rozmóvnyk 11 447 Apartments; Letter writing Rozmóvnyk 12 450 Fitness and sports Rozmóvnyk 13 453 Art, culture, the performing arts Rozmóvnyk 14 455 Government and politics English Translations of the Rozmovnyky 457 Reference Appendices 469 Nominal Declension Tables 469 Pronominal Declension Tables 473 Cardinal Numeral Declension Tables 476 Adjectival Declension Tables 478 Prepositional Government 478 Verb Types and Paradigms 479 English-Ukrainian Grammar Terms 485 Rozmovlqjmo Glossary 487 Ukrainian-English 487 English-Ukrainian 508 Index of Grammatical Concepts 525