It’s Khrystyna’s birthday!
Listen to her roommate greeting her and find out what presents she gets.
Then, in the grammar section, start studying the imperative mood in Ukrainian.
З Днем народження, Христино!

In this Ukrainian Lesson, you will:

  • listen to my brief introduction in Ukrainian;
  • learn the birthday vocabulary in Ukrainian;
  • listen to the informal conversation between two roommates on the birthday morning;
  • discover the imperative mood in Ukrainian;
  • conjugate the verb of the day: дарувати;
  • discover the idiom of the day: нерозлийвода;
  • learn how Ukrainians congratulate people on their birthdays in the Cultural Fact section (in English).

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Transcript, Vocabulary List, and Flashcards!

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  • Full transcript & translation of the brief introduction and main dialogue;
  • Grammar / Vocabulary: tables of the imperative mood in Ukrainian;
  • The verb of the day: the conjugation chart of the verb of the day;
  • The idiom of the day: this episode’s idiom definition and examples;
  • Bonus Exercises to practice the new words and grammar;
  • Vocabulary List: new words from the episode in a chart with English translation.