Reading grammar (A2): A weekend in Lviv
Grammar practice on the A2 Ukrainian text “A weekend in Lviv”: find the past-tense verbs and the genitive in the text, then до Льво́ва, був, мі́стом, ї́хати and the superlative.
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What you will practise
Practise the grammar of the text “A weekend in Lviv”: find words in the text by their tense or case, then use до + genitive, past-tense agreement, the instrumental for the way you go, ї́хати and the superlative.
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Вихідні у Львові
Мину́лого ти́жня ми з дру́гом Тара́сом пої́хали на вихідні́ до Льво́ва. Ми ї́хали по́тягом з Ки́єва ма́йже шість годи́н.
У п’я́тницю вве́чері ми приї́хали і пішли́ в готе́ль бі́ля це́нтру. Но́мер був мале́нький, але́ чи́стий і те́плий.
У субо́ту ми ці́лий день гуля́ли мі́стом. Ми ба́чили пло́щу Ри́нок, старі́ церкви́ і краси́ві ву́лиці. По́тім ми пили́ ка́ву в мале́нькій кав’я́рні. Тара́с сказа́в, що це найкра́ща ка́ва в його́ житті́.
Уве́чері ми ходи́ли на конце́рт. Музика́нти гра́ли украї́нські пісні́, і всі лю́ди співа́ли ра́зом з ни́ми.
У неді́лю пішо́в дощ, тому́ ми до́вго сиді́ли в кафе́ і чита́ли. Уве́чері ми сі́ли на по́тяг і пої́хали додо́му. Я хо́чу поверну́тися до Льво́ва влі́тку.
Words to know
- мину́лого ти́жня
- last week
- ми з дру́гом
- my friend and I (literally: we with a friend)
- пої́хали
- (we) went, set off (by transport)
- приї́хали
- (we) arrived (by transport)
- бі́ля
- near
- чи́стий
- clean
- гуля́ли мі́стом
- walked around the city
- кав’я́рня
- café, coffee shop
- найкра́ща
- the best
- ра́зом з ни́ми
- together with them
- пішо́в дощ
- it rained, it started to rain
- поверну́тися
- to go back, to return
Grammar in this text
The past tense: -в, -ла, -ли
A past-tense verb agrees with its subject: usually -в for a masculine subject (a few verbs differ, such as міг, перемі́г), -ла for a feminine one, -ли for the plural, including ми.
- Но́мер був мале́нький, але́ чи́стий і те́плий. The room was small, but clean and warm.
- Тара́с сказа́в, що це найкра́ща ка́ва в його́ житті́. Taras said it was the best coffee of his life.
- У субо́ту ми ці́лий день гуля́ли мі́стом. On Saturday we walked around the city all day.
Going: on foot and by transport
Ї́хати and its forms (пої́хали, приї́хали) are for going by transport; іти́ (пішли́) and ходи́ти are for going on foot. Ходи́ли means they went and came back.
- Ми ї́хали по́тягом з Ки́єва ма́йже шість годи́н. We travelled by train from Kyiv for almost six hours.
- У п’я́тницю вве́чері ми приї́хали і пішли́ в готе́ль бі́ля це́нтру. We arrived on Friday evening and went to a hotel near the centre.
- Уве́чері ми ходи́ли на конце́рт. In the evening we went to a concert.
To, from, near: the genitive
До (to), з (from) and бі́ля (near) take the genitive.
- …пої́хали на вихідні́ до Льво́ва. …went to Lviv for the weekend.
- Ми ї́хали по́тягом з Ки́єва… We travelled by train from Kyiv…
- …пішли́ в готе́ль бі́ля це́нтру. …went to a hotel near the centre.
By train, around the city: the instrumental
With no preposition, the instrumental can say how you travel (по́тягом, by train) or the way you go (мі́стом, around the city).
- Ми ї́хали по́тягом з Ки́єва… We travelled by train from Kyiv…
- У субо́ту ми ці́лий день гуля́ли мі́стом. On Saturday we walked around the city all day.
English translation
Last week my friend Taras and I went to Lviv for the weekend. We travelled by train from Kyiv for almost six hours.
We arrived on Friday evening and went to a hotel near the centre. The room was small, but clean and warm.
On Saturday we walked around the city all day. We saw Rynok Square, old churches and beautiful streets. Then we drank coffee in a small café. Taras said it was the best coffee of his life.
In the evening we went to a concert. The musicians played Ukrainian songs, and everyone sang along with them.
On Sunday it rained, so we sat in a café for a long time and read. In the evening we got on the train and went home. I want to go back to Lviv in the summer.
Question 1 of 8
Find the three verbs in the past tense.
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Translation
We arrived on Friday evening and went to a hotel near the centre. The room was small, but clean and warm.
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