B1 · Українська
Ukrainian short stories for B1 learners
Classic stories, retold for your level
These are classics originally written in Ukrainian, retold for B1–B2 learners. A retelling keeps the whole plot of the original — every scene, every turn — in language pitched at your level. Every sentence has a translation into your language, and the first sentences of any story are free to type, no account needed.
Мужицька арихметика
Peasant Arithmetic · Stepan Vasylchenko, 1910
Зав'язуючи в хустинку зароблені за хуру гроші, хурщик Антін обернувся до монопольщика. — Василію Йвановичу, чи не знайдеться у вас якоїсь газетки або книжки? — запитав він.
Tying the money he had earned for the haul into a handkerchief, the carter Antin turned to the tavern keeper. "Vasyl Ivanovych, might you have a newspaper or a book?" he asked.
B1–B21,500 words~45 min to typeTranslation: EN ES FR DE IT PT KO
Грицева шкільна наука
Hryts's Schooling · Ivan Franko, 1883
Того ранку гуси ще нічого не підозрювали.
That morning the geese still suspected nothing.
B1–B21,992 words~60 min to typeTranslation: EN ES FR DE IT PT KO


