This lesson introduces you to several new adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions, as follows:
In the sentence Тепер я читаю, the word тепер (now) is an adverb of time explaining when an action or event is taking place. The adverb коли (when) is usually used to formulate a question about when an action or event is taking place.
II. Exercise 4.i Form the appropriate questions using the adverb коли. Note the pronoun substitution when formulating the questions. Example: Тепер я слухаю. Коли ти слухаєш?
To create a question which asks ‘about something', we use the preposition про (about) with the interrogative pronoun що (what):
However, the word що is also used to explain fully the action of the verb.
The preposition про always takes the Accusative case of the word to which it refers.
The conjunction а was introduced in the sentence « А що ти читаєш? » It is used at the beginning of an interrogative sentence for effect, as a creative way to emphasize a question. Note the addition of the conjunction a in the following questions:
II. Exercise 4.ii Complete the exercise by using the correct form of the given words. Example: (читати) (спорт) Про що ти читаєш?
Cultural Enrichment: Continue to practise your Ukrainian handwriting skills by referring to the exercises which have been placed in the Cultural Enrichment section for Unit II.
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