Lesson 2 expands on the use of nouns, as follows:

1. Proper Nouns – such as names of Canadian cities and provinces

2. Nominative Case – as the subject of a sentence.

Вислови Expressions

Іменники Nouns

The dialogue Квитки introduced two proper nouns which are the names of Canadian cities as well as sports teams.

Грають Вінніпеґ і Саскатун.

Read the names of the Canadian provinces/territories and cities as they appear in the list below. The capital city (столиця) of each province appears with an asterisk *. The list may look daunting at first, but keep in mind that most of the proper nouns given are cognates with English counterparts. You will easily recognize many of them!

Become familiar with the provinces, territories and cities on a map of Canada if you are unsure of where they are located.

Іменники: Відмінки Nouns: Cases

Називний відмінок - Nominative Case

The proper nouns Вінніпеґ (Winnipeg) and Саскатун (Saskatoon) presented in the dialogue Квитки are inanimate nouns in the nominative case.

Грають Вінніпеґ і Саскатун.

Playing are Winnipeg and Saskatoon.

You will notice that the order of the words in the sentence is inverted. The verb грають (are playing) appears first in the sentence and the subject of the sentence, Вінніпеґ і Саскатун appear after the verb. In Ukrainian, the order of words in a sentence is not as fixed as it is in English. Thus word order may vary without fear of making a grammatical error. For example, the above sentence may also be written as follows:

Вінніпеґ і Саскатун грають.

Winnipeg and Saskatoon are playing.

III. Exercise 2.i

Fill in the missing vowels for the provinces given below. Try not to look back at the list given earlier until you have completed the exercise.

III. Exercise 2.ii

Write out the Ukrainian names of the provinces and cities in the numbered spaces below the map of Canada .

1.		14.
2.		15.
3.		16.
4.		17.
5.		18.
6.		19.
7.		20.
8.		21.
9.		22.
10.		23.
11.		24.
12.		25.
13.		26.

III. Exercise 2.iii

Practise reading the following passages. To ensure that your pronunciation is accurate, place accents on the words of two syllables or more.

	А. Тарас має журнал. Тепер він читає. Про що він читає? Чи він читає про концерт*? Ні. Чи він читає про Вінніпеґ? Ні. Чи він читає про спорт? Так, Тарас читає про спорт.
	Б. Хто має квитки? Тарас питає про квитки. Тарас питає, чи Роман має квитки на футбол. А Роман має квитки! Справді! Це дуже добре, бо Вінніпеґ і Саскатун грають.

*концерт - concert

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 III.