--- title: I know! The head — and happy, angry, bored, scared — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «I know! The head — and happy, angry, bored, scared», a lesson of the ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In class a hand shoots up: "ya znAyu!" — I know! — and the worst words in school are "tebe do dyrEktora!", you --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Ukrainian street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/) / I know! The head — and happy, angry, b… # I know! The head — and happy, angry, bored, scared Lesson 18 of the ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school: 16 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/0/) — In class a hand shoots up: "ya znAyu!" — I know! — and the worst words in school are "tebe do dyrEktora!", you're sent to the head. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/1/) — Feelings in Ukrainian often come with "meni", "to me": "meni nUdno" is literally "to me it's boring", so it means I'm bored; "meni strAshno" means I'm scared; "meni sumno" means I'm sad. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/2/) — Other feelings use "ya", I: "ya radyi" (I'm glad), "ya zlyi" (I'm angry), "ya vtomYvsya" (I'm tired) — and a girl changes the ending: "ya rada", "ya vtomylasya". - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/3/) — When Sashko looks upset, the kindest thing you can ask is "shcho stAlosya?", what happened? - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/4/) — When he's angry, say "ne zlYsya", and when he's scared, "ne bIisya". - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/5/) — "ya znAyu!" means "I know!" and is what kids call out with a hand up in class. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/6/) — "dyrEktor" means the head teacher; "tebe do dyrEktora!" means you are sent to the head, and "vyklykaly batkiv", they called the parents in, means real trouble. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/7/) — "ya radyi" means "I'm glad, I'm happy" when a boy says it; a girl says "ya rada", and the word has nothing to do with "radio". - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/8/) — "shchaslYvyi" means happy or lucky, as in "ya taky shchaslYvyi!", I'm so happy; it has two shch-sounds, so say it slowly. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/9/) — "ya zlyi" means "I'm angry" when a boy says it, and the natural answer is "chomu?", why? - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/10/) — "zlyi" also means wicked or mean, so "zlyi pes" is a vicious dog, not an angry-for-a-minute dog. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/11/) — "ne zlYsya" means "don't be angry" and is used to calm a friend down. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/12/) — "meni nUdno" means "I'm bored", literally "to me it's boring", and a friend may answer "daVAI hrAty!", let's play! - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/13/) — "meni strAshno" means "I'm scared", and the answer is "ne bIisya", don't be afraid. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/14/) — "ya vtomYvsya" means "I'm tired" when a boy says it; a girl says "ya vtomylasya". - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/18-i-know-the-head-and-feelings/15/) — "meni sumno" means "I'm sad", and a good friend answers "shcho stAlosya?". - ← previous: [Marks, exercise books, tests and holidays](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/17-marks-exercise-books-tests-and-holidays/) - next →: [Hungry, tired, hurt, offended, missing someone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/19-hungry-tired-hurt-offended-missing-someone/) - ↑ back to [Ukrainian street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/)