--- title: Head, hands, feet and the rest of the body — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Head, hands, feet and the rest of the body», a lesson of the ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: English cuts the body into more pieces than Ukrainian does: where English has "arm" and "hand", Ukrainian has one word --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/) [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/) / Head, hands, feet and the rest of the… # Head, hands, feet and the rest of the body Lesson 20 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/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/0/) — English cuts the body into more pieces than Ukrainian does: where English has "arm" and "hand", Ukrainian has one word, ruka; where English has "leg" and "foot", one word, nOha; and pAlets is both a finger and a toe. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/1/) — So when Sashko says "bolyt nOha", his leg or his foot hurts — you have to look, or ask "de?", where? - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/2/) — The head is holovA ("bolyt holovA" is a headache), the eye Oko, two eyes OchI, the ear vukhO, the nose nis — which sounds just like English "niece". - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/3/) — The tummy is zhyvIt, and at a sleepover his mum will remind you to "chystyty zUby", brush your teeth. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/4/) — One phrase to know but not to use: "zakryi rota", shut your mouth — it is rude, and a parent will tell you off for it. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/5/) — "holovA" means head, and "bolyt holovA" means "I have a headache". - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/6/) — "ruka" means both arm and hand; "daI ruku" means "give me your hand". - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/7/) — "nOha" means both leg and foot, so "bolyt nOha" can mean the leg or the foot hurts. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/8/) — "Oko" means eye, and "OchI" means eyes. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/9/) — "vukhO" means ear, and "vUkha" means ears. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/10/) — "nis" means nose and sounds like the English word "niece". - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/11/) — "rot" means mouth; "zakryi rota" means "shut your mouth", which is rude, and a parent will scold a child for it. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/12/) — "zUby" means teeth, and "chystyty zUby" means to brush your teeth. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/13/) — "zhyvIt" means tummy or belly; "bolyt zhyvIt" is a tummy ache, and kids also say "puzo" or "puzyko", cheeky but fine among friends. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/14/) — "spynA" means back, the back of your body. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/20-head-hands-feet-and-the-body/15/) — "pAlets" means a finger or a toe, and "pAltsi" means fingers or toes; one word does for both. - ← previous: [Hungry, tired, hurt, offended, missing someone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/19-hungry-tired-hurt-offended-missing-someone/) - next →: [Bruises and hand-washing; cats, dogs and ponies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/21-bruises-hand-washing-cats-dogs-ponies/) - ↑ back to [Ukrainian street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/)