--- title: Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite guest — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite guest», a lesson of the ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. 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How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/1/) — "SlAva UkrayIni!" — Glory to Ukraine! — has a fixed answer, "HeroYam slAva!", Glory to the heroes!, and it is said with respect, never as a joke. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/2/) — On the night of St Nicholas, Den Svyatoho Mykolaya, kids find presents under the pillow; at midsummer, Ivana Kupala, girls float flower wreaths on the water. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/3/) — And the polite guest at Sashko's house: "DObryi den, pani ..." to his mum, "mozhna vzyaty?" before you touch anything, "vybachte, de tualEt?" when you need it, "DYAkuyu, bulo duzhe smachno" after the meal — she answers "na zdorOv'ya!" — and "DYAkuyu za hostynu" as you leave, so she says "pryKHOdy shche!". - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/4/) — "vyshyvAnka" means an embroidered shirt, worn on special days and on Vyshyvanka Day, a Thursday in May; compliments on it are welcome. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/5/) — "SlAva UkrayIni!" means "Glory to Ukraine!", a patriotic greeting, and the fixed answer is "HeroYam slAva!", "Glory to the heroes!". - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/6/) — "Ivana Kupala" is an old midsummer night festival with flower wreaths and bonfires, and young people jump over the fires; some families still mark it. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/7/) — "Den Svyatoho Mykolaya" means St Nicholas Day, now kept on 6 December in Ukraine; children find presents under the pillow, and in jest naughty ones get a twig. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/8/) — "DObryi den, pani ..." means "good day, Mrs ..."; "pani" is used for a woman and "pane" when calling a man. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/9/) — "DYAkuyu, bulo duzhe smachno" means "thank you, it was delicious", the best thing a guest can say after a meal. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/10/) — "na zdorOv'ya" means "you're welcome" when you thank someone for food, and also "bless you" after a sneeze; adults say it as a toast too. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/11/) — "mozhna vzyaty?" means "may I take it?", asked before touching a toy, a book or a sweet from the bowl; the answer is "bery!", take it! - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/12/) — Taking things without asking looks rude to Ukrainian grannies. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/13/) — "de tualEt?" means "where's the toilet?", and it is politer with "vybachte" in front. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/14/) — "DYAkuyu za hostynu" means "thanks for having me", said when leaving the friend's house. - ← previous: [Shchedryk, New Year, Easter eggs and birthdays](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/) - next →: [Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/) - ↑ back to [Ukrainian street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/)