--- title: Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners», a lesson of the ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: At Sashko's granny's door you hear "bud laska, prokhodte" — please come through — then "sidai", sit down, and soon --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/) [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/) / Granny's rules, superstitions and good… # Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners Lesson 30 of the ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school: 17 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/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/0/) — At Sashko's granny's door you hear "bud laska, prokhodte" — please come through — then "sidai", sit down, and soon a shout down the hall: "isty!", come and eat! - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/1/) — Granny has rules, and some are old superstitions: don't put your hat or keys on the table ("ne kladit na stIl"), don't whistle indoors ("ne svystY v khati"), don't hand things across the doorway ("ne cherez porih"). - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/2/) — Nobody can prove a whistle blows money away or a key on the table brings money troubles — they are beliefs, not facts — but in her house you simply follow them, the way you'd take your shoes off. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/3/) — Before a long trip the whole family sits down in silence for a moment: "prysIdmo na dorIzhku", let's sit before the road, an old custom for luck. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/4/) — And to win a granny's heart, use the polite "vy": "vy hArno vyhlyadaiete" (you look lovely) and "yak vashe zdorov'ya?" (how is your health?) — and be ready for a long answer. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/5/) — "vy hArno vyhlyadaiete" means "you look lovely", a compliment to a granny at a festival, using the polite "vy", not "ty". - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/6/) — "ne mozhna!" means "you mustn't! not allowed!", a firm no from an adult, and you stop at once. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/7/) — "sidai" means "sit down" when said to a child; to adults you say "sidaite". - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/8/) — "isty!" means "come and eat! dinner's ready!", and the fuller form is "idit isty!", come and eat. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/9/) — "ne kladit na stIl" means "don't put it on the table"; grannies say it about hats, bags and keys, from an old belief that they bring money troubles. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/10/) — "ne svystY v khati" means "don't whistle in the house"; the superstition says whistling indoors "whistles the money away". - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/11/) — "ne cherez porih" means "not across the threshold": many families still avoid handing things or shaking hands across a doorway, so you step inside first. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/12/) — "prysIdmo na dorIzhku" means "let us sit down before the journey": the family sits quietly for a moment before leaving on a trip, an old custom for luck. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/13/) — Superstitions like these are beliefs, not proven facts, but a polite guest follows the house rules. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/14/) — "bud laska, prokhodte" means "please come through", said by the host showing a guest in, and the answer is "DYAkuyu". - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/15/) — "yak vashe zdorov'ya?" means "how is your health?", a caring polite question that grandparents appreciate. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/16/) — "pane" means "sir" and "pani" means "madam" when addressing someone; they are very respectful, and a child may say "pane" to the friend's grandad. - ← previous: [Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite guest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/) - next →: [Olympiad: Cyrillic code-breaking and number puzzles ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/31-olympiad-cyrillic-code-breaking-and-numbers/) - ↑ back to [Ukrainian street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/)